The 97th Oscars ceremony was watched by 19.69 million viewers across both ABC and digital platforms, inching just past the 19.5 million that watched last year’s ceremony in 2024. It’s the highest it’s been in five years since 2020,

The audience for the Oscars hit an all-time low of 10.5 million in 2021, when live awards shows were hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The telecast — which attracted nearly 30

Oscars brought in an impressive audience, though not as big as last year. The 97th annual Academy Awards scored 18.07 million viewers across ABC and Hulu, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.