The ratings for the 2026 Academy Awards are in, and the viewership decreased from last year’s live broadcast, making this year’s event the least-watched Oscars telecast since 2022. The 2026 Oscars took place live from Los Angeles’s Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 15. It’s a 9% decrease from the 2025 Oscars audience, which had 19.7 million viewers, a five-year high for the Academy Awards. While the audience and ratings were down, the 2026 Oscars had the highest ratings of primetime entertainment telecasts for the 2025-2026 season, Disney says. See the full list of 2026 Oscars winners here.

Source: Daily Sun March 18, 2026 01:26 UTC