American Idol is a U.S. television program shown on ABC since Sunday, March 11, 2018. American Idol is currently the third most popular show on ABC and 14th overall on TV, watched by a total number of 5,253,000 people (1.68% rating, up +8% from last week) as of the daily audience measurement on .
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of American Idol on ABC as of Sunday, March 26, 2023.
| American Idol Daily Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2023-Mar-26 | P2+ | 5,253,000 | 1.68 |
| P18-49 | 848,300 | 0.65 | |
| P25-54 | 1,215,700 | 1.00 | |
| 2023-Mar-19 | P2+ | 4,884,000 | 1.56 |
| P18-49 | 770,000 | 0.59 | |
| P25-54 | 1,021,200 | 0.84 | |
| 2023-Mar-12 POST | P2+ | 3,344,000 | 1.07 |
| P18-49 | 783,100 | 0.60 | |
| P25-54 | 936,100 | 0.77 | |
| 2023-Mar-05 | HH | 3,969,000 | 3.20 |
| P2+ | 5,616,000 | 1.80 | |
| P18-49 | 943,000 | 0.72 | |
| P25-54 | 1,288,600 | 1.06 | |
| 2023-Feb-26 | P2+ | 5,247,000 | 1.68 |
| P18-49 | 952,700 | 0.73 | |
| P25-54 | 1,288,600 | 1.06 | |
| 2023-Feb-19 P | P2+ | 5,269,000 | 1.69 |
| P18-49 | 796,100 | 0.61 | |
| P25-54 | 1,082,000 | 0.89 | |
| 2022-May-22 | P2+ | 6,491,000 | 2.08 |
| P18-49 | 991,400 | 0.76 | |
| P25-54 | 1,411,400 | 1.16 | |
| 2022-May-15 | P2+ | 5,572,000 | 1.79 |
| P18-49 | 861,000 | 0.66 | |
| P25-54 | 1,119,400 | 0.92 | |
| 2022-May-08 | P2+ | 5,516,000 | 1.77 |
| P18-49 | 991,400 | 0.76 | |
| P25-54 | 1,241,000 | 1.02 | |
| 2022-May-02 | HH | 4,391,000 | 3.60 |
| P2+ | 5,889,000 | 1.89 | |
| P18-49 | 888,000 | 0.68 | |
| P25-54 | 1,301,900 | 1.07 | |
| 2022-May-01 | P2+ | 6,566,000 | 2.11 |
| P18-49 | 1,200,100 | 0.92 | |
| P25-54 | 1,654,700 | 1.36 | |
| 2022-Apr-25 | HH | 4,271,000 | 3.50 |
| P2+ | 5,823,000 | 1.87 | |
| P18-49 | 940,000 | 0.72 | |
| P25-54 | 1,387,000 | 1.14 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World News Tonight | 8,031,000 | +1% |
| 2 | World News Tonight Sunday | 6,597,000 | +9% |
| 3 | American Idol | 5,253,000 | +8% |
| 4 | Rookie | 4,470,000 | +13% |
| 5 | America's Funniest Home Videos | 4,371,000 | -1% |
| 6 | Station 19 | 3,764,000 | -3% |
| 7 | Grey's Anatomy | 3,696,000 | +10% |
| 8 | Will Trent | 3,583,000 | +11% |
| 9 | Bachelor | 3,404,000 | +4% |
| 10 | Good Morning America | 3,235,000 | +2% |
| 11 | Good Morning America Saturday | 2,891,000 | +9% |
| 12 | Rookie: Feds | 2,883,000 | +25% |
| 13 | Shark Tank | 2,814,000 | -20% |
| 14 | Alaska Daily | 2,751,000 | -1% |
| 15 | This Week with George Stephanopoulos | 2,635,000 | -3% |
| 16 | NCAA Women's Basketball | 2,414,000 | +66% |
| 17 | 20/20 | 2,272,000 | -25% |
| 17 | Conners | 2,272,000 | -7% |
| 19 | Company You Keep | 2,174,000 | +2% |
| 20 | Million Little Things | 1,834,000 | -2% |
| 21 | Abbott Elementary | 1,770,000 | -2% |
| 22 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 1,600,000 | +7% |
| 23 | Not Dead Yet | 1,491,000 | +7% |
| 24 | XFL Saturday | 1,047,000 | -32% |
| 25 | NHL Prime | 922,000 | +2% |
| 26 | Nightline | 850,000 | -2% |
| 27 | XFL Sunday | 753,000 | -52% |