ABC News Nightline is a U.S. television program shown on ABC since Monday, March 24, 1980. Nightline is currently the 16th most popular show on ABC and 83rd overall on TV, watched by a total number of 993,000 people (0.31% rating, up +1% from last week) per episode, as of the average weekly audience measurement for the period ending .
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of Nightline on ABC as of Sunday, December 21, 2025.
| Nightline Weekly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-Dec-21 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 993,000 | 0.31 |
| P18-49 | 132,000 | 0.10 | |
| 2025-Dec-14 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 980,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 111,000 | 0.08 | |
| P25-54 | 152,000 | 0.12 | |
| 2025-Dec-07 | P2+ | 811,000 | 0.25 |
| P18-49 | 110,000 | 0.08 | |
| P25-54 | 146,000 | 0.12 | |
| 2025-Nov-30 | P2+ | 1,010,000 | 0.31 |
| P18-49 | 145,000 | 0.11 | |
| P25-54 | 176,000 | 0.14 | |
| 2025-Nov-23 | P2+ | 986,000 | 0.31 |
| P18-49 | 144,000 | 0.11 | |
| P25-54 | 206,000 | 0.16 | |
| 2025-Nov-16 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 932,000 | 0.29 |
| P18-49 | 114,000 | 0.08 | |
| 2025-Nov-09 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 878,000 | 0.27 |
| P18-49 | 101,000 | 0.07 | |
| 2025-Nov-02 | P2+ | 826,000 | 0.26 |
| P18-49 | 98,000 | 0.07 | |
| P25-54 | 135,000 | 0.11 | |
| 2025-Oct-26 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 775,000 | 0.24 |
| P18-49 | 89,000 | 0.07 | |
| 2025-Oct-19 | P2+ | 969,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 143,000 | 0.11 | |
| P25-54 | 205,000 | 0.16 | |
| 2025-Oct-12 | P2+ | 954,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 134,000 | 0.10 | |
| P25-54 | 212,000 | 0.17 | |
| 2025-Oct-05 | P2+ | 1,070,000 | 0.33 |
| P18-49 | 158,000 | 0.12 | |
| P25-54 | 221,000 | 0.18 | |
| 2025-Sep-28 | P2+ | 1,200,000 | 0.37 |
| P18-49 | 190,000 | 0.14 | |
| P25-54 | 270,000 | 0.21 | |
| 2025-Sep-14 | P2+ | 740,000 | 0.23 |
| P18-49 | 112,000 | 0.08 | |
| P25-54 | 161,000 | 0.13 | |
| Nightline Monthly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-Nov LIVE+7 | P2+ | 980,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 134,000 | 0.10 | |
| 2025-Oct LIVE+7 | P2+ | 943,000 | 0.29 |
| P18-49 | 118,000 | 0.09 | |
| 2025-Sep LIVE+7 | P2+ | 909,000 | 0.28 |
| P18-49 | 130,000 | 0.10 | |
| 2025-Aug LIVE+7 | P2+ | 610,000 | 0.19 |
| P18-49 | 68,000 | 0.05 | |
| 2025-Jul LIVE+7 | P2+ | 715,000 | 0.23 |
| P18-49 | 90,000 | 0.07 | |
| 2025-Jun LIVE+7 | P2+ | 851,000 | 0.27 |
| P18-49 | 133,000 | 0.10 | |
| 2025-May LIVE+7 | P2+ | 786,000 | 0.25 |
| P18-49 | 94,000 | 0.07 | |
| Nightline Quarterly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-Q3 LIVE+7 | P2+ | 745,000 | 0.23 |
| P18-49 | 96,000 | 0.07 | |
| 2025-Q2 LIVE+7 | P2+ | 810,000 | 0.26 |
| P18-49 | 108,000 | 0.08 | |
| 2025-Q1 LIVE+7 | P2+ | 841,000 | 0.27 |
| P18-49 | 98,000 | 0.07 | |
| 2024-Q4 | P2+ | 939,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 142,000 | 0.11 | |
| P25-54 | 213,000 | 0.17 | |
| 2024-Q2 | P2+ | 878,000 | 0.28 |
| P18-49 | 130,000 | 0.10 | |
| P25-54 | 197,000 | 0.16 | |
| 2023-Q4 | P2+ | 972,000 | 0.31 |
| P18-49 | 160,000 | 0.12 | |
| P25-54 | 240,000 | 0.20 | |
| 2023-Q2 | P2+ | 868,000 | 0.28 |
| P18-49 | 146,000 | 0.11 | |
| P25-54 | 217,000 | 0.18 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World News Tonight with David Muir | 8,050,000 | +2% |
| 2 | CFP First Round | 7,672,000 | -29% |
| 3 | College Football Playoffs Pregame | 5,786,000 | -30% |
| 4 | Rob Reiner Story | 3,276,000 | |
| 5 | Good Morning America | 2,870,000 | +1% |
| 6 | Celebrity Family Feud | 2,738,000 | -16% |
| 7 | High Potential | 2,672,000 | -33% |
| 8 | Sound of Music | 2,653,000 | -7% |
| 9 | The View | 2,576,000 | +4% |
| 10 | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town | 2,436,000 | +107% |
| 11 | Jimmy Kimmel Live | 2,334,000 | +7% |
| 12 | Great Christmas Light Fight | 1,836,000 | -11% |
| 13 | $100,000 Pyramid | 1,563,000 | -21% |
| 14 | GMA3: What You Need to Know | 1,429,000 | -2% |
| 15 | Kevin Costner: First Christmas | 1,380,000 | -69% |
| 16 | Nightline | 993,000 | +1% |
| 17 | Shifting Gears | 918,000 | -78% |