ABC News Nightline is a U.S. television program shown on ABC since Monday, March 24, 1980. Nightline is currently the 19th most popular show on ABC and 98th overall on TV, watched by a total number of 903,000 people (0.28% rating, down -9% from December 21, 2025) 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, January 4, 2026.
| Nightline Weekly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2026-Jan-04 | P2+ | 903,000 | 0.28 |
| P18-49 | 124,000 | 0.09 | |
| P25-54 | 152,000 | 0.12 | |
| 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 | |
| Nightline Monthly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-Dec LIVE+7 | P2+ | 976,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 124,000 | 0.09 | |
| 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 | |
| Nightline Quarterly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-Q4 LIVE+7 | P2+ | 970,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 124,000 | 0.09 | |
| 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 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NFL | 15,776,000 | +14% |
| 2 | NFL Kickoff | 13,935,000 | +21% |
| 3 | NFL Countdown | 11,349,000 | |
| 4 | New Year's Rockin' Eve | 9,389,000 | -2% |
| 5 | NFL Postgame | 8,203,000 | |
| 6 | World News Tonight with David Muir | 7,730,000 | +3% |
| 7 | America's Funniest Home Videos | 3,537,000 | +12% |
| 8 | The Year | 3,420,000 | +57% |
| 9 | This Week with George Stephanopoulos | 3,049,000 | +19% |
| 10 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | 3,000,000 | -4% |
| 11 | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | 2,875,000 | -38% |
| 12 | Good Morning America | 2,688,000 | -1% |
| 13 | High Potential | 2,589,000 | -20% |
| 14 | 20/20 | 2,561,000 | +9% |
| 15 | Jimmy Kimmel Live | 2,377,000 | +29% |
| 16 | GMA3: What You Need to Know | 1,507,000 | +8% |
| 17 | 9-1-1: Nashville | 1,490,000 | -17% |
| 18 | Will Trent | 1,398,000 | -48% |
| 19 | Nightline | 903,000 | -9% |