Dateline NBC is a U.S. television program aired on NBC since Tuesday, March 31, 1992. Dateline is watched by a total number of 2,659,000 people (0.82% rating, up +47% from last week) as of the daily audience measurement on . Dateline is also shown on MS NOW, Syndication since September 2017 and Universo since September 2025.
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of Dateline on NBC as of Friday, December 12, 2025.
| Dateline Daily Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-Dec-12 | HH | 2,216,100 | 1.73 |
| P2+ | 2,659,000 | 0.82 | |
| P18-49 | 272,200 | 0.20 | |
| P25-54 | 389,600 | 0.31 | |
| 2025-Dec-05 | HH | 1,537,200 | 1.20 |
| P2+ | 1,804,000 | 0.56 | |
| P18-49 | 204,200 | 0.15 | |
| P25-54 | 301,600 | 0.24 | |
| 2025-Nov-21 | HH | 1,620,000 | 1.26 |
| P2+ | 1,955,000 | 0.61 | |
| P18-49 | 214,000 | 0.16 | |
| P25-54 | 284,000 | 0.23 | |
| 2025-Nov-14 | HH | 1,846,000 | 1.44 |
| P2+ | 2,279,000 | 0.71 | |
| P18-49 | 264,000 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 384,000 | 0.31 | |
| 2025-Nov-07 | HH | 2,074,000 | 1.62 |
| P2+ | 2,571,000 | 0.80 | |
| P18-49 | 263,000 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 401,000 | 0.32 | |
| 2025-Oct-31 | HH | 1,741,000 | 1.36 |
| P2+ | 2,198,000 | 0.68 | |
| P18-49 | 250,000 | 0.18 | |
| P25-54 | 378,000 | 0.30 | |
| 2025-Oct-24 | HH | 1,616,000 | 1.26 |
| P2+ | 2,023,000 | 0.63 | |
| P18-49 | 211,000 | 0.16 | |
| P25-54 | 303,000 | 0.24 | |
| 2025-Oct-17 | HH | 1,552,000 | 1.21 |
| P2+ | 1,985,000 | 0.61 | |
| P18-49 | 231,000 | 0.17 | |
| P25-54 | 336,000 | 0.27 | |
| 2025-Oct-10 | HH | 1,575,500 | 1.23 |
| P2+ | 1,863,000 | 0.58 | |
| P18-49 | 272,500 | 0.20 | |
| P25-54 | 364,500 | 0.29 | |
| 2025-Oct-03 | HH | 1,678,000 | 1.31 |
| P2+ | 2,058,000 | 0.64 | |
| P18-49 | 204,000 | 0.15 | |
| P25-54 | 314,000 | 0.25 | |
| 2025-Sep-26 P | HH | 1,844,500 | 1.44 |
| P2+ | 2,301,000 | 0.73 | |
| P18-49 | 258,500 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 415,000 | 0.33 | |
| 2025-Sep-19 | HH | 1,436,000 | 1.12 |
| P2+ | 1,730,000 | 0.55 | |
| P18-49 | 242,000 | 0.18 | |
| P25-54 | 345,000 | 0.27 | |
| 2025-Sep-12 | HH | 1,189,000 | 0.93 |
| P2+ | 1,481,000 | 0.47 | |
| P18-49 | 168,000 | 0.12 | |
| P25-54 | 307,000 | 0.24 | |
| 2025-Sep-05 | HH | 1,426,000 | 1.11 |
| P2+ | 1,679,000 | 0.53 | |
| P18-49 | 180,000 | 0.13 | |
| P25-54 | 346,000 | 0.28 | |
| 2025-Jul-11 S | HH | 1,610,000 | 1.28 |
| P2+ | 1,915,000 | 0.60 | |
| P18-49 | 214,500 | 0.16 | |
| P25-54 | 309,000 | 0.25 | |
| 2025-Jun-19 S | HH | 1,585,000 | 1.26 |
| P2+ | 1,968,000 | 0.62 | |
| P18-49 | 228,000 | 0.17 | |
| P25-54 | 7,000 | 0.01 | |
| 2025-May-11 | HH | 1,339,000 | 1.06 |
| P2+ | 1,658,000 | 0.52 | |
| P18-49 | 196,000 | 0.15 | |
| P25-54 | 333,000 | 0.27 | |
| 2025-May-09 | HH | 2,118,000 | 1.68 |
| P2+ | 2,739,000 | 0.86 | |
| P18-49 | 253,000 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 449,000 | 0.36 | |
| 2025-May-04 | HH | 1,318,000 | 1.05 |
| P2+ | 1,627,000 | 0.51 | |
| P18-49 | 174,000 | 0.13 | |
| P25-54 | 278,000 | 0.23 | |
| 2025-May-02 | HH | 1,665,000 | 1.32 |
| P2+ | 2,093,000 | 0.66 | |
| P18-49 | 255,000 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 402,000 | 0.32 | |
| 2025-Apr-25 | HH | 2,130,000 | 1.69 |
| P2+ | 2,642,000 | 0.83 | |
| P18-49 | 207,000 | 0.15 | |
| P25-54 | 405,000 | 0.33 | |
| 2025-Apr-13 | HH | 1,346,000 | 1.07 |
| P2+ | 1,688,000 | 0.53 | |
| P18-49 | 187,000 | 0.14 | |
| P25-54 | 281,000 | 0.23 | |
| 2025-Apr-11 | HH | 1,633,000 | 1.30 |
| P2+ | 2,023,000 | 0.64 | |
| P18-49 | 160,000 | 0.12 | |
| P25-54 | 317,000 | 0.26 | |
| 2025-Apr-06 P | HH | 1,670,000 | 1.33 |
| P2+ | 2,105,000 | 0.66 | |
| P18-49 | 223,000 | 0.17 | |
| P25-54 | 344,000 | 0.28 | |
| Dateline Yearly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2024 | P2+ | 2,373,000 | 0.75 |
| P18-49 | 328,000 | 0.24 | |
| P25-54 | 484,000 | 0.39 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunday Night Football | 22,381,000 | -6% |
| 2 | Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick | 16,668,000 | -1% |
| 3 | Football Night in America | 12,671,000 | +7% |
| 4 | Nightly News with Tom Llamas | 6,224,000 | +12% |
| 5 | Meet the Press with Kristen Welker | 3,020,000 | +24% |
| 6 | Today | 2,836,000 | -1% |
| 7 | NBA Pregame | 2,507,000 | -6% |
| 8 | Happy's Place | 2,082,000 | -10% |
| 9 | Dateline Classic | 2,049,000 | +9% |
| 10 | NBA Tuesday Regular Season | 2,029,000 | +17% |
| 11 | Law & Order | 1,965,000 | -47% |
| 12 | Toast To | 1,913,000 | -16% |
| 13 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 1,801,000 | -8% |
| 14 | Wicked: One Wonderful Night | 1,717,000 | -35% |
| 15 | NBC News Daily | 1,582,000 | +7% |
| 16 | NBC NBA Monday Regular Season | 1,529,000 | |
| 17 | Stumble | 1,346,000 | -8% |
| 18 | Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 1,333,000 | +8% |
| 19 | Hunting Party | 1,254,000 | -26% |
| 20 | SNL Prime | 1,165,000 | -30% |
| 21 | The Paper | 845,000 | -28% |
| 22 | St. Denis Medical | 563,000 | -67% |
| 23 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | 497,000 | -48% |