The 82nd annual Golden Globes rankings are in, they usually’re Wickedly good.
In line with VideoAmp information, Sunday’s Golden Globes, which went up in opposition to NBC’s Sunday Evening Soccer matchup of the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions, averaged 10.1 million viewers, which was on par with last numbers from 2024.
The present’s live-streaming viewers was up 9% yr over yr on Paramount+ and the CBS app. Plus, this yr’s occasion drove 40 million social interactions on the evening, making it probably the most social Golden Globes ever, up 124% yr over yr.
The rankings figures have been from VideoAmp resulting from Paramount’s ongoing contract dispute with Nielsen.
In 2024, Nielsen’s figures for the primary revamped model of the Golden Globes on CBS and Paramount+ initially confirmed a 9.4 million viewer common. The ultimate numbers then put it at greater than 10 million, up 50% from the earlier yr on NBC and the biggest Globes viewers in 4 years. The massive rankings enhance helped lead CBS to signal a five-year cope with the awards present.
The 2024 rankings got here regardless of the present being affected by a poorly acquired opening monologue from host Jo Koy, who later stated he “fell a little bit quick.” Different points included congested seating on the Beverly Hilton, which had winners struggling to make it to the stage, and the general awkward manufacturing that even led to Elizabeth Debicki leaping in her seat following an audio glitch when her nomination was introduced.
Nonetheless, 2025 was a special story.
The present nonetheless had some snafus. As an illustration, whereas presenting an award, actor Seth Rogen known as out the manufacturing’s awkward digital camera angles, which put the framing approach up within the presenters’ faces. However host Nikki Glaser began the present with a broadly praised monologue, making quips about Hollywood at what she known as “Ozempic’s largest evening” and even parodying award-show musical sketches by calling herself out for doing a “Pope-ular” mashup of Conclave and Depraved.
#GoldenGlobes host Nikki Glaser does a Conclave-themed rendition of “Well-liked,” from #Depraved. https://t.co/QUzDz2Lepj pic.twitter.com/pM5VFLrczK
— Selection (@Selection) January 6, 2025
