Three-day draft average audience drops from 7.7 million to 6.6 million

To no surprise, the average viewership dropped for the full three-day event, too. Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports that the average viewership fell from 7. 7 million in 2025 to 6.

6 million in 2026 . That's a 14. 2-percent drop.

The good news is that it was the third-highest three-day average since the current format was adopted in 2010. Still, a 14. 2-percent drop is a 14.

2-percent drop. On Friday, 6. 316 million tuned in.