Ratings: 2025 Golden Globes Delivered the Ceremony’s BIGGEST Viewership in 5 Years

Despite stiff competition from the NFL via that “must-see” Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions game on NBC, the 2025 Golden Globes scored a ratings touchdown of its own.

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During its second year of airing on CBS, the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards – hosted by comedienne Nikki Glaser – reeled in a handsome 10.1 million viewers when it aired Sunday night (January 5).

For context, that’s a HUGE uptick over 2023’s showing (which served as its all-time low).

Marking the Globes’ largest audience since 2020, the numbers delivered Sunday’s most-watched entertainment program overall.

As if that’s not enough to celebrate, the live-streaming audience was up 9% from last year on Paramount+ and the CBS App and the ceremony’s 2025 iteration was the most social Golden Globes show ever as it boasted over 40 million social interactions on Sunday.

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