![Key Stats For Super Bowl XLVII](/userfiles/article_key_stats_sb_xlvii.jpg)
Compiled by Zehnder Media Director Joann Habisreitinger
• An average of 108.4 million viewers watched Super Bowl XLVII, down from last year’s average of 111.3 million viewers.
• A rating point is 1 percent of population. Share is the percentage of viewership among all homes with TVs turned on at the time.
• In Nielsen’s select measurement of big cities, the game received a 48.1 rating with a 71 share. In New Orleans, ratings and shares were higher at about 57 and 77, respectively.
• Baltimore had the highest viewership with a 59.6 rating and an 83 share. Surprisingly, San Francisco was not in Nielsen’s top 10.
• The average price of a 30-second ad was $3.8 million, 8.6 percent higher from last year’s $3.5 million and 27 percent higher from $3 million in 2011.
• A 30-second spot in New Orleans was $37,000.
• 37 companies advertised during this year’s game, 10 of which made their Super Bowl debut.
• There were 47.7 million social media posts during the game, a dramatic increase from last year’s 17 million.
• The average 2013 Super Bowl ticket cost $3,000.
• 39 percent of Super Bowl viewers said the commercials were the best part of the game.
• 38 percent of those surveyed would rather use the restroom during the game, 23 percent preferred to go during the commercials.