Press release - Ratings

August 5, 2025

‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA’ IS AMERICA’S NO. 1 MORNING NEWSCAST

Ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 22nd Week in a Row, ‘GMA’ Attracts Its Largest Overall Audience in 12 Weeks

‘GMA’ Is the Only Morning Newscast to Grow Year to Year Across the Board

ABC News*

“Good Morning America”

“Good Morning America” ranked as the No. 1 morning newscast in Total Viewers (2.679 million), during the week of July 28, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “GMA” outperformed NBC’s “Today” (2.417 million) by its 3rd-largest Total Viewers lead (262,000) of the season.  “GMA” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 22nd week in a row and in 24 and the last 25 weeks.

  • “GMA” was up over the previous week in Total Viewers (+2% – 2.679 million vs. 2.625 million), attracting its largest overall audience in 12 weeks — since w/o 5/5/25.
  • “GMA” improved on the same week last year in Total Viewers (+5% – 2.679 million vs. 2.549 million), Adults 25-54 (+8% – 470,000 vs. 434,000) and Adults 18-49 (+18% – 309,000 vs. 261,000), standing as the only morning newscast to grow year to year across the board.
  • “GMA” slashed its margins with “Today” year to year in both Adults 25-54 (-79% – 67,000 vs. 320,000) and Adults 18-49 (-98% – 6,000 vs. 247,000).
  • “GMA” (2.679 million, 470,000 and 309,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Mornings” (1.844 million, 330,000 and 224,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+835,000), Adults 25-54 (+140,000) and Adults 18-49 (+85,000), leading the CBS program by its largest overall viewer margin in 16 weeks — since w/o 4/7/25. “GMA” led “CBS Mornings” in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 for the last 1,385 weeks overall — since w/o 1/18/99.
  • Season to date, “GMA” (2.678 million) is ranking as the No. 1 morning newscast in Total Viewers for the 13th consecutive year — since the 2012-2013 season. “GMA” is leading NBC’s “Today” (2.623 million) and “CBS Mornings” (1.970 million).

MORNING NEWS (Week of July 28, 2025)

TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 ADULTS 18-49 HOUSEHOLDS
GOOD MORNING AMERICA 2,679,000     0.4/13; 470,000 0.2/12; 309,000 1.7/14
TODAY 2,417,000 0.4/15; 537,000 0.2/12; 315,000 1.5/13
CBS MORNINGS 1,844,000 0.3/ 9; 330,000 0.2/ 9; 224,000 1.2/ 10

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live+SD Current Week (w/o 7/14/25), Previous Week (w/o 7/7/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 7/15/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24-7/20/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23-7/21/24). Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

Emmy® Award-winning “Good Morning America,” featuring the anchor team of Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan and chief meteorologist Ginger Zee, airs live Monday-Friday (7:00-9:00 a.m. EDT) on ABC. Simone Swink is the senior executive producer.

“GMA3”

“GMA3” averaged 1.179 million Total Viewers, 130,000 Women 25-54, and 112,000 Women 18-49 during the week of July 28, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research, leading “NBC News Daily” in both key Women demos.

  • For the 2nd week in a row, “GMA3” improved on the previous week by double digits in Women 18-49 (+17% – 112,000 vs. 96,000), hitting a 5-month high in the key Women demo — since w/o 3/3/25.
  • “GMA3” posted double-digit gains year to year in Women 25-54 (+23% – 130,000 vs. 106,000) and Women 18-49 (+56% – 112,000 vs. 72,000).
  • Season to date, “GMA3” ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.335 million) versus CBS’ “The Talk” (1.240 million) and “NBC News Daily” (1.181 million) for the 3rd straight season. In addition, “GMA3” is improving versus the comparable weeks last season in Women 18-49 (+2% – 100,000 vs. 98,000).

Emmy® Award-nominated “GMA3” is a one-hour program airing weekdays at 1:00 p.m. EDT|12:00 p.m. CDT on ABC. Simone Swink is the senior executive producer.

Week of July 28, 2025:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS Women 25-54 (000) Women 18-49 (000)
“GMA3” 1,179,000                     130,000                  112,000
“NBC News Daily” 1,208,000 127,000 92,000

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Women 25-54 and Women 18-49 Live+SD Current Week (w/o 7/28/25), Previous Week (w/o 7/21/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 7/29/24), or as dated. Most Current Date Stream: 2024-2025 Season: 9/16/24-8/3/25 for “GMA3” and 9/23/24-8/3/25 for “NBC News Daily” and “The Talk.” Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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ABC News Media Relations
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