Viewing statistics released Wednesday by NBC 4 New York\/WNBC and Telemundo 47\/WNJU detail the overwhelming public interest in last week\u2019s New York City mayoral debate and the ongoing race for New York City mayor. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis was an energetic, substantive discussion of the issues New Yorkers care about,\u201d said Amy Morris, Senior Vice President of News for NBC 4 New York\/WNBC and Telemundo 47\/WNJU. <\/p>\n
\u201dIt is clear from the audience viewership on all platforms that this lively debate provided important information as voters make their decision who they want to lead this city.\u201d<\/p>\n
Specifically, according to multiple sources (see details at the bottom of this page):<\/p>\n
922,663 total viewers were recorded on WNBC (Channel 4) and WNJU (Channel 47) for their broadcasts of the October 16, 2025 debate. This reflects a 95% increase in impressions compared to the station\u2019s linear broadcast of the June 16, 2025 primary debate for mayor <\/p>\n
1,457,245 views were recorded on WNBC\u2019s and WNJU\u2019s digital and streaming platforms, including NBC New York News and Telemundo Noreste. This reflects a 321% increase in impressions compared to the station\u2019s streaming broadcast of the June 16, 2025 primary debate for mayor.<\/p>\n
Combined, 2,379,908 total views were recorded on WNBC and WNJU\u2019s linear and streaming platforms for their broadcasts of the October 16, 2025 debate. This reflects a 190% increase in total views compared to the station\u2019s joint broadcast of the June 16, 2025 primary debate for mayor.<\/p>\n
Debate-related posts across social platforms combined for 34.5 million video views, with 10 posts surpassing 1 million views each. <\/p>\n
Moderators for the October 16 debate included WNBC News Anchor David Ushery, WNBC Political Reporter Melissa Russo, WNJU News Anchor Rosarina Breton and POLITICO Senior New York Editor Sally Goldenberg. <\/p>\n
Sources: NSI, New York, NLTV R&F P18+ 6\/4\/25 & 10\/16\/25, Live+SD. Streaming from YouTube, FAST channels & internal Adobe Analytics core site & app traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viewing statistics released Wednesday by NBC 4 New York\/WNBC and Telemundo 47\/WNJU detail the overwhelming public interest in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111,9,24,11,10,87],"class_list":{"0":"post-11994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-decision-2025","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}