News

Nielsen: MTV's 2026 VMAs averaged 8.43M viewers across CBS and MTV, up 51%+ from 2025's 5.6M viewers and its biggest audience since 2015 when it was just on MTV (Loree Seitz/The Wrap)

Mediagazer · last updated

Loree Seitz / The Wrap:
Nielsen: MTV’s 2026 VMAs averaged 8.43M viewers across CBS and MTV, up 51%+ from 2025’s 5.6M viewers and its biggest audience since 2015 when it was just on MTV  —  Viewership for the star-studded show soared 51% from last year as it returned to Los Angeles

View full article

here today, more tomorrow

We’ve launched briefing.center with a focus on the press and media.

And we’ve added Citizen Cartwright, a daily quick-read news summary by veteran Washington journalist Linda Cartwright. We’ve also created a new voting rights knowledge center for Citizen Cartwright subscribers. (You can sign up for a dedicated morning email at citizencartwright.com.)

You can sign up here for full access to press and media and Citizen Cartwright on briefing.center.

You can use briefing.center as the center of your information management, or just one of your tools. We’re happy to discuss your information needs.

Sign up