2026 Season Averaged 614K Viewers across NBC, Peacock, NBCSN, and NBC Sports Digital, Up 17%
2026 Season Included Top Two Most-Streamed Races Ever on Peacock and Seven of Top 10
Most-Watched Playoffs Ever, with Over 100 Million Total Live Minutes Streamed
STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 15, 2026 – NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2026 Monster Energy SMX World Championship series – comprised of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship (indoor season) from Jan. 10-May 10, the Pro Motocross Championship (outdoor season) from May 30-Aug. 29, and the postseason Playoffs and Final from Sept. 12 - Sept. 26 – delivered viewership gains and milestones across NBC, Peacock, NBCSN, and NBC Sports Digital this season.
The 2026 SMX season averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 614K viewers for live coverage across NBC, Peacock, and NBC Sports Digital Properties, up 17% vs. comparable coverage in 2025, while NBC-only viewership was up 34% vs. comparable coverage on NBC and USA Network in 2025. Additionally, through 31 total races in 2026, total live minutes across NBC, Peacock, and NBC Sports Digital platforms were up 19% Year-Over-Year. Viewership is based on official Nielsen Big Data + Panel and digital data from Adobe Analytics.
Peacock delivered the top two most-streamed races of all time (Anaheim 1 on Jan. 10 and Anaheim 2 on Jan. 24) as well as seven of the top 10 overall. The most-watched race of the season and all time was the Anaheim 1 race on Saturday, Jan. 10, with over 65 million total minutes streamed across Peacock and NBC Sports Digital. Through 31 rounds across the full series on Peacock, total live minutes were up 12%, marking a significant viewership growth for the sport.
2026 marked the fourth year of the SMX World Championship series and the most-watched playoffs of all time since the format’s inception in 2023, with over 100 million total live minutes streamed. The SMX World Championship Playoffs and Final, a three-week postseason playoff format, concluded in Ridgedale, Mo. on Sept. 26 and saw Jorge Prado win his first-ever world championship in the 450SMX Class and Levi Kitchen win his first in the 250SMX Class.
NBC Sports and the SMX League® are entering the fifth season of a multi-year media rights extension announced in October 2022.
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