ESPN PR reports that an average of 1.62 million viewers watched the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on July 4, the highest total since 2014.
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Anonymous said
July 9, 2025 @ 10:12 pm
What made 2014 so special or the subsequent years so NOT interesting?
Anonymous said
July 10, 2025 @ 10:26 am
probably around 2014 / 2015 is when many people switched from standard cable packages to primarily streaming services like Netflix, etc. Just a guess.
In 2015, many people may might not have had access to ESPN, even though they had it in 2014, 2013, 2012 (etc.)…
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