The Academy Awards to Be Livestreamed for the First Time in 2025
The Academy Awards has seen an increase in viewership in recent years; the 2024 Oscars saw the highest rise in viewers since 2020 (thanks, Barbenheimer), with 21.5 million viewers tuning in, while audiences had previously shrunk since 2014 after 40 million viewers watched 12 Years a Slave win Best Picture.