IndyCar viewership continues to rise in 2026, with Sunday’s Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio being the most recent instance. Fox had 1.344 million viewers tune in to the street course race, which is a 73% uptick from final yr (775,000 viewers).
The race’s viewership peaked from 2:30 to 2:42 p.m., when 1.541 million watched Pato O’Ward take the checkered flag for his first win of the season. IndyCar is averaging 1.979 million viewers this yr, which is up 18% from 2025.
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Eight of IndyCar’s 11 races this yr have had over a million viewers, with 10 of them having no less than 900,000 viewers. Fox’s second yr broadcasting IndyCar (and first full yr since buying a one-third stake within the collection) has extensively been successful.
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Christian Lundgaard at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Christian Lundgaard at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Caio Collet at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Marcus Armstrong at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Graham Rahal at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Romain Grosjean at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Josef Newgarden at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Kyffin Simpson at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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David Malukas at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Rinus VeeKay at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Kyle Kirkwood at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Drivers compete at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Scott Dixon at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Alex Palou at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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Felix Rosenqvist at Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in July 2026.
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The following IndyCar race, the Music Metropolis Grand Prix, is on July 19. The inexperienced flag for the race is tentatively set to wave at 5:40 following Fox’s protection of the World Cup closing. The Music Metropolis Grand Prix’s pre-race protection will air on FS1 at 4:30, with minimal time between the beginning of the printed on the community channel and the inexperienced flag.
IndyCar and Fox are hoping to retain World Cup viewers for what might rival the Indianapolis 500 (6.635 million viewers) because the most-watched race of the season. The 2022 World Cup closing had 25.8 million viewers in the US.
