UFC 329 draws nearly 16 million viewers for the return of Conor McGregor
10 news sources are covering this Sports story right now — Newsylist is tracking how fast it spreads.
Sources (11)
- Conor McGregor’s Return Fuels Historic 15.9 Million Viewers for UFC 329 Hypebeast · 52d ago
- UFC 329: Conor McGregor's Return Draws 15.9M Viewers, Falls Short of UFC White House Yahoo Sports · 52d ago
- Viewership numbers f... Verdict MMA · 52d ago
- Paramount releases UFC 329 viewership: Conor McGregor's return draws eyeballs MMA Junkie · 52d ago
- UFC’s McGregor-Holloway Rematch Muscles Up 6.5M Viewers Across U.S. & Latin America Deadline · 52d ago
- McGregor-Holloway 2 peaks at 8.3 million concurrent viewers ESPN · 52d ago
- Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway Fight Tops Ratings for UFC White House Event, Sets Streaming Record Bleacher Report · 52d ago
- Conor McGregor proves value outside of Octagon during UFC 329 USA Today · 52d ago
- UFC’s McGregor-Holloway Rematch Muscles Up 6.5M Viewers Across U.S. & Latin America Yahoo Sports · 52d ago
- Conor McGregor's return at UFC 329 draws nearly 16 million viewers to Paramount+ in U.S. and Latin America CBS Sports · 52d ago
- UFC 329 draws nearly 16 million viewers for the return of Conor McGregor MMA Fighting · 52d ago broke it first
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 10 distinct news outlets with 11 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 9.
- Primary Driver: 10 news sources are covering this Sports story right now — Newsylist is tracking how fast it spreads.
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"UFC 329 draws nearly 16 million viewers for the return of Conor McGregor" is generating significant coverage in the Sports category, with 11 articles from 10 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Hypebeast, Yahoo Sports, Verdict MMA and MMA Junkie. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
This brief was generated by Newsylist's extractive engine from coverage metadata only. The latest headlines from every source are listed below; the velocity chart shows how the story is developing in real time.
Generated by Newsylist's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 49d ago.
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