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Monday Night Football’s Week 6 matchup between the Washington Commanders and the San Francisco 49ers delivered 17.9 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes and NFL+.

Commanders-49ers ranks as Monday Night Football’s second largest Week 6 audience in the ESPN era (2006-present), behind only Cowboys-Chargers from 2023.

Six weeks into ESPN’s Super Bowl LXI season, Monday Night Football is up 23% compared to the same point in 2025, averaging 19 million viewers.

Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel

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