Special Report
New Year's Eve by the Numbers
December 28, 2017 6:33 pm
Last Updated: January 12, 2020 5:01 am
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21. -20%
Holiday airfares are 20% cheaper this year than last year.
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22. +85%
Google searches for “gym memberships” increased 85% from the first week of December 2016 to the first week of January 2017.
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23. +324%
The “hangover” Wikipedia page had 324% more views on Jan. 1, 2017 than the daily average in 2016.
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24. 35.28 million viewers
ABC’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” television program viewership peaked at 35.28 million at 12:01 a.m. last New Year’s, the most of any program covering the celebration.
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25. 35 years
Dick Clark hosted or was co-host of “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” some 35 times, the most of any host of a New Year’s Eve television program.
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