Bad Bunny vs TPUSA: Which Super Bowl halftime show got more views? First figures in

The Super Bowl featured a political rivalry as TPUSA's All-American Halftime Show aired simultaneously. TPUSA garnered over 6 million views across platforms.

Updated on: Feb 09, 2026 8:19 AM IST

By Shirin Gupta

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Super Bowl LX halftime show at Levi's Stadium and the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) All-American Halftime Show unfolded on February 8 amid a political duel of halftime shows.

The Super Bowl featured a political rivalry as TPUSA's All-American Halftime Show aired simultaneously. TPUSA garnered over 6 million views across platforms. REUTERS/Mike Blake (REUTERS)

Both halftime broadcasts aired simultaneously with the Super Bowl halftime, with Bad Bunny on NBC and TPUSA's halftime with Kid Rock on YouTube.

TPUSA crosses the 6 million viewership mark

Data from various livestream platforms for TPUSA, including YouTube and Rumble, show over 6 million views. Over 5 million simultaneous on the TPUSA YouTube channel and almost 1 million on Charlie Kirk’s YouTube. Other than official YoTube there are 200k views on Magno News YT, 220k on TPUSA Rumble and 15k views on Kirk's Rumble.

At the TPUSA event, Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett were the main acts who garnered the cumulative online audience who were slated to boycott Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime.

X was initially supposed to webcast the show; however, pertaining to some licensing issue, TPUSA announced last minute that the halftime show will now be available to watch on theirofficial YouTube channel.

Will Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime cross the previous viewership mark?

Bad Bunny is currently the most-streamed artist globally, which led the NFL to go along with the Puerto Rican rapper to headline the most anticipated and watched sports halftime.

Fans have been extremely excited since Bad Bunny was revealed as the main act for the Super Bowl LX halftime performance, and conservatives have criticized the choice of an all-Spanish singer for Super Bowl alike.

While the official numbers for the 2026 halftime show are not in yet, we can estimate an average from past shows. In 2024, Usher drew 123.4 million viewers, and last year, Kendrick Lamar had 133.5 million views. Lamar has been ranked the highest yet and has been placed on number one position by Billboard.

The 13-minute performance by the Latin artist included everything from a wedding to performances by well-known Latin celebrities dancing to his music. The performance also featured numerous references to his Puerto Rican ancestry and flags from latin American countries.

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Shirin Gupta
Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More

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