Drawing an average of just 23.6m viewers across the night, the somewhat uneventful ceremony reached substantially fewer people than the previous low-point in 2018 (26.5m viewers).
In 2014, the Oscars managed to snare over 40m US-based viewers, nearly double this year’s count.
However, shock wins for Korean drama Parasite in the Best Director and Best Picture categories gave the end of the night some much-needed drama.
The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony had the lowest audience figures in the show’s history, US broadcaster ABC has revealed.