The two games had more than 24 million viewers on average in the United States, Netflix said. Viewership peaked when Beyoncé performed.

Netflix’s second major foray into live sports broadcasting comes one month after users complained of glitches and delays during its stream of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight.

Beyoncé provided more excitement than either game during Netflix’s NFL debut on Christmas Day. Riding into her halftime appearance on a white horse, the 32-time Grammy winner rocked her hometown Houston crowd in a nearly 13-minute performance on Wednesday.

Netflix scored a total of 65 million viewers for its Christmas Day NFL games between the Ravens-Texans and the Chiefs-Steelers

Beyonce’s show-stopping inaugural performance of songs from ‘Cowboy Carter’ drew more viewers for Netflix than the Chiefs vs. the Steelers and the Ravens vs. the Texans

D: As expected, Netflix boasted quite an impressive audience for its two Christmas Day NFL matchups. The Chiefs-Steelers and Ravens-Texans games, the first-ever NFL games on the streamer, put up an unduplicated audience of nearly 65 million U.

Netflix paid $150 million to air two NFL games exclusively on the streaming platform on Christmas Day and it yielded record-breaking viewing figures.

Netflix registered its most-watched Christmas Day ever after splashing $150 million on the exclusive rights to two NFL games on December 25 this year

Thanks largely to NFL stars like Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson, Netflix on Tuesday said it enjoyed its "most-watched Christmas day ever" in the U.S. The streaming giant said the Kansas City Chiefs versus Pittsburgh Steelers game pulled in 25.