Lets Get Real: The ratings for the Olympics are very high. Stop writing nonsense.
Global Olympic viewers by year (made VERY hard to find by IOC. Wonder why?)
3.7B - Sydney 2000
3.9B - Athens 2004
4.4B - Beijing 2008
3.6B - London 2012
3.6B - Rio 2016
3.05B - Tokyo 2021 (Exception, pandemic)
In that same time, global population increased 33%. So not only are viewers declining in real terms, they're plummeting in population adjusted terms.