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A 30 second commercial for the Super Bowl costs 5 million dollars; That is $166,666 a second

Super Bowl 50 commercials are a pretty penny
Super Bowl 50 commercials are a pretty penny

I always wanted to know how much it would cost to run a Super Bowl commercial for 30 seconds and boy did I find out quickly. According to Syracuse.com, a 30-second advertisement during this year’s game costs $5 million. That’s an average of $166,666 per second.

Last year, 30 seconds worth of commercial time in the game ran $4.5 million. The $500,000 price hike from 2014 to 2015 and then from 2015 to this season are the largest year-to-year dollar amount increases in the history of the Super Bowl.

Here is the price from every year the NFL has been around. Let’s face it the NFL does not need our money….WOW!!!!

  Year Cost
50 2016 $5,000,000
XLIX 2015 $4,500,000
XLVIII 2014 $4,000,000
XLVII 2013 $3,800,000
XLVI 2012 $3,500,000
XLV 2011 $3,100,000
XLIV 2010 $2,900,000
XLIII 2009 $2,800,000
XLII 2008 $2,700,000
XLI 2007 $2,600,000
XL 2006 $2,400,000
XXXIX 2005 $2,300,000
XXXVIII 2004 $2,200,000
XXXVII 2003 $2,100,000
XXXVI 2002 $1,900,000
XXXV 2001 $2,100,000
XXXIV 2000 $1,900,000
XXXIII 1999 $1,600,000
XXXII 1998 $1,300,000
XXXI 1997 $1,200,000
XXX 1996 $1,085,000
XXIX 1995 $1,150,000
XXVIII 1994 $900,000
XXVII 1993 $850,000
XXVI 1992 $850,000
XXV 1991 $800,000
XXIV 1990 $700,000
XXIII 1989 $675,000
XXII 1988 $645,000
XXI 1987 $600,000
XX 1986 $550,000
XIX 1985 $525,000
XVIII 1984 $368,000
XVII 1983 $400,000
XVI 1982 $324,000
XV 1981 $275,000
XIV 1980 $222,000
XIII 1979 $185,000
XII 1978 $162,000
XI 1977 $125,000
X 1976 $110,000
IX 1975 $107,000
VIII 1974 $103,000
VII 1973 $88,000
VI 1972 $86,000
V 1971 $72,000
IV 1970 $78,000
III 1969 $55,000
II 1968 $54,000
I 1967 $42,000

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