The gold medal count from the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is final, so it's time to start looking forward to the 2030 Winter Games.

The Milan Cortina Olympics averaged 23.5 million viewers in the United States, making them the most-watched Winter Games since 2014 with a 96% larger audience than the Beijing Games four years ago. NBCUniversal said the average includes combined audiences on NBC,

As Team USA ended the Milan Cortina Olympics with 12 gold medals - the best performance ever at a Winter Games - NBCUniversal is also touting a shiny performance for its coverage of the 17-day event.

The network averaged 23.5 million viewers throughout the two-plus week competition across all platforms, it announced in a press release on Feb. 23. The final numbers are still coming in but if they hold, that would make Milano Cortina the most-viewed Winter Games since 2014 in Sochi, and a 96% increase in viewership from 2022.

All the latest as Team GB arrive home from the Winter Olympics after winning five medals including their best gold medal haul.

Organizers of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics say they powered venues with fully certified renewable electricity, mainly by buying energy certificates

Warner Bros. Discovery reported record-breaking streaming performance for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, with the company posting triple-digit growth across its HBO Max and Discovery+ platforms compared to the Beijing 2022 Games.

The Milan Cortina Olympics ended Sunday with a closing ceremony paying tribute to Italian dance and music inside the ancient Verona Arena, roughly mid-distance between the far-flung mountain, valley and city venues that made these the most spread-out Winter Games in Olympic history.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are approaching their conclusion. Sunday's closing ceremony will draw the curtain on the Milano Cortina Games and give fans time to look back on an incredible two weeks of competition.

NBCUniversal said its 23.5 million viewer average made for a 96 percent larger audience than the Beijing Games four years ago.

Eileen Gu emerged as one of the biggest and brightest stars at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The American-born Chinese freestyle skier dominated the Winter Games, winning three medals. She won two silver medals in the slopestyle and big air competitions.