Days of Our Lives Ratings: 1997-2001

The following is a listing of "Days" weekly Nielsen rating performance from the week of October 6, 1997 to December 30, 2001. For each week, "Days" rank out of every network daytime soap is listed (an * means "Days" tied in rating points with another soap for the week), followed by the rating point for the week. Currently, each rating point equals 1,067,000 homes. The final listing is the share, the percentage of television sets in use tuned to "Days." Source: Nielsen Media Research

Week Of..Rank........Rating...Share....Week Of..Rank.......Rating...Share

10/6/97.......2.............5.1........19......10/13/97.....2.............5.1........18

10/20/97.....2.............5.3........19......10/27/97.....2.............5.4........19

11/3/97.......2.............5.5........19......11/10/97.....2.............5.3........18

11/17/97.....2.............5.2........19.......11/24/97.....2.............5.4........18

12/1/97.......3.............5.1........18......12/8/97.......2*............5.0........18

12/15/97.....2.............4.9........18......12/22/97.....2.............5.1........16

12/29/97.....2.............5.9........17......1/5/98.........3.............5.2........17

1/12/98.......4.............5.1........17.....1/19/98.......2.............5.1........17

1/26/98.......2*............5.0........17......2/2/98.........2*............5.1........17

2/9/98.........3*............4.7........17......2/16/98.......2.............5.3........17

2/23/98.......2.............5.3........18......3/2/98.........2*............4.9........18

3/9/98.........2.............5.2........18......3/16/98.......2.............5.0........18

3/23/98.......2.............4.9........18......3/30/98.......4.............4.6........17

4/6/98.........3.............4.6........17......4/13/98.......2.............5.1........18

4/20/98.......2.............4.8........18......4/27/98.......2.............4.6........17

5/4/98.........2*............4.6.......17......5/11/98.......2.............4.7........18

5/18/98.......2.............4.6........18......5/25/98.......2.............4.8........18

6/1/98.........2.............4.8........17......6/8/98.........2.............5.0 .......17

6/15/98.......3*............4.6........16......6/22/98.......2.............4.9........17

6/29/98.......3.............4.7........15......7/6/98.........2.............4.9........16

7/13/98.......2.............4.8........16......7/20/98.......2*............4.8........16

7/27/98.......2*............4.9........16......8/3/98.........2.............5.0........17

8/10/98.......2.............5.3........17......8/17/98.......3.............4.6........15

8/24/98.......2.............4.8........16......8/31/98.......2.............4.6........17

9/7/98.........2.............5.0........18.....9/14/98.......2.............4.8........18

9/21/98.......2.............4.8........17.....9/28/98.......3.............4.5........16

10/5/98.......3.............4.3........16.....10/12/98......2............4.4........16

10/19/98......2*...........4.4 .......16.....10/26/98......3............4.3........16

11/2/98........3............4.4........16.....11/9/98........2*...........4.6........16

11/16/98......2............4.4........16.....11/23/98......3............4.3........15

11/30/98......3............4.2........16.....12/7/98........2............4.4........16

12/14/98......3*...........4.0........14.....12/21/98......2............4.7........14

12/28/98......2*...........5.1........15.....1/4/99..........3*..........4.7.........15

1/11/99........3*..........4.8.........15.....1/18/99........3*..........4.8.........15

1/25/99........3...........4.6.........15.....2/1/99..........2...........4.7.........16

2/8/99..........3...........4.4.........15.....2/15/99........3...........4.6.........15

2/22/99........3...........4.7.........16......3/1/99..........3...........4.6.........16

3/8/99..........3*..........4.5.........15......3/15/99........3*..........4.1.........14

3/22/99........3...........4.1.........14......3/29/99........3...........4.3.........14

4/5/99..........3*..........4.0.........14......4/12/99........3...........4.2.........15

4/19/99........4...........4.2.........15......4/26/99........4...........4.2.........15

5/3/99..........3*.........4.3.........16......5/10/99........3..........4.6..........17

5/17/99........2*.........4.6..........17......5/24/99........2*.........4.7..........17

5/31/99........2..........5.0..........17......6/7/99..........2*........4.8..........16

6/14/99........2..........4.7..........16......6/21/99........3..........4.6..........15

6/28/99........3*.........4.4..........14......7/5/99..........3..........4.7..........15

7/12/99........3..........4.4..........14......7/19/99........3..........4.3..........13

7/26/99........3..........4.5..........14......8/2/99..........3..........4.5..........14

8/9/99..........3..........4.3..........14......8/16/99........3..........4.5..........15

8/23/99........3..........4.4..........14......8/30/99........3..........4.3..........15

9/6/99..........4..........4.3..........15......9/13/99........3*.........4.2..........14

9/20/99........3..........4.3...........15......9/27/99........3..........4.2..........16

10/4/99........2..........4.2...........16......10/11/99......3..........4.0...........14

10/18/99......3..........4.2...........15.......10/25/99......2*.........4.3...........16

11/1/99........2*.........4.3...........15.......11/8/99........3..........4.2...........15

11/15/99.......3.........4.4...........16.......11/22/99.......2.........4.5............15

11/29/99.......3.........4.2..........15........12/6/99.........2*........4.2...........15

12/13/99.......3*........4.1...........15.......12/20/99.......3.........4.3............13

12/27/99.......3.........4.7............13.......1/3/00..........3.........4.8.............15

1/10/00........2..........4.9...........16.......1/17/00........2*.........4.9............15

1/24/00........3..........4.9...........15.......1/31/00........4..........4.6............15

2/7/00..........4..........4.4..........15.........2/14/00........4..........4.5...........15

2/21/00........4..........4.5...........15........2/28/00........2*........4.4............15

3/6/00..........4*........4.0...........15.........3/13/00........2.........4.4.............15

3/20/00........2*........4.4...........16.........3/27/00........2*........4.4.............15

4/3/00.........3*........4.1...........15.........4/10/00........4.........4.1.............15

4/17/00.......3*........4.2............15.........4/24/00........4*........4.0............15

5/1/00.........2*.........4.2............16........5/8/00.........4..........4.1............15

5/15/00.......4..........4.0............15.........5/22/00.......2*........4.2.............15

5/29/00.......3.........4.1.............15........6/5/00Е......3ЕЕ..3.9........Е..16

6/12/00.......3Е.Е.3.9ЕЕ......13.........6/19/00........4.ЕЕ.4.0ЕЕ......13

6/26/00.......3Е.Е.4.3Е..Е....14.........7/3/00...........3*Е...4.0Е.Е.....13

7/10/00......3Е.Е.4.4Е.Е......14.........7/17/00.........3........4.5............14

7/24/00......3.........4.4............14..........7/31/00.........3........4.2............13

8/7/00........3.........4.2............13..........8/14/00.........3........4.1............13

8/21/00......4.........4.0............14..........8/28/00.........3........4.1............14

9/4/00.........5........3.9............14..........9/11/00........4*........3.8............14

9/18/00.......6........3.8............13..........9/25/00........3.........4.1.............15

10/2/00.......4........3.8............13.........10/9/00........4*.........3.7.............13

10/16/00......3.........4.0...........14.........10/23/00......3.........3.9..............14

10/30/00......3.........3.8...........13.........11/6/00........3*........3.8.............12

11/13/00......4.........3.6...........12.........11/20/00......4*.......3.5..............11

11/27/00......3........3.9............13.........12/4/00........3........3.8..............13

12/11/00......3.........3.7...........12.........12/18/00......3.........3.9.............13

12/25/00......3*........4.3...........12..........1/1/01.........3*........4.1............13

1/8/01.........3.........3.9.............13.........1/15/01.......4.........3.8............12

1/22/01.......3*........3.6.............12........1/29/01.......3.........3.8.............13

2/5/01.........3*........3.7.............13........2/12/01.......3.........4.0.............13

2/19/01.......3.........3.8..............12........2/26/01.......3.........3.7.............13

3/5/01.........4.........3.8..............12.......3/12/01.......3.........3.8..............13

3/19/01.......3.........3.7..............13........3/26/01.......3.........3.9.............13

4/2/01.........3.........3.7..............13........4/9/01.........3.........3.7.............13

4/16/01.......3*........3.7..............13........4/23/01.......4.........3.5..............13

4/30/01.......3.........3.5..............13.........5/7/01.........5*.......3.3..............12 5/14/01.......5.........3.4..............13........5/21/01.......3.........3.8..............14

5/28/01.......3.........3.7..............13........6/4/01.........3*.......3.7...............13

6/11/01.......3.........3.8...............13.......6/18/01.......4.........3.8...............12

6/25/01.......3.........3.9...............13.......7/2/01.........7*........3.3...............07

7/9/01.........3.........4.0...............13......7/16/01.......3.........3.9...............13

7/23/01.......3.........4.3...............14......7/30/01.......3.........3.9...............13

8/6/01.........3.........4.0...............13......8/13/01.......3*........3.9...............13

8/20/01.......4*........3.6...............12......8/27/01.......3.........3.7...............13

9/3/01.........4*.......3.5................12......9/10/01.......Preempted all week

9/17/01.......6.........3.4................11.....9/24/01.......4.........3.4................12

10/1/01.......3*........3.4................12.....10/8/01.......4*........3.4................12

10/15/01.....3*........3.5................12.....10/22/01.....3*........3.6................12

10/29/01.....5*........3.4................12.....11/5/01.......6*........3.3................12

11/12/01.....4*........3.5................12.....11/19/01.....4*........3.5................12

11/26/01.....7.........3.4................12.....12/3/01......4..........3.4................12

12/10/01.....3*........3.4................12.....12/17/01.....3..........3.6...............12

12/24/01.....3..........3.8...............11.....12/31/01.....3..........4.2...............12

Each rating point represents: 921,000 homes (8/89-9/17/90); 931,000 homes (9/24/90-9/2/91); 921,000 homes (9/9/91-10/11/92); 931,000 homes (10/12/92-8/15/93); 942,000 homes (8/16/93-11/20/94); 954,000 homes (11/21/94-8/25/96); 970,000 homes (8/26/96-8/31/97); 980,000 homes (9/1/97-1/10/99); 994,000 homes (1/11/99-9/19/99), 1,008,000 homes (9/20/99-8/26/01), 1,055,000 homes (8/27/01-8/25/02), 1,067,000 homes (8/26/02-present).