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EXCLUSIVE: MTV‘s RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18 made herstory successful viewership, becoming nan highest-rated play ever.
After crowning America’s Next Drag Superstar, nan title bid hosted by RuPaul Charles delivered its highest full-season standing and stock among P18-49.
The resistance title delivered double-digit maturation versus Season 17, according to nan network. The bid was up 19% connected P18-49 standing (0.564 vs. 0.472) and up 7% successful P18-49 stock (2.43 vs. 2.27). Season 18 besides classed among nan Top 3 cablegram bid successful 2026 to day successful nan cardinal demo.
In societal media, RuPaul’s Drag Race earned 291M views and 12.5M engagements passim nan season.
Myki Meeks was crowned arsenic nan Season 18 winner, taking location a $200,000 expansive prize courtesy of RuPaul’s Drag Race Match Queen, a civilization crown and scepter from Fierce Drag Jewels, and a year’s proviso of Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics. First runner-up Nini Coco received a $25,000 rate tip, and finalist Darlene Mitchell was awarded $10,000 for her capacity passim nan season.
During nan finale, finalists Darlene Mitchell, Myki Meeks, and Nini Coco competed for nan title of America’s Next Drag Superstar earlier RuPaul and judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, and Jamal Sims. The Queens debuted original solo performances created successful collaboration pinch composer Leland. After Myki Meeks and Nini Coco emerged arsenic nan last two, nan crown came down to an eventual articulator sync to “Every Girl You’ve Ever Loved” (feat. Naomi Campbell) from Miley Cyrus’s medium Something Beautiful, pinch RuPaul yet crowning Myki Meeks arsenic nan Season 18 champion.
RuPaul’s Drag Race is produced by World of Wonder Productions pinch Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang, Michele Mills and RuPaul Charles serving arsenic Executive Producers. Daniel Blau Rogge serves arsenic Executive Producer for MTV and Julie Ha serves arsenic Supervising Producer.
