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# The Evolution of Olympic Coverage [INFOGRAPHIC]
- URL: https://ivn.us/the-evolution-of-olympic-coverage-infographic/
- Published: 2012-07-20T11:33:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:27:58.000Z
- Author: Wes Messamore
- Tags: News

With the start of the modern Olympics in 1896, people followed the games through newspapers. Now they follow Olympic coverage through television and fans even interact directly with athletes via social media like Twitter. The following infographic is about the evolution of Olympic coverage:

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/olympics.jpg "olympics")](https://ivn.us/2012/07/20/the-evolution-of-olympic-coverage-infographic/olympics-2/)