Since its debut, Sesame Street has garnered widespread acclaim, and it is considered one of the greatest television series of all time. It was by then the 15th-highest-rated children's television show in the United States. A 1996 survey found that 95% of all American preschoolers had watched it by the time they were three. In 2018, it was estimated that 86 million Americans had watched it as children. As of 2022, it has won 222 Emmy Awards and 11 Grammy Awards, more than any other children's show.[14][15] Sesame Street remains one of the longest-running shows in the world.