Question: what is the target audience for spongebob squarepants

title: SpongeBob SquarePants
text: Within its first month on air , SpongeBob SquarePants overtook Pokémon as the highest rated Saturday - morning children 's series on television . It held an average national Nielsen rating of 4.9 among children aged two through eleven , denoting 1.9 million viewers . Two years later , the series had firmly established itself as Nickelodeon 's second highest rated children 's program , after Rugrats . That year , 2001 , SpongeBob SquarePants was credited with helping Nickelodeon take the `` Saturday - morning ratings crown '' for the fourth straight season . The series had gained a significant adult audience by that point -- nearly 40 percent of its 2.2 million viewers were aged 18 to 34 . In response to this weekend - found success , Nickelodeon gave SpongeBob SquarePants time slots at 6 PM and 8 PM , Monday through Thursday , to increase exposure of the series . By the end of that year SpongeBob SquarePants boasted the highest ratings for any children 's series , on all of television . Weekly viewership of the series had reached around fifteen million , at least five million of whom were adults . 

Answer: answer: Within its first month on air , SpongeBob SquarePants was the highest rated Saturday - morning children 's series on television .
By the end of 2001 SpongeBob SquarePants boasted the highest ratings for any children 's series , on all of television .
answer: SpongeBob SquarePants held an average national Nielsen rating of 4.9 among children aged two through eleven. The series had gained a significant adult audience by 2001 -- nearly 40 percent of its 2.2 million viewers were aged 18 to 34.  Weekly viewership of the series had reached around fifteen million , at least five million of whom were adults.