ABC’s Bluey breaks ratings records and becomes the biggest show ever on Australian TV

Bluey has smashed the TV ratings to become the top dog of Australian television.

The latest season of the beloved animated series about a charming family of Blue Heelers drew in a staggering 11 million viewers.

These figures combine the total audience who viewed the show across all platforms on the ABC and ABC iview since April. 

The total audience figures comes from adding ratings from the five major capital cities, viewers in the regional centres, encore viewing and hours streamed on playback (VPM).

Bluey’s producers posted their appreciation to fans after the show’s record-smashing success. 

They posted a picture of Bluey holding a ‘thank you’ sign and a love heart, along with the caption ‘The biggest little show in Australia.’ 

Bluey easily beat the next best total audience figure of 3.7million viewers, which was scored by Channel Seven’s 2021 coverage of the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony.

The next best numbers were 2.58million viewers for Channel Nine’s Married at First Sight and Lego Masters, which drew in 2.2million viewers.

Meanwhile, the State of Origin NRL also scored impressive total audience figures last year, snaring 2.6million. 

Bluey’s producers posted their appreciation to fans after the show’s record-smashing success. They posted a picture of Bluey holding a ‘thank you’ sign and a love heart, along with the caption ‘The biggest little show in Australia’

Individual episodes for Bluey’s latest season are equally impressive, with ‘Cubby’ landing in the top spot with a total audience of 12.7million.

Episode ‘Relax’ scored a total audience of 12.7million, while ‘Dragon’ pulled 12.1million across all platforms.

Bluey, arguably Australia’s most popular children’s TV show, follows the adventures of ‘a loveable, inexhaustible six-year-old Blue Heeler dog’ along with her family, which includes her mum, dad and younger sister, and her friends.

The animated series won the Kids: Preschool Award at the 2019 International Emmys.

The show has even captured the hearts and minds of schoolchildren across America and is changing the way they speak.

The total audience figures comes from adding the ratings from the five major capital cities, viewers in the regional centres, encore viewing and hours streamed on playback (VPM) 

Children in the U.S. are beginning to speak with an unmistakable Australian twang after watching Bluey.

The cartoon has become wildly popular stateside after premiering on the Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney+ in September 2019.

In 2020, The New York Times described the show as ‘the biggest Australian export since The Wiggles’ – the country’s most famous children’s band.

The cartoon stays true to its Aussie roots and is packed with ‘g’day’ greetings and Aussie phrases like ‘show us your thongs, muffin!’