The AFL helped score Channel Seven a big win in the ratings in 2023, bringing in a massive total audience of 62.5 million viewers this season.
The AFL Grand final last month was the most watched program of the year next to the FIFA Women’s World Cup, with a total TV audience of 3.37million across all platforms.
Collingwood’s nail-biting win over the Brisbane Lions for the premiership managed to pull in an eye-watering metro rating of 2.47million.
Another 441,000 viewers tuned in to watch the game on 7Plus.
The footy was also a big hit for Foxtel. Oztam figures over the last six weeks of the season reveal that an average of 1.26million fans tuned in to view the games on broadcast video-on-demand channels, including Kayo, Go and Now.
The AFL helped score Channel Seven a big win in the ratings in 2023, bringing in a massive total audience of 62.5 million viewers this season. Picture: Collingwood celebrating their big win
The AFL Grand final last month was the most watched program of the year next to the FIFA Women’s World Cup , with a total TV audience of 3.37million across all platforms. Pictured: KISS performing live at the AFL Grand Final
The Voice finale was another ratings win for the network on Sunday
Overall the audience for the AFL in 2023, across Seven’s free-to-air broadcasts and Fox’s platforms, including Foxfooty, Fox and Fox catch-up channels, was a whopping 142.88million viewers.
According to TV Blackbox, this means that the total broadcast audience for the AFL has surged by 20million viewers, up from 121million in 2022.
Meanwhile, Seven scored a big win on the weekend with another major sporting event – the Bathurst 1000.
The iconic motor race, which takes 6-hours to complete, brought in a metro rating of 602,000 viewers on Sunday.
The Voice finale, also on Seven, was another ratings win for the network on Sunday.
783,000 fans in the metro centres tuned in to watch Tarryn Stokes be announced as the winner of the singing competition
Seven scored a big win on the weekend with another major sporting event – the Bathurst 1000
783,000 fans in the metro centres tuned in to watch Tarryn Stokes be announced as the winner of the singing competition.
The mother-of-two, 40, walked away with a recording contract and $100,000 in prize money.
Channel Seven finished in the number one spot overall on Sunday with a huge audience share 36.4 per cent, while Nine came in a very poor second on 28.7 per cent.
The ABC was placed third on Sunday with a 15.1 per cent share of the audience, while ratings starved Channel 10 managed only a mere 11.9 per cent.
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