2025 TV Ratings

[Bjo187]

Something interesting myself and a mate have noticed on our foxtel guide, is when you click on 7 mate, it prompts you that you have to log in to 7 plus to view the channel. Not sure why it does this, unless they're trying to get all footy people to have a 7 plus account and foxtel are helping them in this endeavor, which wouldn't really make sense, as their shows compete.

 

[Air_Chester]

Something interesting myself and a mate have noticed on our foxtel guide, is when you click on 7 mate, it prompts you that you have to log in to 7 plus to view the channel. Not sure why it does this, unless they're trying to get all footy people to have a 7 plus account and foxtel are helping them in this endeavor, which wouldn't really make sense, as their shows compete.

I think 7plus is just a pain in the ass like that. I watch a lot of Blue Heelers on there, on my iPad using Brave browser (to block ads), and every few days it makes me sign in again to watch, without a “Remember Me” option.

If I had to guess, it’s probably because they want people using the native 7plus app, because the official app never asks me to sign in, it stays logged in.

 

[Fire]

Cricket is far from dead. Three consecutive 80k crowds at the MCG three days straight over the boxing day test. Very good ratings. High level of interest still in the BBL.

If you had have read my post you would have seen that I said LOI are dead. Which is no longer on FTA. Not 'cricket' in general. Which is still on FTA.

 

[The_Wookie]

• Kayo Sports’ biggest weekend ever driven by blockbuster event schedule including the Australian Grand Prix, AFL, NRL, The PLAYERS Championship, Supercars, and WSL Championship Tour.
• More than 879 million minutes streamed, setting a new record for most minutes streamed across a single weekend.
• Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix race becomes the most-watched Formula 1® race of all time across Kayo Sports and Foxtel.

https://foxtelgroup.com.au/newsroom...d-of-live-sport-fuels-record-breaking-viewing

Minutes watched - they did the same thing for the Vegas opener. Going to be the focus for Fox/DAZN, as it is for most streamers.

 

[The_Wookie]

reminder - please read the Bigfooty rules regarding copyright and news articles.

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/please-read-re-copyright-posting-newspaper-articles.1389553/

 

[The_Wookie]

posting most of or the entire article as an image is a breach of the rules. You were warned and then did it again.

 

[The_Wookie]

Example 1: Correct - this is a paragraph or two with a link.

Every so often the question of the ability of the AFL to withstand restraint of trade cases in court pops up for discussion, most recently with regards to the possible – if unlikely – deregistration of Kurt Tippett at Adelaide. To date, the most commonly cited example of restraint of trade applies to the a case featuring the NSWRL and a player which the NSWRL lost. The AFL draft and cap systems have not been challenged since being introduced in 1986.

The AFL and Restraint of Trade - SportsIndustryAU

Oct 27, 2012

footyindustry.com

Media releases would be an exception

Example 2: Not correct - this is not.

The AFL and Restraint of Trade - SportsIndustryAU

Oct 27, 2012

footyindustry.com

[note i am the author and copyright owner in these examples]

 

[Bjo187]

posting most of or the entire article as an image is a breach of the rules. You were warned and then did it again.

Ahh, I thought it were only paywalled sites, I deleted those snippets of the paid article, so didn't 'do it again'.

It's odd you can't post a screenshot of a snippet of a freely available article, with a link to it for the full article, but if that's the way it is...

Here are the article links for those interested.

AFL stretches lead over NRL in TV viewership despite NRL’s rise - Roy Morgan Research

www.roymorgan.com

Basically stating the AFL have increased their tv viewing lead over the NRL in the past year, now sitting at 9.1 million individual viewers compared to 7.5 million. With 40% more content consumed by AFL watchers.

No Cookies | CODE Sports

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www.codesports.com.au

The other article was from Josh Barnes looking into the regular claim by the NRL that they're the most watched sport in Australia. Basically pointing out it isn't that accurate when you dig a bit deeper.

 

[The_Wookie]

Thursday, March 20th #AuSportTV
#AFL Blues/Hawks
Seven
Ave 663k (BVOD 51k) Rch 1.808m

#NRL Storm/Panthers
Nine
Ave 718k (BVOD 116k) Rch 1.7m

#socceroos v Indonesia
Ten
Ave 323k (BVOD 29k) Rch 931k

Data: VOZ

 

[The_Wookie]

Friday, March 21st #AuSportsTV

#AFL
Dogs/Pies
Seven 652k (BVOD 46k) Rch 1.859m
117.36m minutes (1.956m hrs) @ 180m runtime

#NRL
Nine 646k (BVOD 92k) Rch 1.41m
93.67m minutes (1.561m hours) @ 145m runtime

Data: VOZ/Yourtv

 

[Bjo187]

Friday, March 21st #AuSportsTV

#AFL
Dogs/Pies
Seven 652k (BVOD 46k) Rch 1.859m
117.36m minutes (1.956m hrs) @ 180m runtime

#NRL
Nine 646k (BVOD 92k) Rch 1.41m
93.67m minutes (1.561m hours) @ 145m runtime

Data: VOZ/Yourtv

There definitely appears a reasonably big shift to foxtel/kayo with their own commentary teams now. Also the super Saturday, i know two families myself that have signed up for the first time this year, so I'd imagine fox are pretty happy. Would be good if they provided some numbers to back this up though, not sure why they don't release them anymore.

 

[The_Wookie]

There definitely appears a reasonably big shift to foxtel/kayo with their own commentary teams now. Also the super Saturday, i know two families myself that have signed up for the first time this year, so I'd imagine fox are pretty happy. Would be good if they provided some numbers to back this up though, not sure why they don't release them anymore.

We generally get numbers around round 10 or so next.

 

[The Educator]

Friday, March 21st #AuSportsTV

#AFL
Dogs/Pies
Seven 652k (BVOD 46k) Rch 1.859m
117.36m minutes (1.956m hrs) @ 180m runtime

#NRL
Nine 646k (BVOD 92k) Rch 1.41m
93.67m minutes (1.561m hours) @ 145m runtime

Data: VOZ/Yourtv

Out of interest, where are the runtimes published?

 

[deck]

Something interesting myself and a mate have noticed on our foxtel guide, is when you click on 7 mate, it prompts you that you have to log in to 7 plus

That's for the SD version. If you go to the HD channels numbers 7 mate is there and no 7plus is needed.

 

[Bjo187]

That's for the SD version. If you go to the HD channels numbers 7 mate is there and no 7plus is needed.

Cool I'll check that thanks. 7 mate is on about page 5 of my guide, so hd must be on about page 15 .

 

[deck]

Cool I'll check that thanks. 7 mate is on about page 5 of my guide, so hd must be on about page 15 .

It's channel 257. 157 is the SD version. I was cursing when I went to watch the cricket that I needed to sign up to 7 plus. It was my brother who told me he didn't need to do that on his box. Further checking before I relised there was a SD and HD version of the channel.

 

[The_Wookie]

Sunday, March 23rd #AuSportsTV Update

#AFL
Lions/Eagles 154k
Bris 38k Per 78k
Roos/Dees & Dockers/Swans 399k
Syd 30k Mel 128k Adl 35k Per 87k

#nbl Grand Final 89k

#NRL
Eels/Bulldogs 528k
Syd 202k Bris 99k

Data: VOZ, Oztam via @Mediaspy

 

[Bjo187]

Sunday, March 23rd #AuSportsTV Update

#AFL
Lions/Eagles 154k
Bris 38k Per 78k
Roos/Dees & Dockers/Swans 399k
Syd 30k Mel 128k Adl 35k Per 87k

#nbl Grand Final 89k

#NRL
Eels/Bulldogs 528k
Syd 202k Bris 99k

Data: VOZ, Oztam via @Mediaspy

A question on this. The afl fta games are often different games in each state. So effectively you only have roughly 2 states getting each individual Sunday game making the ratings look lower. Does the NRL do this too, or does every state get the same games on fta every weekend?

The reason I ask is, the 'average viewers' for afl games only shown in one market or two, will artificially appear as lower on a 'per game' basis across the year, if this isn't accounted for.

Where as the NRL games across the whole country will appear at the end of the year to have a much higher 'per game viewer average rating', coz it's one national game going out to everybody.

Is this accounted for when calculating the average per game viewers across a year? Or is it another NRL advantageous loophole, where the AFL figure looks much lower coz the audience is split across multiple games and states on a Sunday afternoon, but more people are actually watching AFL on fta on Sunday afternoon than NRL.

For example:
AFL Sunday afternoon
154k
Approx 200k
Approx 200k

3 games roughly a measly 170k average? or Sunday afternoon national fta audience 554k?

NRL Sunday afternoon:
528k average across the country coz everybody gets the one game.

I hope I made sense there.

 

[The_Wookie]

A question on this. The afl fta games are often different games in each state. So effectively you only have roughly 2 states getting each individual Sunday game making the ratings look lower. Does the NRL do this too, or does every state get the same games on fta every weekend?

The reason I ask is, the 'average viewers' for afl games only shown in one market or two, will artificially appear as lower on a 'per game' basis across the year, if this isn't accounted for.

Where as the NRL games across the whole country will appear at the end of the year to have a much higher 'per game viewer average rating', coz it's one national game going out to everybody.

Is this accounted for when calculating the average per game viewers across a year? Or is it another NRL advantageous loophole, where the AFL figure looks much lower coz the audience is split across multiple games and states on a Sunday afternoon, but more people are actually watching AFL on fta on Sunday afternoon than NRL.

For example:
AFL Sunday afternoon
154k
Approx 200k
Approx 200k

3 games roughly a measly 170k average? or Sunday afternoon national fta audience 554k?

NRL Sunday afternoon:
528k average across the country coz everybody gets the one game.

I hope I made sense there.

Nah it makes sense, and something ive wrestled with in the reporting for a few years.

Its is one of the things that makes average ratings per game a bullshit stat on FTA, and why i try not to do anything outside of Thursday and Friday nights.

Its worth noting that the ratings for yesterday dont include the Swans in Sydney (but it does have the North/Dees which was shown into Sydney)

 

[The_Wookie]

Thursday, March 27th #AuSportTV
#AFL
Bombres/Power
Seven 561k (BVOD 37k) Rch 1.752m

• Metro 398k Reg 163k
• Syd 24k Mel 237k Bri 15k Adl 94k Per 28k

#NRL
Rabbitohs/PanthersNine 650k (BVOD 99k) Rch 1.482m

• Metro 404k Reg 246k
• Syd 220k Bri 148k GEM 36k (M/A/P)

Friday, March 28th #AuSportTV

#AFL
Blues/Dogs
Seven 649k (BVOD 43k) Rch 1.817m

#NRL
Dolphins/Broncos
Nine 583k (BVOD 90k) Rch 1.392m

Sunday, March 30th #AuSportTV

#AFL
Crows/Roos (All markets)
Seven 422k (BVOD 23k) Rch 1.206m)
- Mel 125k Adl 93k Per 38k (syd/bris

Eagles/Dockers (Per Only)
Seven 171k
- Per 127k

#NRL
Sea Eagles/Eels
Nine 491k (BVOD 61k) Rch 1.023m
- Syd 168k Bri 99k

Data: VOZ, Oztam via @mediaspyorg

 

[Cmarsh]

Sunday, March 23rd #AuSportsTV Update

#AFL
Lions/Eagles 154k
Bris 38k Per 78k
Roos/Dees & Dockers/Swans 399k
Syd 30k Mel 128k Adl 35k Per 87k

#nbl Grand Final 89k

#NRL
Eels/Bulldogs 528k
Syd 202k Bris 99k

Data: VOZ, Oztam via @Mediaspy

So the NRL game between two Sydney sides gets 528k with a combined 301k for the Sydney and Brisbane audience, leaving 227k left over? Is it claiming that the remaining audience is Melbourne/Adelaide/Perth, or is it all regionals?

What exactly are we expected to believe here?

 

[The_Wookie]

So the NRL game between two Sydney sides gets 528k with a combined 301k for the Sydney and Brisbane audience, leaving 227k left over? Is it claiming that the remaining audience is Melbourne/Adelaide/Perth, or is it all regionals?

What exactly are we expected to believe here?

If i had the specific regionals it would say so.

The national audience was 528k. The sydney audience was 202l, Brisbane was 99k. The remainder is the rest of the national audience including regionals and Melb/Adl/Per

 

[The_Wookie]

So far

Opening Round

• Fri – Swans/Hawks Average 651,000 (BVOD 53,000) Reach 2.036m
• Sun – Seven Network Giants/Pies Average 603,000 (BVOD 44,000) Reach 1.478m
  • Breakdown National 603k Mel 203k Adel 70k Per 54k Syd N/A Bris N/A

According to Foxtel average audiences on Fox Footy for 2025 Opening Round lifted 29% on 2024’s Opening Round.-

• The Opening Round clash between Sydney Swans and Hawthorn Hawks was up 35% on the Sydney Swans v Melbourne Demons first game of the season in 2024 and is the most streamed AFL season opener of all time. It was also the second most watched AFL season opener of all time. The Sydney v Hawthorn game also achieved the highest average audience ever for a sporting match on BINGE, bringing new audiences into the sport.
• The Sunday afternoon game between GWS Giants and Collingwood Magpies rose 20% on the same match-up which was played on a Saturday night in 2024.

Round 1

• Thu – Blues/Tigers Average 671,000 (BVOD 58,000) Reach 1.831m
  • National 671k (Metro 482k Reg 189k) Mel 297k Adl 88k Per 38k 7mate 59k (S/B)
• Fri – Hawks/Bombres Average 633,000 (BVOD 53,000) Reach 1.703m
• Sat – Pies/Power (SA only) & Lions/Swans (QLD/NSW only – delay)
  • Average 169,000 (BVOD 7k) Rch 625k
• Sun 16/3 – Dees/GWS (All markets) 388k (BVOD 23k) Rch 1.494m
  • Mel 122 Per 60k

Round 2

• Thu 20/3 – Blues/Hawks Seven Ave 663k (BVOD 51k) Rch 1.808m
  • Metro 481k
  • Syd 27k Mel 322k Bri 20k Ade 70k Per 41k
• Fri 21/3 – Dogs/Pies Seven 652k (BVOD 46k) Rch 1.859m
• Sun 23/3 – Roos/Dees Dockers/Swans 399k (BVOD 18k) Rch 1.286m
  • Syd 30k Mel 128k Ade 35k
• Sun 23/3 – Eagles/Lions 154k (QLD/WA only)
  • Bris 38k Per 78k

Round 3

• Thu 27/3 – Bombres/Power Seven 561k (BVOD 37k) Rch 1.752m
  • Metro 398k Reg 163k
  • Syd 24k Mel 237k Bri 15k Adl 94k Per 28k
• Fri, 28/3 – Blues/Dogs Seven 649k (BVOD 43k) Rch 1.817m
• Sun 30/3 – Crows/Roos (All markets) Seven 422k (BVOD 23k) Rch 1.206m)
  • Mel 125k Adl 93k Per 38k
• Sun 30/3 – Eagles/Dockers (Per Only) Seven 171k
  • Per 127k

Round 4

• Thu, 3/4 – Blues/Pies Seven 706k (BVOD 52k) Rch 1.894m
  • Metro 497k Reg 209k
  • Syd 18k Mel 342k Bri 23k Ade 79k Per 35k
• Fri 4/4 – Cats/Dees Seven 583k (BVOD 36k) Rch 1.712m

2025 AFL TV Ratings - SportsIndustryAU

Ratings are sourced from VOZ, Seven Network, Foxtel or Mediaspy with occasional input from Media Reports. Please note Foxtel and Kayo data is not available

footyindustry.com

 

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I'd be interested to see the FTA ratings for the delayed Saturday games

 

[The_Wookie]

I'd be interested to see the FTA ratings for the delayed Saturday games

most likely wont see most unless they are shown in multiple markets.