By almost every measure the AFL has had a sterling year, with attendance, membership, participation and television viewing reaching unprecedented numbers. Attendance Attendance is the AFLs bread and butter, and I doubt theres anyone who seriously believes that they have a serious rival in crowd terms. A record 8.29 million people attended the entire season…
News Limited and the Guardian have both reported on the Tasmania Symphony Orchestras opposition to the location of the new stadium. The TSO has commissioned two independent acoustic reports in the past 12 months. Both reports, seen by Guardian Australia, warn greater measures will be needed to address the potential for sound spill and reverberation…
The Seven Network’s live, free and exclusive coverage of the 2024 AFL Grand Finalcaptured the attention of the nation on Saturday, reaching 6.09 million Australians andbecoming the most-watched program of 2024. The Grand Final, which saw the Brisbane Lions take the 2024 crown in a dominant 60 pointvictory over the Sydney Swans, captured a total…
The Telegraph reports that more than 1.9 million people watched Melbourne’s win against the Roosters on Friday night which was a significant boost compared to the corresponding game last year. The number of people who watched the game this year was up by 36.1 per cent compared to the Panthers and Storm preliminary finals clash…
The AFR reports that in 2024, the Nine Network had an average television audience of 521,600 for the home and away NRL series, up 11 per cent on the previous year. There are still two weeks to go in the NRL finals, but the average audience for Nine is 759,100. Seven says the home and…
The Mercury reports that the schedule for building the Tasmania Devils’ $70m High Performance Centre has been blown out of the water by the state government’s failure to announce whether it will be located at Rosny or Kingston. Rosny Parklands was announced as the site in December beating out a bid from KIngborogh Council, however…
The AFLs Cats/Lions rated 506,000 according to Oztams VPM reports. This is the highest VPM rating since they began public reporting last August. This includes Foxtel Go, Foxtel Now, and Kayo. It does not include STB services. Oztam FoxBVOD VPM (fixed) 14/9-20/9 The 2024 #AFL Finals series has an aggregated average streaming audience of 3.278…
For the first time both AFL Grand Finalists have over 1 million supporters with the Sydney Swans again topping the annual Roy Morgan AFL supporter ladder with 1,337,000 supporters. The Swans are nearly 300,000 ahead of the second-placed Brisbane Lions with 1,049,000 supporters and the league’s biggest annual increase of 223,000 supporters (+27%) on a…
The AFL is pleased to announce an all-time club membership record of 1,319,687 members. That number surpasses the all-time record of 1,264,952 set last year (+4.3%) with 1 in 20 Australians a member of an AFL Club. Of the total number of members, 241,410 are new members to a club. Three clubs surpassed 100,000 members – Collingwood, Carlton and West Coast…
AFL Foxtel Group has announced that the 2024 Toyota AFL Premiership Season is the most watched of all time across its platforms – Foxtel, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go and Kayo Sports. It is the third consecutive year of viewership growth. The audience growth has been led by huge jumps in streaming audiences, particularly on Kayo…
Thursday nights clash featured the Power taking on the Cats at Adelaide Oval in front of 50,342. The game was watched by 773,000 on Seven, with a reach of 2.6 million and was the number 1 program on Television for the evening. Friday nights game featuring the Bulldogs and Hawks was played out in front…
The Brisbane Lions today announced a new club membership record with 63,268 fans signing on as members in season 2024. The Gold Coast SUNS have set a new membership record for the fifth consecutive year, registering 26,157 members in 2024. for reference, NRL members
The following letter was sent to Collingwood Members on behalf of Collingwood President Jeff Browne this morning: Dear Member, I am thrilled to announce, for the second consecutive year, we have broken our membership record with 110,102 devoted and loyal Members. This is an outstanding achievement and only made possible by the unwavering support from each of…
More than 128,000 children around Australia have joined the biggest, most awesome club of all in 2024 – NAB AFL Auskick – to break the program’s all-time registered participation record. Surpassing last year’s record total figure of 126,245, the milestone number will continue to climb before the season officially closes on October 31, with registrations for…
2024 AFL Club Memberships as of August 1st. 9 Clubs have announced record memberships with a strong possibility of another before the August 31 deadline For access to the data you can see this link here AFL Clubs 2023 (Total) 2024 (1/8) Adelaide 68,536 70,000 Brisbane 54,676 55,000 Carlton 95,277 105,035 Collingwood 106,470 100,000 Essendon…
AFL CEO Andrew Dillon has today announced a new all-time AFL Club membership record of 1,268,403 * members (year to date). The 1,268,403 number surpasses the record of 1,198,833 that was set in 2023. An increase of 6%. One in 22 Australians is a member of an AFL club. Three clubs Carlton, Collingwood and West Coast Eagles all have over…