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…
In Round 20 of the AFL, Saturday started with a decent crowd in Hobart with the Kangaroos drawing 10,045 to Blundstone Arena for their match against the Cats. This gives the Kangaroos a home season average of 22,113 for the season, and a 2024 average of 6,705 at Blundstone Arena. People First Stadium had its…
It was a big Friday night with the AFL, NRL and the Olympics opening ceremony. In Round 20 of the AFL, 40,500 people gathered at Marvel Stadium for the Blues v Power. This takes the Blues home average to 56,978 for the season, including a home average of 41,473 at Marvel. The match rated 650,000…
The NRLW competition will be a key selling point for the National Rugby League’s next media rights deal, according to chief executive Andrew Abdo, following the success of the 2024 women’s State of Origin series which drew more than three million viewers across the three games. The APL has claimed that the competitions have seen…
It was a massive week in sport as the final Origin for 2024 kicked off with a big crowd and its biggest tv audience in years. Television Attendance #AFL Bombres/Crows 36,020 at Marvel StadiumSaints/Eagles 18,251 at Marvel Stadium Giants/Suns 8,013 at Engie Stadium Hawks/Pies 74,171 at the MCG Power/Tigers 27,704 at Adelaide Oval Cats/Dogs 27,967…
#Sportstv on FTA TV over the last 12 months (3m ratings ave or higher), The list is dominated by Matildas games and Origin matches. All data is from Oztams VOZ in 2023 and 2024. This does not include streaming for the Matildas.
263,369 people were reported attending professional sport on Saturday at an average of 29,263 per match Five matches were played across the AFL on Saturday Saturday night coverage on Seven was split between Adelaide and the rest of the country, with the national game being the Dees and Bombres, while SA took the Crows/Saints feed….
In the AFL, the Pies pulled a respectable 73,435 to the MCG for their clash against the Cats. The match was watched by a great average audience of 776,000 on Seven – the second highest for the season – with a reach of 1.954 million. In the NRL the Sharks and Tigers played off in…
With the Bye rounds in progress, the round began in Brisbane on Friday night with the Lions taking on the Saints at the Gabba in front of a reasonable crowd of 27,445 – just ahead of their season average of 27,398. The Friday night match was watched by an average FTA viewership of 541,000 with…
Despite Origin leading to a shorter round, and the AFL in the middle of its “bye rounds”, it was a jam packed Saturday. Three AFL matches were played on the Saturday, with the Giants travelling to Launceston to face the Hawks in front of a reasonable crowd of 11,568. Later that afternoon West Coast hosted…
Following Origin and the Matildas, we were back into regular programming with both AFL and NRL in action on Friday. In the AFL, the Western Bulldogs faced the Brisbane Lions in front of 31,280 at Marvel Stadium. The match drew 573,000 viewers to the Seven Network including a reach of 1.751 million. Further North and…
Yet another season has drawn to a close. Critics abound, but almost all fans say that the season conclusion was one of the best ever. Is the Aleague making a comeback, is it holding back an inevitable doom, and are we past the point of no return? Heres the data for the year. Aleague (Mens)…
It was a massive weekend for attendances across the country, and no matter what code you support thats got to be a good thing. The A-league Mens finals were sold out at both venues on the Central Coast (20,059) and in Wellington where a record Phoenix home crowd of 33,297 attended. It is also the…
A big Saturday block of AFL matches played up and down the east coast with matches in Launceston, Melbourne, and the Gold Coast. Sevens Saturday night football was a combined ratings affair between the Tigers/Bulldogs and Suns/Roos matches with an average audience of 399,000 watching on free to air television, with a reach of 1.447…
A rare double header fixture for the AFL on a friday night saw an average audience of 691,000 watch Sevens AFL coverage on free to air television. The combined coverage reached a season high 2.383m viewers. Sevens Friday night coverage has an average audience of 626,000 for the season, while the average reach on a…
As we will have all noticed by now, Oztam has moved to a new standard which promotes Reach ahead of Average ratings. Is this a good or bad thing? For folks who study the data, the loss of metro/regional breakdowns, not to mention Foxtel ratings is a backward step in the disemination of information and…