The Ashes delivered a winning innings for the Seven Network, reaching 14.2 million Australians across the series and producing a record-breaking start to summer on both Seven and 7plus Sport.
The 2025-26 Ashes series is the highest rated Test series ever on Seven, with an average total TV audience of 1.19 million across the five Tests, up 12% year-on-year.
Each session had an average 196,000 streaming on 7plus Sport, up 103%. Seven recorded its highest rated Test ever during the Boxing Day Test, which had an average total TV audience of 1.52 million, up 16% on last year.
On average, 246,000 people streamed each session on 7plus Sport, up 94% on last year.
Day 1, Session 3 of the Boxing Day Test was the highest rated session ever on Seven, reaching 3.4 million nationally and securing a national audience of 1.84 million, up 18% year-on-year. It posted a record cricket streaming audience on 7plus Sport, with 299,000 tuning in, up 112% year-on-year.
The Fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, headlined by Jane McGrath Day, reached more than 7.4 million Australians across the five days. It had a total TV audience of 1.14 million and 193,000 on 7plus Sport (up 27% year-on-year).
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The 2025/26 Ashes series has recorded the highest average audience of any Test series on Kayo SPORTS, and across all Foxtel Group platforms.
The series, which saw Australia win 4-1, also recorded 1.3 billion minutes streamed, making it the most streamed ever on Kayo SPORTS, and across all Foxtel Group platforms. Kayo SPORTS audiences soared 31% when compared to the Australia v India series in 2024/25.
When compared to the last Ashes series on Australian soil in 2021/22, Kayo SPORTS audiences were up 112%.
Other highlights from the five-Test, five location series include: The Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth Tests recorded the top three highest average audiences ever for Tests on Kayo SPORTS and across Foxtel Group platforms.
The Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne Tests achieved the highest Test audiences ever for their locations on Kayo SPORTS, and across Foxtel Group platform
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