All the TV ratings for every AFL Foxtel game played so far this year. Interesting figures.

[Dan26]

I thought it would be interesting to look at the ratings for all the Foxtel AFL and NRL games so far this year to see how they have been going on Foxtel, given that Foxtel has become a much bigger part of the AFL landscape in 2007. There are many variables of course. Some Foxtel NRL games are delayed which affects ratings. Some AFL games are broadcast simultaneously on free-to-air, and there is a bigger take up of Pay-TV in the NRL dominated states than elsewhere. Also, all four AFL Foxtel games each week overlap with free-to-air, either in full (like Saturdays) or a partial overlap (the Sunday games)

But all that aside, here are the Pay-TV ratings for ALL available AFL and NRL games for the 2007 season so far to the end of last week. The only dates I don’t have available are the Pay-TV ratings for week 23, so if anyone has them that would be much appreciated. I also don’t have the ratings for week 14, except for the 212,000 Carlton-Richmond game, which is the only game I have from week 14. AFL games are in bold

AVERAGE AFL GAME – 132,000
AVERAGE NRL GAME - 146,000

I think the AFL would be happy with those figures.

**** = not live
ST = Sunday Twilight AFL game
MN = Monday night NRL game

LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL COLLINGWOOD V HAWTHORN 244,000 ST
LIVE: NRL ROOSTERS V RABBITOHS FOX Sports 1 242,086 MN
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL WEST COAST V ST KILDA 220,000 ST
LIVE & ACTIVE AFL CARLTON V RICHMOND 212,000 ST
LIVE: NRL TITANS V SHARKS FOX Sports 1 203,413 MN
LIVE: NRL WESTS TIGERS V STORM FOX Sports 3 201,000
LIVE: NRL DRAGONS V STORM FOX Sports 3 200,642
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL RABBITOHS V STORM 200,000
LIVE: NRL SHARKS V DRAGONS FOX Sports 3 199,790 MN
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL SEA EAGLES V STORM FOX Sports 3 193,000
LIVE: NRL TITANS V RABBITOHS FOX Sports 3 188,000
LIVE: NRL COWBOYS V RABBITOHS FOX Sports 3 184,000 MN
LIVE: NRL TITANS V COWBOYS FOX Sports 3 183,000 MN
LIVE: NRL BRONCOS V WESTS TIGERS 182,000 MN
LIVE: NRL DRAGONS V BULLDOGS FOX Sports 3 182,000
LIVE: NRL WARRIORS V BRONCOS FOX Sports 1 181,188
LIVE: NRL BULLDOGS V SEA EAGLES FOX Sports 3 176,465
LIVE: NRL COWBOYS V STORM FOX Sports 3 175,000
LIVE: NRL WARRIORS V EELS FOX Sports 3 172,908
LIVE: NRL SHARKS V RABBITOHS FOX Sports 3 172,614
LIVE: AFL CARLTON V BRISBANE FOX Sports 1 172,000
LIVE: NRL ROOSTERS V SHARKS FOX Sports 3 171,000
LIVE: NRL STORM V BULLDOGS FOX Sports 3 170,000 MN
LIVE: NRL RABBITOHS V WARRIORS FOX Sports 3 169,000
LIVE: NRL RAIDERS V ROOSTERS FOX Sports 3 169,000 MN
LIVE: NRL COWBOYS V ROOSTERS FOX Sports 3 167,987
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL PORT AD V ESSENDON FOX 1 167,000 ST
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL RAIDERS V COWBOYS FOX Sports 3 165,000
LIVE: AFL GEELONG V WEST COAST FOX Sports 1 163,000
LIVE: AFL COLLINGWOOD V CARLTON FOX Sports 1 163,000
LIVE: NRL SEA EAGLES V BRONCOS FOX Sports 3 163,000 MN
LIVE: NRL DRAGONS V SHARKS FOX Sports 3 162,000 MN
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL STORM V PANTHERS FOX Sports 3 162,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL SHARKS V PANTHERS FOX Sports 3 161,552
LIVE: AFL RICHMOND V WEST COAST FOX Sports 1 160,000
LIVE: NRL BRONCOS V EELS FOX Sports 3 160,000 MN
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL WEST COAST V CARLTON FOX Sports 1 157,000 ST
LIVE: NRL COWBOYS V PANTHERS FOX Sports 3 157,000
LIVE: NRL RAIDERS V STORM FOX Sports 3 156,699
LIVE: NRL SEA EAGLES V WARRIORS FOX Sports 3 155,409
LIVE: NRL TITANS V KNIGHTS FOX Sports 3 154,000
LIVE: NRL BULLDOGS V ROOSTERS 154,000 MN
LIVE: NRL STORM V ROOSTERS FOX Sports 3 153,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL PANTHERS V RAIDERS FOX Sports 3 152,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL EELS V COWBOYS FOX Sports 3 152,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL TITANS V WARRIORS 152,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL DRAGONS V COWBOYS FOX Sports 3 151,118
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL ROOSTERS V KNIGHTS FOX Sports 3 151,000
LIVE: NRL WARRIORS V KNIGHTS FOX Sports 3 150,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL RICHMOND V GEELONG FOX Sports 1 149,000 ST
LIVE: NRL COWBOYS V WARRIORS 149,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL TIGERS V SEA EAGLES FOX Sports 3 148,910
LIVE: NRL WARRIORS V SHARKS FOX Sports 3 148,000
LIVE: NRL KNIGHTS V RAIDERS FOX Sports 3 147,000 MN
LIVE: NRL COWBOYS V SHARKS FOX Sports 3 147,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL FREMANTLE V RICHMOND FOX Sports 1 146,000 ST
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL FREMANTLE V HAWTHORN FOX Sports 146,000 ST
LIVE: NRL COWBOYS V SEA EAGLES FOX Sports 3 144,000
LIVE: NRL EELS V WARRIORS FOX Sports 3 143,000 MN
LIVE: NRL EELS V KNIGHTS FOX Sports 3 143,000 MN
LIVE: AFL GEELONG V BRISBANE LIONS FOX Sports 1 141,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL KNIGHTS V WARRIORS FOX Sports 3 141,000
LIVE: AFL WESTERN BULLDOGS V FREMANTLE FOX Sports 1 140,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL WEST COAST V MELBOURNE FOX 1 140,000 ST
LIVE: NRL KNIGHTS V BULLDOGS FOX Sports 1 139,810
LIVE: AFL KANGAROOS V CARLTON FOX Sports 1 139,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL PORT ADEL V GEELONG FOX Sports 1 138,000 ST
LIVE: AFL BRISBANE V FREMANTLE FOX Sports 1 138,000
LIVE: AFL BRISBANE V COLLINGWOOD FOX Sports 1 137,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL RICH V KANG FOX Sports 1 137,000 (Sun Twilight)
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL FREMANTLE V ADELAIDE FOX Sports 1 137,000 ST
LIVE: NRL ROOSTERS V DRAGONS FOX Sports 3 137,000
LIVE: AFL HAWTHORN V BULLDOGS FOX Sports 1 136,000
LIVE: AFL SYDNEY V FREMANTLE FOX Sports 1 136,000
LIVE: AFL FREMANTLE V GEELONG FOX Sports 1 134,000
LIVE: NRL EELS V DRAGONS FOX Sports 3 134,000
LIVE: NRL WESTS TIGERS V WARRIORS FOX Sports 3 134,000
LIVE: AFL WEST COAST V WESTERN BULLDOGS FOX Sports 1 133,000
LIVE: AFL SYDNEY V PORT ADELAIDE FOX Sports 1 132,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL SHARKS V WARRIORS FOX Sports 3 132,000
LIVE: NRL RABBITOHS V KNIGHTS FOX Sports 3 131,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL KANGAROOS V HAWTHORN FOX Sports 1 131,000 ST
LIVE: NRL KNIGHTS V SHARKS FOX Sports 3 131,000 MN
LIVE: AFL WESTERN BULLDOGS V SYDNEY FOX Sports 1 130,000
LIVE: AFL HAWTHORN V GEELONG FOX Sports 1 128,000
LIVE: AFL FREMANTLE V PORT ADELAIDE FOX Sports 1 127,056
LIVE: NRL RAIDERS V WESTS TIGERS 127,000
LIVE: NRL RABBITOHS V SHARKS FOX Sports 3 127,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL BULLDOGS V PANTHERS FOX Sports 3 126,000
LIVE: NRL SEA EAGLES V TITANS FOX Sports 3 125,000
LIVE: NRL RAIDERS V SEA EAGLES FOX Sports 3 123,000
NRL RABBITOHS V TITANS FOX Sports 3 123,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL WEST BULLDOGS V ADELAIDE FOX Sports 1 121,913 ST
LIVE: AFL FREMANTLE V CARLTON FOX Sports 1 121,000
LIVE: NRL SHARKS V RAIDERS FOX Sports 3 121,000
LIVE: AFL KANGAROOS V SYDNEY FOX Sports 1 118,000
LIVE: AFL SYDNEY V BRISBANE FOX Sports 1 117,000
LIVE: AFL BRIS LIONS V PORT ADELAIDE FOX Sports 1 116,000
LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL KANGAROOS V MELB FOX Sports 1 115,000 ST
LIVE: AFL ADELAIDE V WEST COAST 113,000
LIVE: AFL SYDNEY V RICHMOND FOX Sports 1 112,000
LIVE: NRL DRAGONS V RAIDERS FOX Sports 3 112,000
LIVE: AFL WEST COAST V BRISBANE LIONS 111,000
LIVE: AFL CARLTON V ADELAIDE FOX Sports 1 110,000
LIVE: AFL BRISBANE V ADELAIDE FOX Sports 1 110,000
LIVE: AFL ADELAIDE V GEELONG FOX Sports 1 107,000
LIVE: AFL BRISBANE V HAWTHORN FOX Sports 1 106,494
LIVE: AFL RICHMOND V BRISBANE FOX Sports 1 106,000
LIVE: AFL PORT ADELAIDE V ADELAIDE FOX Sports 1 103,757
LIVE: NRL BRONCOS V KNIGHTS FOX Sports 3 103,000
LIVE: AFL FREMANTLE V WEST COAST FOX Sports 1 102,520
LIVE: NRL PANTHERS V BRONCOS FOX Sports 3 101,000
LIVE: AFL WEST COAST V KANGAROOS FOX Sports 1 100,000
LIVE: AFL BRISBANE LIONS V CARLTON FOX Sports 1 100,000
****NRL ROOSTERS V EELS FOX Sports 3 98,000
LIVE: AFL ST KILDA V ESSENDON FOX Sports 1 97,000
****NRL SHARKS V ROOSTERS FOX Sports 3 97,000
****NRL SEA EAGLES V RAIDERS FOX Sports 3 95,723
LIVE: NRL ROOSTERS V TITANS FOX Sports 3 94,000
LIVE: NRL WARRIORS V STORM FOX Sports 3 94,000
****NRL STORM V RABBITOHS FOX Sports 3 92,000
****NRL EELS V ROOSTERS FOX Sports 3 91,000
LIVE: AFL KANGAROOS V BRISBANE FOX Sports 1 89,000
LIVE: NRL WARRIORS V COWBOYS FOX Sports 3 87,000
LIVE: AFL PORT ADELAIDE V WEST COAST FOX Sports 1 86,000
LIVE: AFL GEELONG V FREMANTLE FOX Sports 1 86,000
LIVE: AFL WESTERN BULLDOGS V PORT ADELAIDE 83,000
LIVE: AFL PORT ADELAIDE V KANGAROOS FOX Sports 1 80,328
LIVE: NRL WARRIORS V WESTS TIGERS FOX Sports 3 80,000
LIVE: AFL MELBOURNE V BRISBANE LIONS FOX Sports 1 75,000
****NRL RABBITOHS V RAIDERS FOX Sports 3 71,000
****NRL SEA EAGLES V ROOSTERS FOX Sports 3 61,000
****NRL PANTHERS V ROOSTERS FOX Sports 3 61,000

Other
LIVE: FOOTBALL: AFC ASIAN CUP AUSTRALIA V OMAN FOX Sports 2 286,000
LIVE: FOOTBALL: AFC ASIAN CUP FOX Sports 2 213,000 Aust vs Japan
LIVE: FOOTBALL: AFC ASIAN CUP THAILAND V AUSTRALIA FOX Sports 2 201,000
LIVE: RUGBY UNION: TRI NATIONS FOX Sports 2 175,000

LIVE: RUGBY UNION: TRI NATIONS FOX Sports 2 113,000

 

[Dan26]

Average AFL Foxtel non Sunday twlight game - 121,000
Average AFL Foxtel Sunday twilight game - 162,000

Sunday twilight games are 34% higher than all other Foxtel AFL games.

The NRL's equivalent (Monday night) averages 174,000 compared to the average non Monday night game of 139,000.

Monday night NRL games are 25% higher than all other Foxtel NRL games.

I don't know whether that indicates, that in an "all things being equal world" Sunday evening from 5-8 is probably a better rating sport timeslot than Monday evening at 7pm, taking into account the percentage increases.

 

[Rob]

I don't know whether that indicates, that in an "all things being equal world" Sunday evening from 5-8 is probably a better rating sport timeslot than Monday evening at 7pm, taking into account the percentage increases.

All NRL macthes on Fox have exclusive timeslots, i.e there's no other NRL match on FTA up against it.

Generally only 1 AFL match a round has this exclusivity - the ST match. That's why it rates much better.

 

[Dan26]

All NRL macthes on Fox have exclusive timeslots, i.e there's no other NRL match on FTA up against it.

Generally only 1 AFL match a round has this exclusivity - the ST match. That's why it rates much better.

And even that ST match overlaps with the 3-6 delayed game on Channel 7, so none of the Foxtel AFL games have total exclusivity. I reckon the twlight games should start at 6:10pm not 5:10pm.

Some NRL games are on at the same time at 7:30 on Saturday nights meaning one is delayed 2 hours later, so all time slots for ther NRL (at the grounds) are not exclusive, but on TV they are.

 

[m0nty]

Pretty pisspoor effort by NRL not to be dominating the top 5 of that list given that their MNF games are in primetime where there is a much higher possible audience.

 

[Dan26]

Pay Tv figures for this week were a bit lower for the AFL. I'll incorporate them into the main page. The West Coast-Port match was on free-to-air in both WA and SA it should be noted. And in the other states it was up against the blockbuster Coll-Gee match on free-to-air. Melb v Bris was free-to-air in Brisbane, and in competition with the Ess-Bulldogs game on free-to-air at the same time everywhere else.

Syd vs Freo is one of the better 1pm ratings for Foxtel. I havn't broken down the ratings for the 4 timeslots but I'm pretty sure the Sunday 1pm game is the lowest average rating of the 4, with Sunday twilight the highest.

1. LIVE: FOOTBALL: AFC ASIAN CUP AUSTRALIA V OMAN FOX Sports 2 286,000
2 LIVE: NRL ROOSTERS V SHARKS FOX Sports 3 171,000
3 LIVE: NRL EELS V KNIGHTS FOX Sports 3 143,000 (Monday night)
4 LIVE & ACTIVE: AFL RICH V KANG FOX Sports 1 137,000 (Sun Twilight)
5 LIVE: AFL SYDNEY V FREMANTLE FOX Sports 1 136,000
6 LIVE & ACTIVE: NRL BULLDOGS V PANTHERS FOX Sports 3 126,000
7 LIVE: FOOTBALL: AFC ASIAN CUP PRE GAME SHOW FOX Sports 2 120,000
8 LIVE: RUGBY UNION: TRI NATIONS FOX Sports 2 113,000
9 LIVE: NRL DRAGONS V RAIDERS FOX Sports 3 112,000
10 LIVE: AFL PORT ADELAIDE V WEST COAST FOX Sports 1 86,000
11 LIVE: AFL PRE GAME SHOW FOX Sports 1 82,000
12 LIVE: AFL MELBOURNE V BRISBANE LIONS FOX Sports 1 75,000

 

[ChrisFooty]

NRL has 16 of the top 20 positions. NRL still seems king for pay TV.

 

[Footy Rules Australia]

NRL has 16 of the top 20 positions. NRL still seems king for pay TV.

What absolute crap. Imagine if the AFL had exclusive Monday night football. The NRL wouldn't get near the top 20.

 

[Did's Dodgy Knee]

Do these figures cover the whole country? Or are they state based?

 

[Hicham]

5 city.

 

[Ricardo]

5 city.

With Sydney easily having the highest subscriber numbers.

I haven't got the exact figures but Melbourne is well behind Sydney in subscribers to Pay tv, and WA and SA it is very low.

Over the next few years we should see increases in pay-tv subscribers in the southern states and W.A.

 

[Ted Ed Fred]

AFL would be higher if Tassie was included

 

[Ricardo]

AFL would be higher if Tassie was included

But then the NRL would include Qld and NSW regionals, which would add thousands to the figures usually released.

 

[Ted Ed Fred]

But then the NRL would include Qld and NSW regionals, which would add thousands to the figures usually released.

Then the AFL would include WA, Vic, SA regional areas as well as Darwin

 

[Tigger Please!]

I remember reading somewhere that regional NSW and Qld is bigger than WA, SA, NT and Tas combined.

 

[Ted Ed Fred]

I remember reading somewhere that regional NSW and Qld is bigger than WA, SA, NT and Tas combined.

Yes, I like fiction too.

 

[Hicham]

Yes, I like fiction too.

Why?

Regional NSW/Qld is 4 million+.

 

[Hicham]

But then the NRL would include Qld and NSW regionals, which would add thousands to the figures usually released.

Yes, many of the MNF games have totalled over 300,000 viewers in RL markets.

 

[Footy Rules Australia]

I've heard the live NRL game on Friday night in Sydney gets beaten by Big Brother on occasions.

 

[grayham]

Why?

Regional NSW/Qld is 4 million+.

There is little point in counting regionals. All through history the 5 capital city ratio of ratings, is almost exactly the same as the city+regional ratios'.

Thats why these ratings agencies dont always bother with regionals. Adding them doesnt change the result, other than absolute numbers which can be projected from city ratings anyway.

 

[Ari]

I just think it's great that a country can have two major sporting codes!

....and then you have the A-League come summer!!

 

[clobba]

With Sydney easily having the highest subscriber numbers.

I haven't got the exact figures but Melbourne is well behind Sydney in subscribers to Pay tv, and WA and SA it is very low.

Over the next few years we should see increases in pay-tv subscribers in the southern states and W.A.

whys that? I cant see it happening till the AFL shafts us even more with the next media deal, as surely those that are going to jump on Foxtel have done so by now?

 

[Copernicus]

I remember reading somewhere that regional NSW and Qld is bigger than WA, SA, NT and Tas combined.

I think they would be basically equal. Regional Victoria would be about 1.5 million, though - I am sure that would have to be taken into account also.

 

[Hicham]

I think they would be basically equal. Regional Victoria would be about 1.5 million, though - I am sure that would have to be taken into account also.

Not really. Unlike the socalled southern states, NSW and Qld are very much decentralised ie. people DO live outside the capital.

According to the Aug 2006 Census data:

Tasmania: 476,481
Reg Victoria: 1,339,831
Reg SA: 408,498
Reg WA: 514,010

2,738,820

Reg NSW: 2,729,987
Reg Qld: 2,141,401

4,871,388

Now I left out the ACT because some here were likely to sook about it, but it is in a TV sense officially counted as part of Reg NSW (Southern NSW to be exact) as it recieves its feeds from SNSW networks rather than its own capital city feed that the 5 majors gets. So in reality, that final figure would read 5,194,444.

Anyone who says the regionals mean nothing when trying when comparing the ratings for the 2 sports is deluded.

 

[SorryIHammerChicken]

I just think it's great that a country can have two major sporting codes!

....and then you have the A-League come summer!!

It's good to have the A-League. Even if it only fills 1/10th of the void AFL leaves, it's something

Why are so many rugby league games Live and Active, yet only 1 or 2 a week are Active in AFL?