2026 TV and Streaming Ratings thread

[Barney Stubble]

Apples and oranges. On Sundays different markets get different AFL games on 7

The 297k rating is for Melbourne v St Kilda which was on in NSW and VIC at 3pm

SA got North Melbourne v Port Adelaide
QLD and WA got Gold Coast v West Coast

ah no dopey
297K is the combined ratings for all 5 markets combined for which ever game they got
QLD got the last 2 games

that is just plain embarrassing

 

[Pippen94]

Apples and oranges. On Sundays different markets get different AFL games on 7

The 297k rating is for Melbourne v St Kilda which was on in NSW and VIC at 3pm

SA got North Melbourne v Port Adelaide
QLD and WA got Gold Coast v West Coast

Chemical Ali over here

 

[storm1999]

297K is the combined ratings for all 5 markets

Incorrect. They are coded differently on Oztam. 297k was Melbourne v St Kilda.

Go here if you want a full explanation:

Sunday 15 March 2026

5 cities Nine News manages a narrow win in the metro markets. Weekend Today is more competitive than usual on a weekend. 5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per Seven News 832,000 146,000 269,000 163,000 115,000 138,000 Nine News 844,000 236,000 252,000 200,000 84,000 72,000 10 News 145,000...

forums.mediaspy.org

 

[Barney Stubble]

Incorrect. They are coded differently on Oztam. 297k was Melbourne v St Kilda.

Go here if you want a full explanation:

Sunday 15 March 2026

5 cities Nine News manages a narrow win in the metro markets. Weekend Today is more competitive than usual on a weekend. 5 City Syd Mel Bri Ade Per Seven News 832,000 146,000 269,000 163,000 115,000 138,000 Nine News 844,000 236,000 252,000 200,000 84,000 72,000 10 News 145,000...

forums.mediaspy.org

rubbish
Ch 7 has been doing this for donkeys on Sundays
tallying all their afternoon games & giving one combined rating figure

 

[Wb1234]

How come there are no PTV numbers?

Not fair to show how bad afl are really doing

 

[Wb1234]

f**k
I just got informed the fumblers ratings weren't for one game televised nationally
it was for 3 games shown in different markets combined
early game shown in SA
middle game shown in Vic , NSW , ACT & QLD
late game shown in QLD & WA

Yeh I just remembered they lump various games into their fta numbers

lol

 

[storm1999]

Look at the OzTAM data. There are three separate entries:

SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL (Melb v StK)

SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL - GAME 1 (NM v Port)

SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL - GAME 2 (GC v WC)

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Barney Stubble]

Yeh I just remembered they lump various games into their fta numbers

lol

& they still are

 

[storm1999]

For anyone who wants to deal in facts:
Melbourne v St Kilda 297k
Gold Coast v West Coast 147k
North Melbourne v Port Adelaide 60k

 

[Pippen94]

Not fair to show how bad afl are really doing

Lol

 

[Pippen94]

For anyone who wants to deal in facts:
Melbourne v St Kilda 297k
Gold Coast v West Coast 147k
North Melbourne v Port Adelaide 60k

I have a serious question for you; is AFL dying?!

 

[storm1999]

I have a serious question for you; is AFL dying?!

No. The TV deals are structured very differently which seems to be beyond the understanding of most here. The TV ratings for FTA are down slightly. Crowds are down a little but still way ahead of NRL.

 

[Pippen94]

No. The TV deals are structured very differently which seems to be beyond the understanding of most here. The TV ratings for FTA are down slightly. Crowds are down a little but still way ahead of NRL.

If they allowed players to pass instead of stupidly punching ball would that stop slide?!

 

[The_Wookie]

You are all wrong.

For anyone who wants to deal in facts:
Melbourne v St Kilda 297k
Gold Coast v West Coast 147k
North Melbourne v Port Adelaide 60k

no. You are wrong. The coding for Sunday afternoon applies to the Roos/Power game as well.
2 games were shown in WA/QLD.

 

[storm1999]

The coding for Sunday afternoon applies to the Roos/Power game as well.

It's quite confusing but if you look at the Metro Rankings post by TV.Cynic on Mediaspy:

The Roos v Power is coded as follows in the Adelaide table:
SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL - GAME 1

The Melbourne table has one game, Melbourne v St Kilda, coded as:
SEVEN’S AFL: SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL

The other game, GC v WC is suffixed as GAME 2.

It would help everyone if they just listed the match on the OzTam codes.

 

[Wb1234]

So the current situation is pay tv ratings aren’t mentioned which heavily favour league

And fta afl gets to lump multiple games together against a single nrl game and they still manage to lose

 

[nswarrior]

I would love to see the PTV numbers

 

[The_Wookie]

/screw it cbf'd here

 

[marlins2.0]

/screw it cbf'd here

See ya mate. Come back for a nosey around Origin time if you're keen