2026 TV and Streaming Ratings thread

[Foreign Legion]

What AFL sports show are you watching? Moreover why?

I'm not, news.com post articles about it lol

 

[Colk]

I'm not, news.com post articles about it lol

Got ya

 

[newc18]

or you could just ask? I didnt think id blocked anyone today - its undone. Lots of people disagree with me regularly. And have done over the 15 years ive been doing this.

Thank you.

 

[storm1999]

So will the bears

Only if they play the Ch9 game on Sunday afternoon. Thursday and Friday night games can only be on 9GEM as they will clash with the 6pm News in Perth.

 

[storm1999]

How many games are the swans shown on the main channel against the nrl ?

Any Thursday or Friday night game is on the main channel. Saturday depends on timeslot.

 

[storm1999]

The Storm have never had this

They did for one season in 2002. Every game was aired live on Nine Melbourne and the Storm played all home and away games in the Saturday 3pm timeslot. The arrangement ended after one season.

 

[Wb1234]

It’s funny when people quote this thread on other forms of social media

Lots of people really doing like seeing rugby league dominating

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

It meant the start of the game clashed with 7 News in Brisbane, so the broadcast was bumped to 7mate.

One of your best.
Read that Google trend data yet ?

 

[T-Boon]

Been seeing more and more png fans commenting on stories about the chiefs which I’ve never seen before

Awesome stuff

These idiots don’t realise we’ve got Australian and international growth coming now whilst they are maxed out

There isn't even much they can do with their rules whereas league has shown tinkering with rules to make it better grows its code by massive amounts.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

The Storm have never had this - they get the odd game shown on FTA during the year - but its the same national broadcast as the rest of the country, will be interesting to see how they react if the Bears get it.

At least Storm and Rugby League fans get a game every week in Melbourne on FTA, even if it`s not the Storm, because there sure ain`t any fumbles on FTA tonight in NSW. That`s a Friday mind you.
Completely surrendered the field.

 

[storm1999]

because there sure ain`t any fumbles on FTA tonight in NSW

There is no AFL on national FTA tonight due to the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal. NSW got the North Melbourne v Carlton match on 7mate at 3pm instead.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

There is no AFL on national FTA tonight due to the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal

It was exactly things like this that the aphorism " charity hides a multitude of sins" was coined for.

 

[The_Wookie]

Good Friday #NRL
Rabbitohs/Bulldogs
Margin: 8 Points
Crowd: 49,813 at Accor Stadium (60% cap)
2025 Crowd: 65,305 (Dogs home)
2024 Crowd: 35,275 (Sths home)
Nine: 497k (BVOD 107k) Reach 1.54m
GF 2025: 473k (BVOD 60k) Reach 1.081m

Panthers/Storm
Margin: 40 Points
Crowd: 20,204 at Commbank Stadium (67% cap)
Nine: 667k (BVOD 152k) Reach 1.54m
2026 Fri N Ave: 713k (+18% YoY)
*Easter 2025 wasnt until 18/4

Data: VOZ, http://NRL.com, @au_sport, @leagueunlimited

Good Friday #AFL
Roos/Blues
Margin: 10 Points
Crowd: 45,919 at Marvel Stadium (82% cap)
2025: 46,373 at Marvel Stadium
Seven: 353k (BVOD 41k) Reach 1m (No WA/SA)
2025: 438k (BVOD 24k) Reach 1.306m (No WA)

Crows/Dockers
Margin: 2 Points
Crowd: 48,627 at Adelaide Oval (91% cap)
Seven: 244k (BVOD 32k) Reach 615k (WA/SA only)
2026 Fri N Ave: 532,000 (-16% YoY)
*Note Easter wasnt until 18/4/2025

 

[steeden.]

2026 Fri N Ave: 532,000 (-16% YoY)
*Note Easter wasnt until 18/4/2025

AFL must be shitting bricks over a huge drop like that

 

[storm1999]

AFL must be shitting bricks over a huge drop like that

The Friday night game only aired in two markets on FTA. It's a bit hard to compare it to a weekly average for the slot.

 

[nko11]

The Friday night game only aired in two markets on FTA. It's a bit hard to compare it to a weekly average for the slot.

That percentage drop is in the average for all the games so far this season - not for this specific match. I think we still need to wait until after Anzac Day to get a clearer idea and a like-for-like comparison. If it's still down 15%+ I think that would be a real cause for concern for the AFL. Of course a portion of these could have switched their viewing to Fox. But thats not helpful for Channel 7.

 

[Wb1234]

Afl got belted

Another huge win for the good guys

 

[Wb1234]

 

[storm1999]

Afl got belted

The AFL had a day game which aired in 3 markets and a night game which aired in 2 markets.
As much as you love to derive a perverse sense of joy from seeing AFL fail, any comparisons are meaningless in this case.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

The AFL had a day game which aired in 3 markets and a night game which aired in 2 markets.
As much as you love to derive a perverse sense of joy from seeing AFL fail, any comparisons are meaningless in this case.

You do realise that actually makes the situation worse don`t you ?
Best case scenario two completely independent groups of people watched both games.
Most likely scenario, some people watched both thereby reducing the total overall number.