The NRL Grand Final has dominated Sunday night viewing for Nine, achieving an average audience across Total TV of 3.422 million (up 0.3% year-on-year).
Nine has reported this is the highest TV ratings Total TV audience for an NRL Grand Final since 2022. The Penrith Panthers victory achieved a national Total TV reach of 5.349 million.
The NRL Grand Final has recorded the highest-ever BVOD Audience for an NRL Grand Final at 762,000. This is an increase of 26% year-on-year. It is also bigger than the adjusted AFL Grand Final numbers with a corrected audience of 654,000.*
AFL Grand Final v NRL Grand Final
AFL Total TV national average 4,055,000 (was 4,024,000)*
NRL Total TV national average 3,421,000
AFL BVOD national average 654,000 (was 655,000)*
NRL BVOD national average 762,000
New BVOD record for NRLW Grand Final
The NRLW Grand Final recorded the highest-ever BVOD audience for the Women’s Grand Final at 101,000. This is an increase of 15% year-on-year. It achieved a National Total TV reach of 1.452 million and a Total TV national audience of 691,000.
Nine News #1 news bulletin
Wedged in amongst the NRL coverage, 9News was #1 news bulletin in Australia with total people, people 25-54 and people 16-39. The combined national bulletins achieved a national total TV reach of 1.814 million and a total TV national audience of 1.219 million. On 9Now, its BVOD audience of 160,000.
Winning shares
The 9Network was the No. 1 Network across the 5 City Metro on Sunday with all key demos and Total People
People 25-54: 57.9%
People 16-39: 66.4%
GS 18+: 43.8%
Total People: 46.8%
9Now was the No.1 CFTA BVOD platform on Sunday across Australia
People 25-54: 74.1%
People 16-39: 78.1%
GS 18+: 70.2%
Total People: 71.0%
*Seven corrected the AFL Grand Final figures based on the actual times the match was played. There could be a future adjustment of the NRL figures too.
