Paris 2024 Olympics TV ratings: Wednesday 31 July saw Natalya Diehm win bronze in the Women’s BMX Freestyle Final

by Jasper Baumann

Posted on 1 August 2024

Penny Smith won a bronze medal in the Women’s Shooting Trap Final.

The 9Network’s TV ratings for Wednesday’s broadcast of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 (up until 2am AEST) secured a National Total TV Reach of 9.572 million across Channel 9, 9Gem and 9Now.

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 5 Night Session (7pm-9pm) was Australia’s No. 1 program with all key demos and Total People. It registered a National Total TV Reach of 5.331 million, a Total TV National Audience of 1.892 million and a BVOD audience of 260,000. Audiences in this time slot saw Australian Matthew Hauser come 7th in the Men’s Triathlon.

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 5 Night Session 2 (9pm-10:30pm) was Australia’s No. 2 program with all key demos and Total People. The broadcast, which saw Australian Natalya Diehm win bronze in the Women’s BMX Freestyle Final, secured a National Total TV Reach of 4.179 million, a Total TV National Audience of 1.773 million and a BVOD audience of 276,000.

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 5 Late (10:30pm-12am) dominated its timeslot across Australia with Total People and all key demos. It achieved a National Total TV Reach of 2.339 million, a Total TV National Audience of 1.066 million and a BVOD audience of 178,000. Audiences in this slot saw Australian BMX professional Logan Martin compete in the Men’s BMX Freestyle Final as well as Penny Smith shooting her way to a bronze medal in the Women’s Shooting Trap Final.

The 9Network was the No. 1 network across the 5 City Metro with Total People and all key demos, with massive shares of 63.26% with People 25-54, 69.07% with People 16-39 and 54.50% with Total People.

9Now was the No. 1 CFTA BVOD platform across Australia with Total People and all key demos, securing shares of 82.46% with People 25-54, 84.83% with People 16-39 and 80.48% with Total People.