OzTAM, the official ratings ‘umpire’, has released its final reports for the calendar year 2021.
The reports include consolidated audience figures for the Top 20 programs, Top 20 multi-channel programs, the most time-shifted programs and where each free-to-air network and channel ended the year. Plus there are rankings for the Top 20 Subscription TV programs and time-shifted programs.
Free-to-air reports cover Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Subscription TV reports are national.
Seven Network regained top spot for the year with 29.5% (up 2.6 from 2020), followed by Nine Network (27.5%, down 0.3), Network Ten (17.6%, down 0.4), ABC (17.0%, down 1.4) and SBS (8.4%, down 0.5). (6pm-12mn, 5 cities, Consolidated 28-days)
At individual channel level:
Seven (20.3%, up 2.2)
Nine (19.5%, up 0.2)
ABC (11.7%, down 1.2)
Ten (10.9%, down 0.8)
SBS (5.1%, down 0.2)
7Mate (3.8%, up 0.5)
7Two (3.5%, up 0.1) and 10Bold (3.5%, down 0.3)
ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus (2.8%, down 0.3)
9Gem (2.6%, down 0.3) and 10Peach (2.6%, up 0.2)
9Go (2.4%, down 0.3)
ABC News (2.0%, up 0.1)
9Life (1.9%, down 0.1)
7Flix (1.8%, down 0.1)
SBS Viceland (1.4%, =)
9Rush (1.1%, =)
SBS Food (0.9%, =) and SBS World Movies (0.9%, down 0.2)
10 Shake (0.6%, up 0.1)
ABC Me (0.5%, down 0.1)
NITV (0.2%, =)
During the year, ABC converted ABC Comedy to ABC TV Plus on 1 January 2021.
Channels not included in the survey include shopping channels TVSN, Spree, Extra and (now defunct) OpenShop, racing channel Racing.com and community TV stations C31 (Melbourne) and 44 (Adelaide).
Top 20 programs on Free-to-Air for the year 1 January to 31 December 2021 (Consolidated. 5 cities, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth):
TITLE NET TOT SYD MEL BNE ADE PER 1 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: MELBOURNE V WESTERN BULLDOGS Seven 3,051,000 396,000 1,669,000 216,000 283,000 487,000 2 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: PRESENTATIONS Seven 2,713,000 314,000 1,489,000 153,000 272,000 486,000 3 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: OPENING CEREMONY Seven 2,654,000 838,000 939,000 380,000 254,000 244,000 4 SEVEN'S AFL: GRAND FINAL: ON THE GROUND Seven 2,280,000 288,000 1,332,000 141,000 205,000 314,000 5 NRL GRAND FINAL DAY -MATCH Nine 2,206,000 1,119,000 315,000 561,000 85,000 126,000 6 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 9 - NIGHT Seven 2,077,000 610,000 722,000 360,000 192,000 192,000 7 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST -MATCH Nine 1,933,000 870,000 251,000 614,000 89,000 110,000 8 THE BLOCK -WINNER ANNOUNCED Nine 1,907,000 568,000 645,000 352,000 183,000 159,000 9 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 2ND -MATCH Nine 1,873,000 977,000 150,000 547,000 87,000 112,000 10 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: OPENING CEREMONY-LATE Seven 1,815,000 541,000 680,000 191,000 192,000 212,000 11 NRL GRAND FINAL DAY -PRESENTATION Nine 1,797,000 962,000 209,000 462,000 64,000 99,000 12 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 12 - NIGHT Seven 1,795,000 493,000 618,000 334,000 171,000 178,000 13 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 3RD -MATCH Nine 1,742,000 903,000 156,000 503,000 90,000 91,000 14 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 8 - NIGHT Seven 1,703,000 517,000 564,000 300,000 162,000 160,000 15 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: COUNTDOWN TO OPENING CEREMONY Seven 1,665,000 511,000 616,000 235,000 146,000 156,000 16 THE BLOCK -GRAND FINAL Nine 1,610,000 461,000 556,000 311,000 146,000 137,000 17 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 2 - NIGHT Seven 1,591,000 460,000 549,000 258,000 161,000 164,000 18 2021 WIMBLEDON D12 -WOMEN'S FINAL -BARTY V PLISKOVA Nine 1,547,000 549,000 464,000 217,000 126,000 190,000 19 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 9 - AFTERNOON Seven 1,529,000 503,000 434,000 343,000 114,000 136,000 20 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 9 - EVENING Seven 1,524,000 445,000 533,000 302,000 145,000 98,000
Top 20 programs on the Free-to-Air digital multi-channels (Consolidated. 5 cities, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth):
TITLE NET TOT SYD MEL BNE ADE PER 1 BLUEY-PM ABC K/TVP 705,000 149,000 217,000 140,000 75,000 123,000 2 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 13 - NIGHT FEED 2 7mate 697,000 188,000 245,000 131,000 66,000 66,000 3 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 11 - NIGHT FEED 2 7mate 645,000 156,000 239,000 138,000 63,000 50,000 4 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 - LATE NIGHT FEED 2 7mate 638,000 141,000 249,000 118,000 66,000 64,000 5 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 13 - EVENING FEED 2 7mate 589,000 204,000 186,000 123,000 42,000 34,000 6 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY -1 - LATE NIGHT 7mate 588,000 203,000 194,000 62,000 68,000 61,000 7 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 1 - LATE AFTERNOON FEED 2 7mate 527,000 152,000 196,000 76,000 59,000 44,000 8 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 10 - NIGHT FEED 2 7mate 499,000 125,000 153,000 102,000 61,000 57,000 9 SEVEN'S AFL: SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOOTBALL 7mate 492,000 49,000 245,000 34,000 73,000 91,000 10 BLUEY-EV ABC K/TVP 487,000 142,000 136,000 85,000 46,000 78,000 11 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 12 - EVENING FEED 2 7mate 481,000 148,000 142,000 118,000 35,000 39,000 12 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY -1 - NIGHT 7mate 476,000 166,000 144,000 62,000 60,000 44,000 13 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 14 - EVENING FEED 2 7mate 466,000 107,000 180,000 119,000 30,000 30,000 14 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 5 - NIGHT FEED 2 7mate 463,000 156,000 139,000 86,000 44,000 38,000 15 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 3 - NIGHT FEED 2 7mate 459,000 136,000 120,000 92,000 47,000 65,000 16 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 11 - LATE NIGHT FEED 2 7mate 440,000 109,000 159,000 69,000 46,000 57,000 17 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 2 - NIGHT FEED 2 7mate 438,000 145,000 128,000 78,000 46,000 40,000 18 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 15 - NIGHT FEED 2 7mate 433,000 239,000 143,000 51,000 19 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES: DAY 10 - EVENING FEED 2 7mate 411,000 105,000 129,000 101,000 42,000 34,000 20 BLUEY-AM ABC K/TVP 410,000 113,000 121,000 69,000 39,000 68,000
Top 20 Time-Shifted Free-to-Air Programs (Time Shift to 28 Days, Consolidated 28 Day % Increase on Overnight):
TITLE CH/NET TIMESHIFT TO 28 DAYS % INCREASE ON OVERNIGHT 1 BLUEY-PM ABC K/TVP 604,000 594.0%
2 FISK-EV ABC TV 464,000 85.3%
3 BLUEY-EV ABC K/TVP 359,000 280.2%
4 THE HANDMAID'S TALE SBS 294,000 220.3%
5 LEGO MASTERS -WED Nine 281,000 36.7%
6 LEGO MASTERS -LAUNCH Nine 262,000 31.3%
7 BLUEY-AM ABC K/TVP 247,000 150.5%
8 BLOODLANDS SBS 206,000 216.8%
9 LEGO MASTERS -TUE Nine 199,000 27.5%
10 LEGO MASTERS -MON Nine 198,000 26.1%
11 OLD PEOPLE'S HOME FOR 4 YEAR OLDS-EV ABC TV 195,000 33.6%
12 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -THU Nine 180,000 23.4%
13 MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT -GRAND REUNION -SUN Nine 180,000 20.8%
14 EXPOSED: THE GHOST TRAIN FIRE-EV ABC TV 178,000 42.8%
15 INNOCENT-EV ABC TV 177,000 50.9%
16 LEGO MASTERS -WINNER ANNOUNCED Nine 175,000 17.5%
17 DES-EV ABC TV 174,000 42.2%
18 MS REPRESENTED WITH ANNABEL CRABB-EV ABC TV 173,000 34.3%
19 MIDSOMER MURDERS-EV ABC TV 171,000 41.2%
20 LEGO MASTERS -SUN Nine 169,000 21.0%
Top 20 Subscription TV Programs (national):
TITLE CH TOT 1 LIVE: NRL: PF STORM V PANTHERS FOX LEAGUE 472,000 2 LIVE: NRL: PF RABBITOHS V SEA EAGLES FOX LEAGUE 452,000 3 LIVE: NRL: SF PANTHERS V EELS FOX LEAGUE 447,000 4 LIVE: AFL SF#1 BRISBANE V WESTERN BULLDOGS FOX FOOTY 439,000 5 LIVE: AFL PF#1 MELBOURNE V GEELONG FOX FOOTY 432,000 6 LIVE: THE ASHES: AUS V ENG 3RD TEST D2 FOX CRICKET 429,000 7 LIVE: THE ASHES: AUS V ENG 2ND TEST D2 FOX CRICKET 399,000 8 LIVE: NRL: QF PANTHERS V RABBITOHS FOX LEAGUE 395,000 9 LIVE: THE ASHES: AUS V ENG 2ND TEST D5 FOX CRICKET 394,000 10 LIVE: AFL PF#2 PORT ADELAIDE V W. BULLDOGS FOX FOOTY 392,000 11 LIVE: THE ASHES: AUS V ENG 3RD TEST D2 FOX CRICKET 388,000 12 LIVE: THE ASHES: AUS V ENG 3RD TEST D1 FOX CRICKET 379,000 13 LIVE: AUS V IND 3RD TEST DAY 3 FOX CRICKET 377,000 14 LIVE: THE ASHES: AUS V ENG 3RD TEST D1 FOX CRICKET 375,000 15 LIVE: MOTORSPORT: SUPERCARS BATHURST RACE 31 FOX SPORTS 503 374,000 16 LIVE: AUS V IND 3RD TEST DAY 4 FOX CRICKET 371,000 17 LIVE: THE ASHES: AUS V ENG 2ND TEST D4 FOX CRICKET 368,000 18 LIVE: NRL: SF SEA EAGLES V ROOSTERS FOX LEAGUE 367,000 19 LIVE: STUMPS: THE ASHES WRAP FOX CRICKET 366,000 20 LIVE: THE ASHES: AUS V ENG 2ND TEST D3 FOX CRICKET 364,000
Top 20 Time-Shifted Subscription TV Programs (national) (Time Shift to 28 Days, Consolidated 28 Day % Increase on Overnight)
TITLE CH/NET TIMESHIFT TO 28 DAYS % INCREASE ON OVERNIGHT 1 MARE OF EASTTOWN FOX SHOWCASE 171,000 1357.7% 2 MARE OF EASTTOWN FOX SHOWCASE 164,000 1196.2% 3 MARE OF EASTTOWN FOX SHOWCASE 149,000 966.4% 4 MARE OF EASTTOWN FOX SHOWCASE 146,000 891.4% 5 BLUEY CBeebies 146,000 746.9% 6 MARE OF EASTTOWN FOX SHOWCASE 137,000 794.2% 7 MARE OF EASTTOWN FOX SHOWCASE 130,000 1239.5% 8 BLUEY CBeebies 126,000 4293.9% 9 BLUEY CBeebies 116,000 10 BLUEY CBeebies 114,000 3175.3% 11 BLUEY CBeebies 114,000 12 BLUEY CBeebies 104,000 2192.9% 13 BLUEY CBeebies 103,000 14 BLUEY CBeebies 101,000 708.6% 15 BLUEY CBeebies 98,000 16 BLUEY CBeebies 97,000 17 MARE OF EASTTOWN FOX SHOWCASE 96,000 812.3% 18 THE WHITE LOTUS FOX SHOWCASE 95,000 944.9% 19 DEATH IN PARADISE BBC First 95,000 149.8% 20 BLUEY CBeebies 95,000
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