AFL grand final pulls almost 3m metro viewers for Seven, beating NRL’s next day result for Nine

October 26, 2020 10:15

The AFL grand final has scored its highest ratings since 2016, with Saturday night’s showdown between the Richmond Tigers and Geelong Cats attracting 2.979m metro viewers, and 3.812m nationally, to Seven.

1.583m Melburnians watched from home as the two local teams competed in Queensland – Richmond defeated Geelong by 31 points – due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Victoria. Communal viewing in the city was strictly limited under ongoing lockdown conditions that mean only two people can visit a household, once a day.

The Melbourne result was more than triple the viewing audience of any other city, with 413,000 viewers in Sydney, 383,000 in Brisbane, 335,000 in Perth, and 265,000 in Adelaide.

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Brittney Rigby

Brittney Rigby was Mumbrella's deputy managing editor - news and analysis. She left Mumbrella in April 2021.