2018 TV Ratings

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*I'll keep this thread updated*

* Note with Sky, includes homes who pay for a Sky subscription package (not including Now TV customers who don’t pay for a Sky subscription package).

* Sky has roughly 9 million subscribers in the UK
* BT has upto 11 million subscribers in the UK
* BBC, ITV & 5 is available in approximately 19 million homes in the UK. (Doesn't include TV player)

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* Lawrence Okolie vs. Isaac Chamberlain - avg: 230,000 (3rd Feb on Sky Sports)

* Murat Gassiev vs. Yunier Dorticos - 281,000 (3rd Feb on ITV4)

* Anthony Yarde vs. Tony Averlant - avg: 81,000 (24th Feb on BT Sport)

* Kell Brook vs. Sergei Rabchenko - avg: 289,000 (3rd March on Sky Sports)

* Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz - live avg: 105,000; replay avg: 164,000 (3rd March on Sky Sports)

* Dillian Whyte vs. Lucas Browne - avg: 276,000 (24th March on Sky Sports)

* Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker - replay avg: 411,000 (7th April on Sky Sports)

* Amir Khan vs. Phil Lo Greco - avg: 377,000 (21st April on Sky Sports)

* Carl Frampton vs. Nonito Donaire - avg: N/A (21st April on BT Sport)

* ULTIMATE BOXXER - avg: 133,000 (27th April on 5 Spike)

* Hughie Fury vs. Sam Sexton - peak: 2.9 million (12th May on 5Spike/Channel 5) 1.1m on Channel 5 from 9pm

* Lee Selby vs. Josh Warrington - avg: N/A (19th May on BT Sport)

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Still under construction

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2017 Figures

Just wanted to post some figures from last year, to see how we compare to this year so far.

25 Feb - Gavin McDonnell vs. Rey Vargas - 93,000 (Sky Sports)

11 Mar - Demetrius Andrade vs. Jack Culcay - 48,000 (Sky Sports)

25 Mar - Jorge Linares vs. Anthony Crolla II - 210,000 (Sky Sports)

8 April - Liam Smith vs. Liam Williams - 68,000 (BT Sport)

15 April - Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo - n/a (Sky Sports)

22 April - Martin Murray vs. Gabriel Rosado - n/a (Sky Sports)

22 April - Zolani Tete vs. Arthur Villanueva - 43,000 (BT Sport)

4 May - Joshua vs. Klitschko replay - 162,000 (Sky Sports)

13 May - Kal Yafai vs. Suguru Muranaka - 127,000 (Sky Sports)

13 May - Josh Warrington vs. Kiko Martinez - 53,000 (BT Sport)

20 May - Gervonta Davis vs. Liam Walsh - 79,000 (BT Sport)

10 June - Ryan Burnett vs. Lee Haskins - n/a (Sky Sports)

17 June - Tyron Zeuge vs. Paul Smith - 67,000 (Sky Sports)

1 July - Frank Buglioni vs. Ricky Summers - 93,000 (Sky Sports)

8 July - Bradley Skeete vs. Dale Evans - 23,000 (BT Sport)

8 July - Josh Taylor vs. Ohara Davies - 640,000 (Channel 5)

16 Sept - Billy Joe Saunders vs. Willie Monroe Jr - 79,000 (BT Sport)

30 Sept - Paul Butler vs. Stuart Hall - 15,000 (Sky Sports)

16 Sept - Callum Smith vs. Erik Skoglund - 253,000 (ITV4)

7 Oct - Anthony Crolla vs. Ricky Burns - 297,000 (Sky Sports)

20 Oct - Joe Joyce vs. Ian Lewison - 456,000 (Dave)

21 Oct - Ryan Burnett vs. Zhanat Zhakiyanov - 65,000 (Sky Sports)

4 Nov - Dmitry Bivol vs. Trent Broadhurst - 111,000 (Sky Sports)

11 Nov - Liam Smith vs. Liam Williams II - n/a (BT Sport)

18 Nov - Jerwin Ancajas vs. Jamie Conlan - 185,000 (BT Sport)

9 Dec - James DeGale vs. Caleb Truax - 198,000 (BT Sport)

13 Dec - Katie Taylor vs. Jessica McCaskill - 91,000 (Sky Sports)

15 Dec - Alexander Povetkin vs. Christian Hammer - 28,000 (Sky Sports)

16 Dec - Billy Joe Saunders vs. David Lemieux - 28,000 (BT Sport)

[mickey1975]

Really bad figures. Duff and Wazza were doing 10m 30 years ago!

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Really bad figures. Duff and Wazza were doing 10m 30 years ago!

A lot has changed in 30 years. Online, different viewing methods, subscriptions, illegal streams etc..

[dirk2686]

Really bad figures. Duff and Wazza were doing 10m 30 years ago!

With four channels. Now you have so much more choice.

Viewing figures are useful to an extent in terms of direct comparison between channels but it's not really an indication of how many people actually watched a fight. How many people now have the ability to record a fight on a Saturday night when they're out, or watch a replay, or watch a stream? Absolutely loads.

Still not sure why BT seem to consistently pick up fewer viewers than Sky despite being in more homes. Saunders figures in particular are pathetic.

[MattCoke]

Really bad figures. Duff and Wazza were doing 10m 30 years ago!

With four channels. Now you have so much more choice.

Viewing figures are useful to an extent in terms of direct comparison between channels but it's not really an indication of how many people actually watched a fight. How many people now have the ability to record a fight on a Saturday night when they're out, or watch a replay, or watch a stream? Absolutely loads.

Still not sure why BT seem to consistently pick up fewer viewers than Sky despite being in more homes. Saunders figures in particular are pathetic.

I’d imagine the BT Sports figures do not include allegedly viewers, and also Saunders Lemieux was on at 4am don’t forget.

[dirk2686]

Really bad figures. Duff and Wazza were doing 10m 30 years ago!

With four channels. Now you have so much more choice.

Viewing figures are useful to an extent in terms of direct comparison between channels but it's not really an indication of how many people actually watched a fight. How many people now have the ability to record a fight on a Saturday night when they're out, or watch a replay, or watch a stream? Absolutely loads.

Still not sure why BT seem to consistently pick up fewer viewers than Sky despite being in more homes. Saunders figures in particular are pathetic.

I’d imagine the BT Sports figures do not include allegedly viewers, and also Saunders Lemieux was on at 4am don’t forget.

Even without the BN figures the suggestion at the top of the first post states Sky have 9m subscribers to BT's 11m.

In that sense it seems strange that Saunders in a world title fight against Munroe did less than Buglioni Summers on a channel with fewer subscribers. Unless of course we accept that Saunders is just largely unpopular.

[tobyh5]

Thanks for posting, interesting to read and love to see how this moves forward. Few commonsense conclusions can be drawn -

• Free to air shows get the biggest numbers still so remains the best platform for getting the name out there (Ch5, Dave and ITV4 pulling high numbers, even on average / less than average shows).

• Then Sky pulling in better numbers but BT closely the gap at the back end of last year.

• A bad match-up well promoted gets better numbers than a good fight badly promoted (unless on free to air).

[mfc_se15]

Big Mick has just tweeted last night the channel 5 audience peaked at 1.5m

[maverick23]

Big Mick has just tweeted last night the channel 5 audience peaked at 1.5m

Good result if true.

[JimJim2009]

Big Mick has just tweeted last night the channel 5 audience peaked at 1.5m

Good result if true.

Shades of what duff and wazza were doing 30 years ago

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New entry

* ULTIMATE BOXXER - avg: 133,000 (27th April on 5 Spike)

It was 8th most watched on the channel for week ending 29 Apr 2018

5 Spike had an average daily reach of 1,093,000 at 1.82% share of audience for that week.

Compare that to Channel 5, which had a daily reach of 7,462,000 that week at 12.40% share of audience.

Would have done better numbers obviously on Channel 5, but still. Decent figures.

I take it Unilad on Facebook helped build up most of that audience too.

[Wa1nuts]

Really interesting thanks. How accurate are these though? Could they be inflated, does a viewing figure mean somebody watched the majority of the card or does flicking through channels count as a view?

I can't believe Joe Joyce fighting on Dave got nearly half a million views when you compare to some of the other cards. Crazy

[TheGman]

Big Mick has just tweeted last night the channel 5 audience peaked at 1.5m

Good result if true.

Shades of what duff and wazza were doing 30 years ago

30 years ago there were only 4 channels so easier for us to catch the fight, there was no internet and papers had big fights plastered over the back 2 or 3 pages not like these days

[maninthemiddle]

Need to remember most people on here are avid boxing fans. The numbers for Khan fight when you consider Frampton was on at same time tells u all u need to know about boxing viiewing figures. If I was a TV exec I wouldn’t be basing my decisions on the likes of us.
I’m surprised BT outstrips Sky for subscribers...one thing repeats itself so many times in business...marketing works. Sky and Matchroom are very good at it and even if they have an inferior product (at times) it still sells better than its competition. Be interested how Mick’s 1.5m compares with other sports C5 show. 1.5 sounds massive for a contest between 2 fighters most “casuals” won’t have seen before.....

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Be interested how Mick’s 1.5m compares with other sports C5 show. 1.5 sounds massive for a contest between 2 fighters most “casuals” won’t have seen before.....

Last year Josh Taylor vs. Ohara Davies averaged 640,000 on Channel 5

I think Mick said the Fury-Sextion fight peaked at 1.5 million. I will keep an eye out myself for the figures.

[Wa1nuts]

An people are saying Mick should pack it in. If he's still got channel 5 and beating the competition on viewing figures why should he

[SAPFO]

If boxing is near the top of the EPG listings, terrestrial for example, it gets decent figures.

Khan is still a draw.

Fighters should be built on free TV, even terrestrial. A deal with a channel to showcase prospects even unto Euro level before the big PPV on the paystation. They'd get the moms and nans on the wagon then.

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New Entry

* Hughie Fury vs. Sam Sexton - peak: 2.9 million (12th May on 5Spike/Channel 5)

Hughie Fury vs. Sam Sexton Generates Big Rating

The whole broadcast over 5Spike and Channel 5 reached 2.9 million!! Excellent news.

I take it the 2.9m is a peak figure, which would have been the Main Event.

[maverick23]

New Entry

* Hughie Fury vs. Sam Sexton - peak: 2.9 million (12th May on 5Spike/Channel 5)

Hughie Fury vs. Sam Sexton Generates Big Rating

The whole broadcast over 5Spike and Channel 5 reached 2.9 million!! Excellent news.

I take it the 2.9m is a peak figure, which would have been the Main Event.

It’ll be interesting to get the official numbers.

I’m assuming the 2.9m is people who have watched, for a few minutes or more, either show.

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New Entry

* Hughie Fury vs. Sam Sexton - peak: 2.9 million (12th May on 5Spike/Channel 5)

Hughie Fury vs. Sam Sexton Generates Big Rating

The whole broadcast over 5Spike and Channel 5 reached 2.9 million!! Excellent news.

I take it the 2.9m is a peak figure, which would have been the Main Event.

It’ll be interesting to get the official numbers.

I’m assuming the 2.9m is people who have watched, for a few minutes or more, either show.

It means it reached 2.9m at some point in the broadcast. I'm gonna guess it was Fury's fight

[maverick23]

New Entry

* Hughie Fury vs. Sam Sexton - peak: 2.9 million (12th May on 5Spike/Channel 5)

Hughie Fury vs. Sam Sexton Generates Big Rating

The whole broadcast over 5Spike and Channel 5 reached 2.9 million!! Excellent news.

I take it the 2.9m is a peak figure, which would have been the Main Event.

It’ll be interesting to get the official numbers.

I’m assuming the 2.9m is people who have watched, for a few minutes or more, either show.

It means it reached 2.9m at some point in the broadcast. I'm gonna guess it was Fury's fight

It doesn’t say that anywhere. It says 2.9m tuned in to watch on the night. For all we know they may be summing the unique viewers on each channel.

I’ll wait to get the official numbers.

To put it in to context the most watched show on ch5 in the W/e May 6th was just over 1.7m (average not peak). I’d love to believe they did 3m though!

[MattCoke]

1.5mil or 2.9mil either way they are great numbers, they would have been even better if fat Mick was any good, the show went live at 9pm, Hughie Fury should have been on about 9.10/9.15.

[mickey1975]

Hughie hammered what ggg and Lomachenko did!

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Hughie hammered what ggg and Lomachenko did!

Wonder what GGG-Brook would have done on channel 5..