Statistical Information

TOP 10 PROGRAMMES 1ST JANUARY - 31ST DECEMBER 2020

ALL CHANNELS CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL INDIVIDUALS AGED 4+

Rank

Description

Channel

Day of week

Date

Time

TVR

000s

Share %

1

The Late Late Toy Show

RTÉ One

Fri

27-11-2020

21:37-00:08

38.97

1,717

77.09

2

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Ministerial Broadcast

RTÉ One

Tue

17-03-2020

21:00-21:11

36.50

1,599

65.49

3

RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock

RTÉ One

Tue

17-03-2020

21:12-21:39

29.76

1,304

61.70

4

RTÉ News: Six One

RTÉ One

Wed

30-12-2020

18:01-18:41

24.19

1,066

72.30

5

All Ireland Football Final: Dublin v Mayo

RTÉ2

Sat

19-12-2020

17:00-18:41

19.90

877

59.56

6

The Late Late Show

RTÉ One

Fri

27-03-2020

21:52-23:29

20.00

876

59.00

7

Guinness 6 Nations: France v Ireland

Virgin Media One

Sat

31-10-2020

20:03-21:55

19.30

850

48.17

8

RTÉ News Special

RTÉ One

Fri

27-03-2020

20:28-21:07

18.93

829

46.89

9

Room To Improve: Dermot's Home

RTÉ One

Sun

05-01-2020

21:30-22:28

17.73

777

50.95

10

All Ireland Hurling Final: Limerick v Waterford

RTÉ2

Sun

13-12-2020

15:30-17:07

16.18

713

61.39

The Late Late Toy Show

1,717,000

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Ministerial Broadcast

1,599,000

RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock

1,304,000

RTÉ News: Six One

1,066,000

All Ireland Football Final: Dublin v Mayo

877,000

The Late Late Show

876,000

Guinness 6 Nations: France v Ireland

850,000

RTÉ News Special

829,000

Room To Improve: Dermot's Home

777,000

All Ireland Hurling Final: Limerick v Waterford

713,000

Source: TAM Ireland Ltd/Nielsen TAM

Any Day Any Time - Best Episode. Ranked by TVR (note universe changes three times per year)

Minimum programme duration is 15 minutes

CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL

4+ ALL-DAY CHANNEL SHARES (%)

2020 2019

RTÉ One

20.7

17.6

RTÉ One +1

1.2

1.0

RTÉ2

4.7

6.2

RTÉ2 +1

0.2

0.1

RTÉjr

0.4

0.6

TG4

1.8

1.8

Virgin Media One

11.3

11.5

BBC1

3.8

4.5

Virgin Media Two

3.4

3.9

BBC2

1.7

1.7

Virgin Media Three

1.7

1.6

Channel 4

1.6

1.4

Sky News

1.2

1.2

Sky 1

1.2

1.1

Others

45.1

45.9

Source: TAM Ireland Ltd/Nielsen TAM

INDIGENOUS HOURS BROADCAST ON RTÉ TELEVISION IN PEAK TIME BY GENRE

2020 2019

Drama

161

134

News, Current Affairs & Weather

606

574

Entertainment

289

316

Music

25

31

Young People’s

2

2

Sport

239

325

Education

3

8

Religion

17

15

Arts

10

1

Factual

568

554

Source: RTÉ

SUBTITLING HOURS TELEVISION

2020 2019

RTÉ One

5,944

6,150

RTÉ2

5,102

4,949

All RTÉ

11,046

11,099

Source: RTÉ

TOP 10 ALL-WEEK NATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMMES - ADULTS 15+

TIMEBLOCK REACH FOR NATIONAL COMMERCIAL STATIONS

OCTOBER-SEPTEMBER 2020*

Rank

Programme

Station

Time-slot

Period

Adults 15+ Prog Reach

No. Of Adults 15+ (000s)

1

Morning Ireland

RTÉ Radio 1

07:00-09:00

Mon-Fri

12%

491

2

Liveline

RTÉ Radio 1

13:45-15:00

Mon-Fri

10%

404

3

The Marian Finucane / Brendan O'Connor Show

RTÉ Radio 1

11:00-13:00

Sat

10%

382

4

The Ryan Tubridy Show

RTÉ Radio 1

09:00-10:00

Mon-Fri

10%

381

5

The Business

RTÉ Radio 1

10:00-11:00

Sat

10%

376

6

News at One

RTÉ Radio 1

13:00-13:45

Mon-Fri

9%

370

7

Today with Sean O'Rourke / Sarah McInerney / Claire Byrne

RTÉ Radio 1

10:00-12:00

Mon-Fri

9%

369

8

Playback

RTÉ Radio 1

09:00-10:00

Sat

9%

362

9

The Marian Finucane / Brendan O'Connor Show

RTÉ Radio 1

11:00-13:00

Sun

9%

352

10

Sunday with Miriam

RTÉ Radio 1

10:00-11:00

Sun

8%

318

Morning Ireland

491,000

Liveline

404,000

The Marian Finucane / Brendan O'Connor Show

382,000

The Ryan Tubridy Show

381,000

The Business

376,000

News at One

370,000

Today with Sean O'Rourke / Sarah McInerney / Claire Byrne

369,000

Playback

362,000

The Marian Finucane / Brendan O'Connor Show

352,000

Sunday with Miriam

318,000

Source: JNLR/Ipsos MRBI 2020/3

* Note: The JNLR/Ipsos MRBI survey is based on a face-to-face questionnaire. Due to national COVID-19 restrictions, this was unable to be carried out for quarter four, 2020. The results reported therefore represent the period from October 2019 to September 2020.

NATIONAL SHARE OF RADIO LISTENING - WEEKDAY/PEAK TIME

OCTOBER 2019 - SEPTEMBER 2020*

2020

Source: JNLR / Ipsos MRBI 2020/3

* Note: The JNLR/Ipsos MRBI survey is based on a face-to-face questionnaire. Due to national COVID-19 restrictions, this was unable to be carried out for quarter four, 2020. The results reported therefore represent the period from October 2019 to September 2020.

RTÉ RADIO HOURS BY GENRE

2020 2019

Arts

530

528

News, Current Affairs & Weather

6,184

6,169

Sport

1,280

1,720

Music

20,000

19,463

Factual

1,190

1,387

Entertainment

5,026

4,984

Other

987

885

Source: RTÉ

Note: Category "Other" includes, Religion, Young Peoples and Drama

AVERAGE PAGE IMPRESSIONS PER MONTH ACROSS DIGITAL SERVICES (MILLIONS)

2020

295.4

2019

187.1

2018

170.0

2017

150.4

Source: RTÉ

WEEKLY REACH OF RTÉ'S DIGITAL SERVICES 2020

Any digital service from RTÉ

58%

RTÉ.ie

42%

RTÉ Player

33%

RTÉ Radio Player

11%

RTÉ Apps

11%

Source: RTÉ

RTÉ PLAYER STREAMS IN 2020

67.5 million

Source: RTÉ

RTÉ ORCHESTRAS PERFORMANCES

Guest Ensembles

2

4

RTÉ Quartet

0

5

RTÉ NSO/Phil Choir

1

6

RTÉ Choirs

2

8

RTÉ NSO

15

68

RTÉ CO

10

68

Overall

30

159

Source: RTÉ

RTÉ ORCHESTRAS ATTENDANCES

Guest Ensembles

309

1,103

RTÉ Quartet

0

1,113

RTÉ NSO/Phil Choir

1,061

5,997

RTÉ Choirs

695

3,460

RTÉ NSO

12,599

63,632

RTÉ CO

12,129

117,221

Overall

26,793

192,526

Source: RTÉ