Record attendance at the Melbourne GP: 349,000 Formula 1 fans in the morning!

Record attendance at the Melbourne GP: 349,000 Formula 1 fans in the morning!

A real Formula 1 fan doesn't care about sleep! Yesterday, March 16, 2025, up to 349,000 spectators braved the early start at 5:00 a.m. in the Melbourne Grand Prix. Loud APA OTS An average of 281,000 people tuned in live via ORF 1, which corresponds to an impressive market share of 61 percent. What is particularly noteworthy is that the market share among young viewers reached a sensational 92 percent, setting a reach record for a World Cup opener in Australia. The subsequent program “Formula 1 Motorhome” at 7:25 a.m. also attracted 192,000 viewers with a market share of 43 percent.

Strong ratings in a record month

This record is part of an impressive series of successes for ORF in February 2025. How the ORF reported, the ORF station group achieved a market share of 39.7 percent last month, its highest reach in eleven years. A total of 3.902 million viewers tuned in, which corresponds to 51.7 percent of the TV population. With a 14.4 percent market share in the target group of 12-year-olds and older, ORF 1 collected its best February value since 2017.

Formula 1 not only caused excitement, but was also one of a number of high-ratings programs that were in high demand from audiences in February. The broadcasts of the Alpine Ski World Championships in Saalbach and the Nordic Ski World Championships as well as exciting fiction formats such as “Soko Donau” and “Totenfrau” contributed to the positive development. The top values ​​show that the number of viewers on both linear television and streams has risen sharply and that the viewing habits of Austrians continue to change.