The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) have announced the ratings for this year’s edition.
As the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced in Geneva, at least 162 million people watched the three ESC live shows in mid-May. The EBU bases itself on figures from 38 public media markets. The 162 million viewers are one million more than the forecast for 2022.
For example, an average of 9.9 million people watched the final on May 13 in the host country, the United Kingdom – more than ever in Great Britain. That was an increase of 12 percent compared to 2022.
In Sweden, with a population of about 10 million, there was an average TV audience of 2.3 million viewers for the semi-final and final show.
As always, the ESC viewing figures in small Iceland were record-breaking: about 99 percent of all television channels there watched the ESC. In Norway it was about 88 percent, in Finland 86 percent and in Sweden 82 percent. A total of 7.6 million people watched the Grand Final live on the official YouTube channel.
Online, the digital platforms of the Eurovision Song Contest registered a record number of participations, according to the EBU. There were about 540 million views of official videos on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook – “almost twice as many as in 2022”.
There were also 4.8 billion views of clips with the hashtag “#Eurovision2023” on Tiktok.
“The Eurovision Song Contest has once again proven that public media has the power to unite the world through music with a global reach that we are very proud of,” said Martin Österdahl, Executive Supervisor of ESC.
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