All-Ireland SFC final draws huge TV audience
July 29, 2025
RTE's Marty Morrissey conducts his 6 o'clock interview pitch side with Graham O'Sullivan and Gavin White ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Over one million people tuned into RTÉ’s TV coverage of the All-Ireland SFC final.
A peak audience of 1,033,000 viewers watched the closing stages of Kerry’s empathic victory over Donegal at Croke Park, with the national broadcaster’s coverage attracting an average audience of 933,000 viewers, or 76% of those watching television at the time.
In a sign of the times, there were 378,000 streams on the RTÉ Player, encompassing The Sunday Game Live and Irish language commentary of the game on Sunday Game Beo.
The Sunday Game's highlights programme on RTÉ2 was watched by an average of 175,000 with a share of 22%, while there were 34,400 streams on RTÉ Player.
Up for the Match on Saturday evening drew an average audience of 309,000 and had 44,000 streams on the RTÉ Player.
Fans were heavily engaged with The Sunday Game across RTÉ's social media platforms with video views reaching 6.73 million and over 705,000 engagements. The top performing piece of content across all RTÉ social channels and platforms was President Michael D Higgins, in what was his last appearance attending a men's final as head of state, greeting the players before throw-in.
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