Audiences and Results TV
TV Audiences: Key ratings, audience shares and trends to help you understand how viewers engage with television.
TV Audience in France from 3rd to 9th August 2026
From 3rd to 9th August 2026 - Week 32
Day of viewing
Average day Average day Data relating to an average day correspond to the arithmetic mean of the corresponding data over the different days of the week, with this average being calculated over all of the weeks in the period studied. The idea of the average day Monday-Friday is also used: the week is then limited to five days. Find out more Monday-Sunday - from 3am to 3am - 4 years and older
| Weekly Coverage | ||
| Total TV | 57 364 000 | |
| Audience share (%) | ||
| Aggregates | National Channels(1) | 90,6 |
| Other TV : special-interest local and foreign channels | 9,4 | |
| Channels | TF1 | 17,5 |
| FRANCE 2 | 17,6 | |
| FRANCE 3 | 9,3 | |
| FRANCE 5 | 3,5 | |
| M6 | 7,6 | |
| ARTE | 3,3 | |
| W9 | 2,3 | |
| TMC | 2,6 | |
| TFX | 1,8 | |
| GULLI | 1,4 | |
| CSTAR | 0,8 | |
| TF1 SERIES FILMS | 1,7 | |
| 6TER | 1,3 | |
| RMC STORY | 1,2 | |
| RMC DÉCOUVERTE | 1,9 | |
| RMC LIFE | 1,4 | |
| CANAL+(2) | 1,0 | |
(1) National channels: historical channels and DTT channels.
(2) Results are calculated over the entire
broadcast
broadcast
A mode of transmission whereby a transmitter sends the same audio and video stream to many receivers within a coverage area. In the context of computer networks, broadcast mode is contrasted with “multicast” and “unicast” modes, which respectively refer to the transmission of a stream to a given group of recipient devices and to a single recipient device. OR : Putting a show or a programme on television or radio. This term refers to a programme that is broadcast live as opposed to on-demand.
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period, whether the broadcast is free-to-air or encrypted. Audiences for CANAL+ CINÉMA(S), CANAL+ SPORT, CANAL+ DOCS, CANAL+ GRAND ECRAN, CANAL+ FOOT, CANAL+ KIDS, CANAL+ SPORT 360, and CANAL+
BOX OFFICE
BOX OFFICE
Classification of films according to the number of cinema admissions.
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is included in the “Other TV”
aggregate
aggregate
Grouping together of basic entities with the intention of forming larger units. In radio, two types of aggregates have existed since 1991:
- Aggregates by format: General Interest Programmes, Private General Interest Programmes, Musical Programmes, Speciality Programmes, Local Programmes;
- Aggregates by status: Public Service Radio Stations, Radio France, Private Commercial Radio Stations, Private Association Radio Stations.
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Definitions
Audience Audience The set of listeners, viewers, or TV viewers in which each individual is equally weighted, regardless of their listening/viewing duration or frequency of contact. Find out more in Viewing days: total audiences of programmes viewed live, private time-shifted, preview preview A way to view a television programme via a catch-up platform before it is broadcast on live TV. Find out more and on replay on a given day, regardless of the original live broadcast broadcast A mode of transmission whereby a transmitter sends the same audio and video stream to many receivers within a coverage area. In the context of computer networks, broadcast mode is contrasted with “multicast” and “unicast” modes, which respectively refer to the transmission of a stream to a given group of recipient devices and to a single recipient device. OR : Putting a show or a programme on television or radio. This term refers to a programme that is broadcast live as opposed to on-demand. Find out more date of the programmes caught up with.
Weekly coverage coverage The audience accumulation over a long period (week, month, etc.) This is the number or percentage of people having had at least one contact, of any duration, with the media studied during the time period. It is calculated based on continuous panels. Find out more : number of individuals who had at least one contact with the television medium during the week. regardless of the duration of this contact.
Audience Share Audience Share The audience share, or market share of an event (programme, advertising slot, channel, station, etc.) is the ratio of the average audience for that event and the average audience for the media over the same time slot. This gives an indicator of the relative performance of a channel or station relative to their competitors. Find out more in percentage: share that represents the viewing time for a channel channel A subset of the brand URLs that overlap with a single theme (e.g., news, e-mail, etc.); the channel audience contributes to the overall audience of the brand, which itself contributes to the overall audience of the Parent. Find out more over the total viewing time for television media.
Methodology
Médiamat, the benchmark in television audience measurement audience measurement Quantitative study of the frequency of use of media. Find out more in France, provides daily audience audience The set of listeners, viewers, or TV viewers in which each individual is equally weighted, regardless of their listening/viewing duration or frequency of contact. Find out more figures for programmes watched anywhere, on any screen, live, timeshifted, on replay or preview preview A way to view a television programme via a catch-up platform before it is broadcast on live TV. Find out more , by all French people aged 4 and over, i.e. 63.6 million individuals.
- A first
panel
panel
A sample from which information is collected over time. It can be questioned several times at regular intervals. This method is pertinent for studying changes in behaviour.
The sample can be questioned continuously:
- either: each individual in the panel is asked to fill in a daily questionnaire relating to the subject of the study. This is the case for the Radio panel.
- or the information is recorded and returned regularly. This is the case for the Médiamat panel. This method is pertinent for understanding behavioural patterns and their changes if the panel lasts long enough.
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of around 12,000 individuals in 5,500 households, comprising:
- 5,000 households equipped with home TV sets. each connected to a fixed audimeter. the source of home TV audience measurement
- 500 households without home TV sets
- A second panel of around 5,000 individuals carrying a personal portable meter meter Measurement software installed on computers, smartphones or tablets of panellists in order to collect, with their consent, all of their surfing paths on computers, mobiles or tablets making it possible to produce the Internet audience measurement. Find out more to measure TV audiences out of home out of home Since 30 March 2020, for individuals aged 15 years and older, Médiamat has included the audience of television programmes viewed outside the home and whilst on the move on television sets, computers, smartphones and tablets. This includes, for example, audience viewing with relatives or friends, or else in a second home, hotel, holiday rental, workplace, bar, restaurant, train station, airport, public place, car, train, bus, etc. Find out more (all screens) and on Internet screens at home. These audiences are then attributed to the individuals in the first panel by statistical fusion.