The 13th edition of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (Dream11 IPL 2020) is set to break all audience records. BARC India has released the week 38 ratings (Sept 19 to Sept 25) and the magic of IPL 2020 can be seen on all ratings charts.
Such has been the impact of IPL 2020 on the audience charts that Star Sports 1 Hindi has become the # 1 channel in all genres, all languages of Indian television. Be it entertainment, news, or any other genre, IPL 2020 is completely dominating the leaderboards.
Star Sports 1 Hindi is the # 1 channel of the week for the first time with 1,247,407 (weekly impressions in thousands). The free channel Star Utsav and Star Plus is number 2 and number 3 on the ranking list.
IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match 5th is the best
According to data from BARC Week 38th, the live broadcast of the game between the Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders is the highest rated game of the week. The MI-KKR game has logged 237,750 (out of 1000) weekly impressions. This is the maximum for any television program of the week.
At number 2 is the live broadcast of the fourth match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings on Star Sports 1 Hindi. The 7th match between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings is the third highest rated match of the week.
As most other entertainment venues remain closed, IPL 2020 is a huge draw
Previously, BCCI Sec Jay Shah had announced that the opening match of the Dream11 IPL between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings on September 19 had garnered an audience of 20 million million people, setting a ‘new record’
“The highest audience on opening day for any sports league in any country; no league has opened as big as this one”, Shah said, citing the Broadcast Audience Research Council, which runs the television audience measurement system in India. By comparison, last year, Star India had said it reached 21.9 million television viewers nationwide during the first three IPL matches combined.
According to the BBC, its Southampton vs Manchester City broadcast on July 5 was the most-watched English Premier League football match with a peak audience of 5.7 million across all platforms, including the BBC Sport website.
