On average, 7.7 million people were in front of their screens to watch the end of the Paris 2024 Games, this Sunday, September 8, 2024 on France 2. According to Médiamétrie figures, this corresponds to a 37.7% audience share.
The final gong of the Paris 2024 Games rang out on Sunday at the Stade de France. The closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games attracted an average of 7.7 million viewers over the evening, representing an audience share of 37.7%, according to figures from Médiamétrie published on Monday, September 9. Broadcast from 8:30 p.m. to 11:05 p.m. on France 2, the event saw the athletes parade one last time in front of the audience, before giving pride of place to electronic music, with 24 DJs including big names such as Jean-Michel Jarre, Etienne de Crécy and Martin Solveig.
For comparison, the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games on August 28 was watched by 10.2 million people, with a higher audience share of 52.3%. As for the Olympic Games, the opening and closing ceremonies attracted 23.2 and 17.1 million live viewers respectively.
The Paris 2024 sequence, from July 26 to September 8, will have brought strong audiences to France Télévisions, the official broadcaster. According to information from Releaseon average, each French person watched the Olympics for 19 hours. The public group’s main channel, France 2, was the number one in France in August, ahead of TF1, with a 23.3% audience share for the entire month, according to figures from Médiamétrie published on September 2.
Overall, the Paralympic Games benefited from unprecedented exposure on France Télévisions, with 300 hours of live broadcasts, compared to 100 for the previous edition, in Tokyo in 2021, and less than 10 hours for London in 2012. Next assessment in Los Angeles in 2028.
