Wishes from Emmanuel Macron: 9.7 million French people in front of their television, a little less than in 2023

A sign of the interest (or not) shown by the French in the words of their president, at the end of a particularly turbulent year 2024 on the political level, Emmanuel Macron's 2025 wishes, broadcast before the 8 p.m. television news , again achieved very good audiences.

Last year, more than 10 million viewers (all channels combined) followed the December 31 speech. This year, there were once again many people watching them but slightly fewer than last year on TF 1, France 2, France 3 and M 6. Tuesday evening, 8,799,000 viewers watched them compared to 9,231,000 for the wishes of 2024.

For his eighth wishes to the French, the president wanted to innovate in form and demonstrate that he remained at the heart of the political system, despite the dissolution. “The dissolution (of the National Assembly) has brought more divisions than solutions for the moment,” he conceded. More instability than serenity and I take all my share of it. »

In detail, 3.49 million citizens followed the speech, which lasted a little over 10 minutes, on France 2, which represents 24.2% of the entire public watching television. They were slightly less on TF 1, with 3.44 million and 23.8% audience share. 1.36 million people watched it on M 6 (9.4% PDA) and another 512,000 on France 3 (3.5%). Last year, with 3.8 million compared to 3.4 million, the president's wishes were followed more on TF 1 than on France 2.

To this, we must add the approximately 917,000 individuals connected to the continuous news channels: BFMTV attracted 338,000 viewers, ahead of CNews and its 286,000 followers, LCI (185,000) and France info (108,000).

In total, 9.7 million citizens watched the presidential wishes. A score down slightly compared to last year, when the speech interested 10.2 million French people.