If it records the biggest loss of all channels over one year, TF1 maintains a clear lead of 4.7 points over France 2 between September 30 and November 3, 2024, according to Médiamétrie data published this Monday, November 4. Isolated in second position, the leading public channel finds France 3 – and not M6 like a year ago – alongside it on the podium. Behind the leading quartet, France 5 and C8 achieved their record for the year 2024 and 6ter, which with CNews signed the best progression over a year, jumped five places in the ranking. On the group side, France Télévisions is taking over TF1, which broadcast the Rugby World Cup in France last year. Thanks to the 6th and 7th positions of C8 and CNews, stronger than TMC, BFMTV and Arte, the Canal+ group's market share reached 9%. A very high level!
The almost faultless performance of TF1, leader 33 days out of 35
In detail now, TF1, credited with a market share of 19,1% (-0.8 point audience share) is holding up despite the absence of a major sporting competition on the calendar. Sport – the 2024/2025 Nations League match Belgium/France – however helped it cross the 20 point audience share mark on Monday October 14 (20.3%).
La Une achieved this feat three other times: Thursday October 3 (20.8%), end date of season 4 of “HPI” with Audrey Fleurot, and Monday September 30 (20.9%), day broadcast of the finale of “Brocéliande” with Nolwenn Leroy. On Sunday October 6, the rebroadcast of the film “Les bronzés”, in tribute to Michel Blanc who died three days earlier, allowed TF1 to sign what is, for the moment, its best day of the season (23.8 %).
The results are less convincing for the front page on Friday, the only day on which France 2 managed to steal the leadership this month (October 4 and 11). However, its audience share fell even lower, to 16.9% on Tuesday October 1. That evening, “Koh-Lanta” recorded its lowest performances of the season among those aged 4 and over – under 15 audience share points in the first part – and among women responsible for purchasing aged under 50 ( FRDA-50). “Star Academy”, certainly faced with strong competition from “100% logic” on France 2 and fiction from France 3, has, for the moment, not dynamited the scores for the day on Saturday.
France 2 almost stable over one year
Second, France 2 is at an almost stable level over one year (14.4%; +0.1 point). If TF1 achieves “daytime” audience shares lower than its monthly average on Fridays and Saturdays, it is quite the opposite for France 2, above 16 PDA points seven times on these two days. The public channel was notably acclaimed by 19.2% of the public – its season record – on Friday October 4. She broadcast in prime time the film “I find you very beautiful” to pay homage to Michel Blanc in this successful slot normally devoted to French fiction.
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On the other hand, La Deux achieved three days below 13 audience share points on Sunday 27 (12.9%) and Thursday 31 October (12.4%), evening of broadcast of Claire Chazal's “Grand échquier” . Close on the heels of France 3, France 2 particularly suffered on Tuesday October 1 (11.9%), a day marked by the failure in the evening of the documentary “Insoupçonnable: L'affaires du Grêlé” and the relative interest of its viewers in the afternoon broadcast of the general policy speech of the new Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Fortunately for it, the channel regained color the following Tuesday (14.6% average audience share on October 8) with the launch of the “Notre histoire de France” collection, narrated by Tomer Sisley.
France 3 gets the best of M6
Unlike last year, France 3 (8,7%), up 0.3 points over one year, this year accompanies its big sister on the podium. With an audience share greater than 10% 11 days out of 35 – mainly Tuesdays and Saturdays – Trois takes the best of M6 which was ahead of it in 2023. Its best result was achieved on Saturday October 5 (12.1%) . That evening, the channel offered the fiction “Meurtres en Arbois”, which convinced more than one in four viewers in prime time (4.67 million, 25.9% of the public). The audience share of France 3 nevertheless plays yo-yo and fell to 7.0% on Monday October 21. In total, France 3 has 14 days this month (out of 35 measured by Médiamétrie this month) below 8% market share.
M6, for its part, picks up (8,1% ; – 0.4 points) and therefore loses one place over one year. Thanks to its blockbuster “L'amour est dans le pré”, the channel, directed by David Larramendy, crossed the 10 audience share mark three times (up to 10.7% on Monday October 21). . She was also not far from achieving this on Sunday October 13 (9.8%), a date which corresponds to the broadcast of an issue of “Capital” on the theme “Discovery, schemes and fortune: The money of Travelers”. The magazine, followed by 2.83 million viewers and 15.8% of the public, had not reached such an audience share for five and a half years.
Other positive points: once digested the failure of “Golden Bachelor” on October 2 (6.8% for the day), the return of “Weak Link” for one evening on October 16 and the launch of the season 19 of “France has incredible talent” the following week boosted the channel's audiences on Wednesday (9.0% on October 16, 9.5% on the 23rd and 9.8% on the 30th). Most of the private channel's difficulties are concentrated on Tuesdays – “Murder Club”, the series with Éric Cantona broke its teeth – on Fridays – Stéphane Plaza's show “Everything to change or move”, for example, suffered. the day of October 25 – and especially on Saturday. The broadcast of “Beijing Express: The Epic of the Maharadjas” in this slot reserved for American series has not changed anything… M6's audience share thus fell to 4.9% of the public on Saturdays October 5.
Record of the year 2024 for France 5 and C8, 6ter progresses by five places over one year
Behind the leading quartet, France 5 (3,7% ; +0.3 points) and C8 (3,5% ; + 0.3 points), who set their respective records of the year, pulling each other up. The third public channel convinced up to 4.7% of the public – barely 2 points less than M6 – on Friday October 11. As for C8, driven by the performance of “Touche pas à mon poste!” with Cyril Hanouna, it attracted up to 4.5% of the public on Monday October 21.
Beaten by CNews (3,1%), TMC (3,0% ; – 0.2 points), broadcaster of the hit show “Quotidien”, is having a more difficult month of October despite a peak of 4.2% on Sunday November 3, the last day measured by Médiamétrie this month. Arte, stable over one month as well as over a year, completes the top 10.
Last remarkable elements, the rise in power of 6ter, already noted last month, is confirmed this fall (1,9% ; + 0.4 points). The latest addition to the M6 group on TNT moved up from 17th to 12th place over a year while TF1 Séries Films (1,5% ; – 0.3 points) and the L’Équipe channel, at a low level (1,2%) and down (- 0.1 point) despite the broadcast of the 2024 Ballon d'or ceremony on October 28 and the broadcast since October 29 of two Serie A matches (Italian football championship) per day, leaves a few feathers in the battle. Franceinfo, in very slight progress, is this month the only channel below the market share percentage.
Channel audiences in October 2024
(channel / market share / evolution over one year / evolution over one month)
1. TF1 / 19,1% / – 0,8 / – 0,3
2. France 2 / 14,4% / + 0,1 / – 1,0
3. France 3 / 8,7% / + 0,3 / – 0,2
4. M6 / 8.1% / – 0.4 / + 0,3
5. France 5 / 3,7% / + 0,3 / + 0,1
6. C8 / 3.5% / + 0.3 / + 0.2
7. CNews / 3.1% / + 0,4 / – 0,1
8. TMC / 3,0% / – 0,2 / – 0,1
9. BFMTV / 2.9% / – 0.2 / =
10. Until / 2.8% / = / =
11. W9 / 2,3% / – 0,2 / =
12. 6ter / 1,9% / + 0,4 / =
13. RMC Découverte / 1.8% / + 0.2 / =
14. TFX / 1.6% / + 0.2 / =
15. RMC Story / 1,6% / – 0,2 / =
16. LCI / 1,6% / – 0,5 / – 0,1
17. TF1 Séries Films / 1.5% / – 0.3 / =
18. Canal+ / 1,3% / + 0,1 / =
19. Honey 25 / 1.3% / = / – 0.1
20. The Team / 1.2% / – 0.1 / =
21. CStar / 1.1% / = / + 0.1
22. NRJ 12 / 1.0% / = / + 0.2
23. Gold / 1.0% / – 0.1 / + 0.1
24. Franceinfo / 0.9% / + 0.1 / – 0.1
Group rankings in October 2024
(channel / market share / evolution over one year / evolution over one month)
1. France Télévisions (France 2, France 3, France 5, Franceinfo) / 27.7% / + 0,8 / – 1,2
2. TF1 (TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Séries Films, LCI) / 26,8% / – 1,6 / – 0,5
3. M6 (M6, W9, Gulli, 6ter) / 13.3% / – 0.3 / + 0,4
4. Canal+ (Canal+, C8, CNews, CStar) / 9,0% / + 0,8 / + 0,2
5. RMC BFM (BFMTV, RMC Story, RMC Découverte) / 6.3% / – 0.2 / =
6. NRJ (NRJ 12, Chérie 25) / 2.2% / = / + 0.1
