EyePL: 2025 Final Bowls Over World as Most-Watched T20 Match in History

The IPL 2025 final between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) rewrote record books, becoming the most-watched T20 match in the history of world cricket. The closely contested match not only gave RCB their first title but also brought together more than a billion viewers on television and digital media, showcasing the tournament's unparalleled popularity.

 

Key Highlights:

 

•⁠  ⁠The two gathered a record 31.7 billion minutes of viewing time on JioStar's TV (Star Sports) and digital (JioHotstar) media platforms, shattering all previous T20 records.

 

•⁠  ⁠On television alone, the match attracted 169 million viewers, breaking the 166 million of the 2021 India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup.

 

•⁠  ⁠Web viewing soared with 892 million video views, 55 million peak concurrency, and 16.74 billion watch minutes on JioHotstar—a 29% year-on-year increase.

 

•⁠  ⁠The 18th edition of the IPL clocked an all-time record of 840 billion minutes of total viewing, with online viewing dominated by a 49% growth in connected TV viewing.

 

Prospects: With the thrilling cricket and innovative broadcast methods, IPL is creating new world standards for sports watching. The record-breaking numbers of the 2025 final highlight the league's enhanced power and its capacity to unite fans as never before.

 

Source: Business Standard, Times of India, Economic Times