IPL Viewership 2025: IPL season 18 has started off on a great note. In just one week, we have seen many exciting matches. Many records have been made and broken in these matches, but one record has also been made in terms of viewership. The total watch time of the 3 matches of the first weekend on TV and Jio Hotstar has been 5 thousand crore minutes. Which is 33 percent more than the last season.
Star Sports has received 25.3 crore viewership in the first 3 matches. This is the first time that such a high viewership has been seen in the first weekend of any IPL season. The total watch time in these matches was 2.770, which is 22 percent more than last year.
TV and Jio Hotstar viewership records
IPL 2025 started with the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match. This opening match was played on Saturday 22 March. There were 2 matches on Sunday. Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals faced each other in the first match. The second match was Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians.
These 3 matches have received 137 crore views on Jio Hotstar. This is also the first time on the digital platform that the first weekend of IPL has received so much viewership. This is 40 percent more than last year. The watch time on the digital platform was 2,186.
Points Table top team
Today there is a match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2025. Earlier, 7 matches have been played in the tournament, on the basis of which RCB is at the top of the points table. 4 teams have played 2-2 matches, but no one has won 2 matches yet. Bangalore is at the top of the table on the basis of net run rate (+2.137). Along with RCB, Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings are present in the top 4.
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