These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for July 2021.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: July 2021.
Special notes
At 19h00
The most watched episode of House of Zwide for the month was the series premiere on Monday 19 July, which attracted 4,241,023 viewers and a 35.5% audience share.
This means that 35.5% of people who were watching TV at the time were tuned in.
First impressions suggest that The Estate paid the price for this because its primetime viewership dropped by a whopping 28.6% between
June and July and it's also on at 19h00, on S3.
Primetime viewership dropped from 492,127 to 351,390 viewers between June and July. Audience share also dropped from 3.7 to 2.9.
BUT this happened on Friday 2 July, two weeks before House of Zwide started so it wasn't caused by its arrival.
As you'll see, the daytime repeats of The Estate are doing better than primetime episodes and the Saturday Omnibus is in S3's Top 5 shows.
Numbers for this increased from 475,009 viewers in June to 503,193 in July, indicating viewers are preferring to watch it at this time as binge viewing.
Omnibus numbers have remained between 475,000 and 530,000 since it premiered in April this year.
Cheers! *Hic*
The Presidential Address that topped SABC2 was the announcement of the return to an adjusted Level 3, starring alcohol.
Gomora and The Queen
Big increase from June for both shows this month: 355,025 for Gomora and 273,207 for The Queen, with Audience Share increases for both too.
If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows per channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
7,776,154 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
6,404,226 |
| Skeem Saam |
5,911,857 |
| Zulu News |
4,686,483 |
| Xhosa News |
4,495,773 |
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| President Addresses the Nation |
5,840,203 |
| Muvhango |
4,364,992 |
| President`s Address About Looting |
4,171,470 |
| Music |
4,073,689 |
| Presidents Address Response to Public Vi |
3,703,165
|
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| Seven Worlds One Planet |
769,858 |
| News |
766,334 |
| Wild Orphans Rescue |
542,785 |
| The Greatest Dancer |
512,416 |
| The Estate-O |
503,193 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Scandal |
5,232,729 |
| House of Zwide |
4,241,023 |
| Imbewu |
3,897,923 |
| Ican with Absa Drive |
3,813,244 |
| Rhythm City |
3,666,025 |
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Gomora |
1,624,270 |
| The Queen |
1,300,065 |
| Uyajola 9/9 |
1,213,250 |
| Idols SA |
1,018,607 |
| The River |
989,212
|
Please note: these ratings don't include viewership from DStv Catch Up, YouTube, Viu or eVOD. They only reflect the viewership of people who watched on the day, at the time of broadcast.
For an explanation of the TAMS, please see:
The TAMS Ratings Explained.