These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for February 2022.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: February 2022.
Special notes
This is the first time DStv's top shows have dropped to under 1-million viewers
since July 2016 after the Broadcast Research Council took over the TAMS from SAARF and first released the Top 30 list for DStv shows.
The Queen lost a whopping 312,380 viewers between
January 2022 and February. A 29% plummet.
Audience share dropped from 9.8 in January to 6.7 in February and the most watched episode aired on 1 February.
If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows per channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
6,677,494 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
5,265,627 |
| Skeem Saam |
3,828,103 |
| Zulu News |
2,606,312 |
| Xhosa News |
2,543,812 |
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| Muvhango |
3,300,031 |
| State of the Nation Address 2022 |
2,500,180 |
| Behind the Scene Ou Toppies |
1,401,258 |
| Budget Speech 2022 |
1,287,467 |
| Giyani |
1,125,799 |
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| The Estate-O |
490,709 |
| News |
409,579 |
| Dynasties |
405,117 |
| The Switch |
371,160 |
| The Estate-R |
363,255 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Scandal |
4,894,380 |
| House of Zwide |
4,059,131 |
| Imbewu |
3,885,138 |
| Lucy |
2,510,463 |
| Logan (Movie) |
2,296,879 |
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Gomora |
942,293 |
| The Queen |
757,333 |
| Ubizo |
732,320 |
| DiepCity |
637,694 |
| The River |
560,428 |
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.