These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for July 2023.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: July 2023
Special notes
Viewers were subjected to loadshedding ranging from Stage 1 to Stage 6 this month, with a few moments of no loadshedding in between.
No 1 shows in trouble
See how Skeem Saam needs
381,342 more viewers for its most watched episode to outperform Uzalo and 7de Laan needs
191,554 more to outdo Muvhango.
Will they do it?
Headed towards the EXIT door
This is the first time that Umkhokha: The Curse has exceeded cancelled Gomora since Umkhokha premiered as a telenovela in March this year.
Gqeberha: The Empire needs
21,229 more viewers to surpass Gomora too.
Gomora ends on 20 October this year.
Surprising no show
Interesting to note is that the premiere of Mzansi Wethu's new telenovela Sibongile & The Dlaminis didn't make the Top 30 on DStv. It started on 31 July. Loadshedding was at Stage 4 that night.
If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows per channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
5,388,373 |
| Skeem Saam |
5,007,032 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
4,169,443 |
| Zulu News |
2,511,006 |
| Xhosa News |
2,461,314 |
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| Muvhango |
1,481,264 |
| 7De Laan |
1,289,711 |
| Giyani |
776,944 |
| Nuus |
678,786 |
| Matlholadibona |
642,871 |
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| The Masked Singer SA |
539,792 |
| Die Hard 4 |
457,022 |
| News |
390,412 |
| Dawn to Dusk |
383,996 |
| The Estate-O |
349,885 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Scandal |
5,036,317 |
| House of Zwide |
4,441,268 |
| Isitha - the Enemy |
2,745,925 |
| Smoke and Mirrors |
2,415,752 |
| The Powerball Draw |
2,019,154 |
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Shaka Ilembe |
828,717 |
| Sizok'thola |
749,796 |
| Umkhokha:the Curse |
741,994 |
| Gomora |
721,545 |
| Gqeberha:the Empire |
700,317 |
Please note: these ratings don't include viewership from DStv Catch Up, YouTube, Viu, eVOD or SABC+. 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.