The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 broke the records of many viewership. It was seen more than 840 billion minutes on the television and digital platform. In addition, the final match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru has become the most viewed T20 match ever.
IPL official broadcaster Jiostar released the last season's figures on Thursday. Accordingly, the 18th season of this Indian League was 840 billion minutes. At the same time, the Punjab-Bengaluru final got time to see 31.7 billion minutes on all platforms. He saw 169 million people on TV. While on the digital platform, he made new records with 892 million video views and 55 million viewers on Peak Time.
In this match played in Ahmedabad on June 3, Bengaluru beat Punjab by 6 runs. The RCB team won the IPL title for the first time. Geostar's Sports and Live Experience CEO Karsha Gupta said: “The number of viewers shows our commitment to the fans.”
RCB won the title by beating PBKs by 6 runs.
29% in Digital Viewership Live and 49% on TV Compared to last year, Jiohotstar achieved a 29 percent increase in digital viewing. He achieved over 23.1 billion views and 384.6 billion minutes watch-time. At the same time, the league's connected TV (CTV) growth was 49%. Star Sports achieved 456 billion minutes watch-time.
Indo-Pakistan was postponed due to tensions, the number of viewers did not decrease The IPL had to be postponed for a week due to India-Pakistan tensions, but its viewers did not decrease. Even after the Indo-Pakistan conflict, fans continued to watch the IPL match. On the first weekend, it saw the audience for 49.5 billion minutes, which is a new record at the opening weekend of the IPL.
On May 8, 2025, the match between Punjab and Delhi was stopped by Pakistan due to a drone attack.
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