Huge audiences engage with RTÉ’s General Election 2024 results coverage
– 2.2 million* TV viewers tune in across the weekend
– Over 31 million online page impressions on RTÉ.ie and RTÉ News app over the count weekend
– 14.35 million video views of count coverage on RTÉ social channels
– Results coverage on RTÉ Player streamed in 154 countries including China, Mali and Kazakhstan
Huge audiences engaged with RTÉ’s comprehensive General Election 2024 results coverage across all platforms as it unfolded this weekend.
RTÉ delivered comprehensive coverage of this weekend’s General Election results, with all the breaking news and updates from count centres throughout the country as well as analysis on developments delivered across video, audio, app and online to audiences at home and abroad.
RTÉ News’ online coverage received over 31 million page views in just two days on the RTÉ News App and
RTE.ie. In addition 14.35 million video views of election coverage were consumed across all RTÉ’s social media channels and platforms including Tik Tok, Instagram, X, Bluesky and Facebook.
2.2 million* viewers tuned into RTÉ’s Election 2024 results and news programming across the three days as RTÉ broadcast 30 hours of live television coverage.
On RTÉ Player, election results coverage and news content generated over 622,000 streams to date from 154 countries worldwide, including China, Venezuela, Mali and Kazakhstan.
Over 50 hours of live radio coverage was also delivered across RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.
RTÉ co-produced over 15 hours of live Irish language election results coverage for TG4 in addition to regular Nuacht bulletins on RTÉ One.
RTÉ also continued its commitment to supporting the future development of Irish media and journalism with 50 third level journalism students from UL, DCU, University of Galway and Ballyfermot College of Further Education employed to work alongside RTÉ teams in count centres throughout the country, gaining first-hand experience and contributing to multi-platform coverage of the General Election.
Kevin Bakhurst, Director-General RTÉ said: “Providing quality coverage of the General Election across all platforms is central to RTÉ’s role as Ireland’s public service media organisation. It is a responsibility that RTÉ and teams across the organisation have shown their commitment to these past few weeks and over last weekend, with coverage from every count centre and every constituency across the country. RTÉ’s quality results coverage and analysis engaged huge audiences on every platform – across tv, radio, online and on social media – highlighting RTÉ’s commitment to serve as Ireland’s public service media”.
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Date: Tuesday 3 December 2024.
Contact:
Sharon Brady, Senior Communications Manager, RTÉ, 087 685 8975, Sharon.Brady@rte.ie
Laura Fitzgerald, Communications Manager, RTÉ News & Current Affairs, Laura.Fitzgerald@rte.ie
Sources:
Television viewing figures source – TAM Ireland / Nielsen TAM, Live + VOSDAL
Online figures source – Piano Analytics
*Election 2024 and News related programming combined registered a +1 minute reach figure of 2.2 million for Individuals RTÉ One & RTÉ One +1 (Sat & Sun broadcasts) and RTÉ2 & RTÉ2 +1 Exit Poll Special only (Friday)