TotalEnergies AFCON 2025/final: "Best TV audience for the competition in 18 years" on M6 (3.37 million)

Morocco - Senegal (0-1 after extra time), the final of the TotalEnergies AFCON 2025, drew an average of 3.37 million viewers on the private free-TV channel M6 in France on Sunday 18/01/2026 (kick-off at 20:00 CET), according to data from audience measurement institute Médiamétrie.

This figure represented an audience share of 17.1%. This is the "best TV audience for the competition for 18 years," according to the M6 group. The match was also broadcast on the pay-TV channel beIN SPORTS 1, whose audience figures have not yet been released.

Nigeria - Côte d'Ivoire (1-2), the final of the TotalEnergies AFCON 2023, drew an average of 793,000 viewers on the free-TV channel W9 (M6 group) on Sunday 11/02/2024 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to Médiamétrie. Audience share: 4.2%. The match was also broadcast on beIN SPORTS 1.

The final of the 2021 tournament, also won by Senegal against Egypt (0-0, 4-2 on penalties), was watched by an average of 639,000 viewers on the free-TV channel TMC (TF1 group) on Sunday 06/02/2022 (kick-off at 20:00 CET). Audience share: 2.9% (Médiamétrie data). The…