Digital Audience Report June 2020 DIGITAL SERVICE USAGE

53% of Irish adults use a digital service from RTÉ every week

53%

Source: Ongoing Survey. Weekly+ reach for RTÉ.ie, RTÉ News Online, RTÉ Player, RTÉ Radio Player, Other RTÉ Apps) 2 No. 1 2.3m News App RTÉ News Now is the Number 1 news and App Downloads entertainment app in Ireland

News Apps Ever Used – November 2019 (Adults 18+)

RTÉ News Now 34%

Independent.ie 29%

TheJournal 28%

IrishTimes.com 26%

Source: B&A Survey, Nov 2019 (968 Irish Adults 18+) 3 RTÉ News Now UNIQUE BROWSERS PER MONTH

900,000

800,000

700,000

600,000

500,000

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000

- Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20

Note: Some data loss during November, December and early January 4 RTÉ News Now PAGE VIEWS PER MONTH

240,000,000 220,000,000 200,000,000 180,000,000 160,000,000 140,000,000 120,000,000 100,000,000 80,000,000 60,000,000 40,000,000 20,000,000 - Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20

Note: Some data loss during November, December and early January 5 PAGE VIEWS PER APP VERSION

iOS Android

6 Ireland’s No. 1 7 mins Multi-Media Website Average visit

RTÉ.ie is the Number 1 multi-media website in 8.3 million Ireland, used by 38% of Irish adults Monthly Unique Browsers News & Entertainment Websites Ever Used November 2019 (Adults 18+)

RTÉ.ie 38%

Independent.ie 32%

IrishTimes.com2 30%

TheJournal.ie 28%

Source: B&A Survey, Nov 2019 (968 Irish Adults 18+) 7 RTÉ.ie UNIQUE BROWSERS PER MONTH

20,000,000

18,000,000

16,000,000

14,000,000

12,000,000

10,000,000

8,000,000

6,000,000

4,000,000

2,000,000

- Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20

8 RTÉ.ie PAGE VIEWS PER MONTH

180,000,000

160,000,000

140,000,000

120,000,000

100,000,000

80,000,000

60,000,000

40,000,000

20,000,000

- Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20

9 RTÉ.ie PAGE VIEWS PER DEVICE

0% 5%

27%

Computer Mobile Tablet

67%

10 3.5m RTÉ Player App Downloads Ireland’s RTÉ Player is the Number 1 No. 1 broadcaster video service BVOD service in Ireland used by 48% of adults in Ireland BVOD Services Ever Used November 2019 (Adults 18+)

RTÉ Player 48%

Virgin Media Player 29%

Sky Go 20%

All 4 18%

Source: B&A Survey, Nov 2019 (968 Irish Adults 18+) 11 RTÉ PLAYER STREAMS/ PLAYCOUNT PER MONTH

8,000,000

7,000,000

6,000,000

5,000,000

4,000,000

3,000,000

2,000,000

1,000,000

- Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20

Excludes and Sky platforms 12 Top Programmes Programme Streams 1 Normal People 1,174,000 2 Love/Hate 649,000 3 The Best of RTÉ Does Comic Relief 436,000 4 Home and Away 392,000 5 RTÉ News: Nine O’Clock 215,000 6 RTÉ News: Six One 206,000 7 Neighbours 122,000 8 The Secrets She Keeps 114,000 9 EastEnders 107,000 10 RTÉ Home School Hub 102,000 11 RTÉ Does Comic Relief 98,000 12 Super Garden 79,000 13 Frasier 79,000 14 ER 69,000 15 Grey's Anatomy 64,000

Excludes Sky and Virgin Media platforms. The stream metric removes repeat start events by the same user and so is a more 13 accurate reflection of user viewing AUDIENCE TARGETING

Audience targeting AUDIENCE NEWS & RTÉ NEWS RTÉ PLAYER across RTÉ Online DEMO RTÉ.IE SPORT LIFESTYLE RTÉ PLAYER BUSINESS NOW APP APP services Male 112 114 145 73 107 118 104

Female 88 86 67 126 93 83 96

Male 18-34 112 109 165 110 151 106 131

Female 18-34 100 95 110 118 126 94 124

Main Shopper + Kids 102 105 97 156 102 116 101

Source: TGI

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