These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for August 2019.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: August 2019
Special notes
What percentage of South Africans actually watched Miss South Africa on Friday, 9 August 2019 (Women's Day)?
We thought it would be interesting to do the calculations again this year. (You'll find last year's here:
Top Shows on TV: May 2018)
As you'll see in the above documents, 471,906 viewers watched the pageant on Mzansi Magic this year.
This is 284,949 viewers less than in 2018.
According to Stats SA, the country's population reached 58.8 million in July this year which means that 0.8% of the population tuned in to watch it on Mzansi Magic.
It also aired on M-Net but the viewership wasn't high enough to make DStv's Top 30 list.
Unfortunately these limited TAMS documents don't show what the M-Net viewership was so we've based the number on the absolute maximum it could have been, which means the final figure isn't exact and is very probably lower.
The maximum viewership it could have attracted on M-Net was 414,198 viewers - one viewer below The Queen Repeat, at the bottom of the DStv list.
The final calculation looks like this:
| Mzansi Magic viewers |
471,906 |
| Maximum viewers who who could have watched it on M-Net |
414,198 |
| Total maximum viewership |
886,104 |
886,104 viewers is 1,5% percent of the population.
If you're unable to see either of the above documents, this is an overview of the Top 5 shows for each channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
10,143,270 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
9,238,716 |
| Skeem Saam |
7,307,652 |
| Makoti |
4,563,292 |
| Zulu News |
4,411,489
|
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| Muvhango |
5,033,392 |
| 7De Laan |
2,424,139 |
| Behind the Scenes:Mandela Day |
2,296,211 |
| Giyani |
1,727,566 |
| Nuus |
1,531,213
|
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| Isidingo:the Need |
956,738 |
| Planet Earth II |
703,336 |
| Planet Earth |
645,932 |
| World of Dance |
618,793 |
| Music |
574,283 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Scandal |
6,244,135 |
| Imbewu: the Seed |
4,276,600 |
| Rhythm City |
4,274,166 |
| Moana |
2,926,025 |
| Annie |
2,833,778 |
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| The Queen |
1,239,899 |
| Idols SA |
1,127,226 |
| Our Perfect Wedding |
1,065,210 |
| The Republic |
830,061 |
| Uyajola 9/9 |
794,547
|
For an explanation of the TAMS, please see: The TAMS Ratings Explained.