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By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, July 23, 2025
The 138th edition of The Championships was a record-setting event.
The AELTC has released some intriguing statistics from the 2025 Wimbledon, including record-setting attendance and broadcast figures.
The largest attendance in Wimbledon history saw a total of 548,770 fans passing through the gates during the fortnight. Officials reported record attendances on Days 9, 11 and 12. Tens of thouands of fans purchased day tickets with a grounds pass costing just £30 (about $41) across the first eight days of play.
Wimbledon reported more than 4 billion impressions on social media. The BBC’s Wimbledon coverage was streamed more than 69.3 million times on iPlayer, BBC Sport website & the BBC Sport app (up from 50.1 million in 2024), yielding a total of 267 million audience hours for The Championships.
Sky Italia scored its best Wimbledon viewing figures ever, with a combined peak audience of 7.6 million (43.3% share) watching Jannik Sinner make history as the first Italian to win a Wimbledon singles crown on TV8 & Sky Sports.
Domestically, ESPN’s coverage of The Championships yielded its largest audience since 2019, with the ladies’ semifinals, featuring American Amanda Anisimova’s upset of world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, being the most viewed since 2015, and the finals overall up 19% on 2024.
In Poland, Polsat enjoyed a peak audience of 3.96 million (36.33% share) with Iga Swiatek in the final. Last year’s audience was 505,000.
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