Moroccan TV Viewership Soars During Lockdown, News and COVID-19 Programs Dominate

In a press release, Marocmétrie revealed the key audience figures. Individuals aged 5 and over follow the national channels, from Monday to Sunday, for an average of 5 hours and 59 minutes per day.

The 2M channel is at the top of the ranking in terms of cumulative audience shares, with 66.3%, followed by the Al Aoula channel, with 56.7%, and Al Maghribia in third place with 28.4%. As for the SNRT channels, namely Al Aoula Internationale, Arryadia, Tamazight, Assadissa, they recorded a total of 27.5% of cumulative audience shares.

As for the most watched programs, the series "Fadila Wa Banatoha" broadcast on 2M, is popular with a record of 10.76 million viewers, or 65% of the audience share, followed by the Turkish series "Forsa Taniya" with 9.5 million viewers, or 63.2% of the audience share.

In addition, the Arabic news program ranks third with 6.67 million viewers for 37.2% of the audience share. On the other hand, on the second channel, 6.35 million viewers followed "Sanaat Bladi, al jil al jadid" (the craftsmanship of my country: the new generation) as well as the special program "Questions on coronavirus" on the pandemic, which exceeded the threshold of 6 million viewers.

As for the Al Aoula channel, "Lalla Laarossa" tops the ranking of the top 5 most watched programs with 7.61 million viewers, or 54.2% of the audience share. The weather forecast comes in second place with 7.24 million viewers, or 42.4% of the audience share, followed by the Arabic news program with 7.07 million viewers (40.7%) of the audience share.