Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 25-Sep-24

For the first time both AFL Grand Finalists have over 1 million supporters, with the Sydney Swans again topping the annual Roy Morgan AFL supporter ladder with 1,337,000 supporters. The Swans are nearly 300,000 ahead of the second-placed Brisbane Lions with 1,049,000 supporters and the league’s biggest annual increase of 223,000 supporters (+27%) on a year ago, according to the 2024 annual Roy Morgan AFL club supporters survey. The big increase for the Lions comes after the club played off in its first Grand Final in 18 years in 2023 and saw the club leapfrog last year’s opponent Collingwood – the most widely supported Victorian club with 908,000 supporters, an increase of 33,000 (+3.8%) on a year ago. Meanwhile, 9.98 million Australians now support an AFL club, up more than 340,000 on a year ago, and up by a massive 2.5 million compared to four years ago in 2020. In addition, there are 8,896,000 Australians who watched at least one AFL match on TV, up 446,000 (+5.3%) on a year ago and up by over 1.2 million (+16.1%) from 2020.

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