Sanremo 2026 Final Viewership: Ratings and Trends
Sanremo, Italy – The television ratings for the final of the Sanremo Music Festival 2026 are expected to be released later this morning. The 2025 final attracted 13,427,000 viewers, achieving a 73.1% share of the total audience.
Recent Sanremo Final Viewership Figures
Here’s a look back at the viewership numbers for the Sanremo final in recent years:
- 2025: 14,301,000 viewers, 74.1% share (Rai1, 9:27 PM – 1:59 AM)
- First part (9:27 PM – 11:31 PM): 17,281,000 viewers, 70.8% share
- Second part (11:34 PM – 1:59 AM): 11,724,000 viewers, 78.8% share
- 2024: 12,256,000 viewers, 66% share
- 2023: 13,380,000 viewers, 64.9% share
- 2022: 10,715,000 viewers, 53.5% share
- 2021: 11,476,000 viewers, 60.6% share
- 2020: 11,692,000 viewers, 52.7% share (2015)
- 2019: 11,124,000 viewers, 51.1% share (2016)
- 2018: 11,908,000 viewers, 57.1% share (2017)
The highest-rated closing night in Sanremo history remains 1987, with 18,300,000 viewers and a 77.5% share. It’s important to note that the total television audience in 1987 was approximately 24 million, compared to the current total audience of around 18-19 million.
About Sanremo
The Sanremo Music Festival is an Italian song contest held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the most important Italian song contest and has been held since 1951. The winner of the festival represents Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest.
March 1, 2026
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