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Abascal breaks La Revuelta audience record, topping Sánchez in total viewers

Santiago Abascal's interview on La Revuelta averaged 4.815.000 viewers with 8.670.000 unique viewers, above Pedro Sánchez in volume, although Sánchez keeps the…

--- The context --- In Spain, a political leader's appearance on a prime-time entertainment show has become a barometer of public interest, and Santiago Abascal's interview on La Revuelta, David Broncano's program on La 1, was one of the most anticipated television events of the season. A comparison with Pedro Sánchez's recent visit to the same show was unavoidable from the very first minute. --- The facts --- On Monday, November 9, the episode averaged 4.815.000 viewers and a 33,6% audience share, with 8.670.000 unique viewers who tuned in for at least one minute, according to the audience data. Abascal thus drew 428.000 more viewers on average than Sánchez, who on October 22 recorded 4.387.000 viewers, a 33,9% share and 7.129.000 unique viewers, a gap of more than a million and a half in that last measure. --- The positions --- The figures support two legitimate readings. On one hand, the Vox leader beats the format's previous record in average viewers and total reach, reinforcing the idea that his presence generates exceptional anticipation. On the other, Sánchez keeps first place in audience share, three tenths higher, and Abascal's interview ran for an exceptional 1 hour, 36 minutes and 26 seconds, a circumstance that also gives more people a chance to join the broadcast. --- What remains unknown --- The audience curve rose throughout the broadcast, with a difference of 15 points between the share in the first minute and the last. Viewing was especially high among younger audiences, with a 50,7% share among viewers aged 13 to 24 and 49,6% among those aged 25 to 44, and also among men, at 35,6%, compared with 31,9% among women. --- Unanswered questions --- How much did the exceptional length of the interview contribute to the record in unique viewers? Would Abascal have kept the same advantage with a standard episode length? Will future visits by political leaders to the show reach this level of audience again? --- EPM analysis --- The night's competition finished far behind. El Hormiguero, on Antena 3, featuring actress Macarena Gómez and her film Hora y veinte, drew 1.242.000 viewers on average, an 8,3% share and 3.378.000 people who tuned in. That same night, Sánchez returned to interviews on La última hora, Javier Ruiz's program on La Séptima, which averaged 1.221.000 viewers and a 10,2% share, while his interview segment reached 2.160.000 viewers and 14,2%. The figure also informs the debate about public television: a long political interview, in the heart of prime time, gathered millions of people in front of the screen and held their interest to the end, as shown by the rising audience curve recorded throughout the broadcast of the program. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, Abascal's record is real in average and unique viewers, and at the same time incomplete if one ignores that Sánchez retains the higher share and that the exceptional duration helped total reach. Acknowledging both takes nothing away from anyone: it measures precisely a television phenomenon in which entertainment now competes with the political arena itself for public attention, and in which younger viewers responded with unusual intensity for this kind of interview on general-interest television today.
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