Last Friday's Late Late Toy Show is the most-watched programme this year on Irish television, with over 1.6 million viewers tuning in to watch the annual toy-fest.
The show also had 303,000 streams on RTÉ Player across the weekend, with viewers watching from over 139 countries including Bolivia, Jamaica, Qatar and Ukraine.
Meanwhile, The Toy Show Appeal has so far raised €3.8 million for Irish charities, bringing the total to €17 million since its inception in 2020
Ryan Tubridy's portrayal of The Wizard of Oz’s Scarecrow, as well as Saoibh Lonergan, Lucy Hoban, Caillín Joe McDonald, Cuckoo's Nest, Emmie O'Neill and Billy Brady and more made their Toy Show debut.
Áron Gibbons, Cealan Green and Emmie's stand-up comedy routine were among the most-streamed clips on RTÉ Player. The global Irish joined Ryan to stream the uniquely Irish Toy Show, with 22% of live streams coming from outside Ireland.
Average TV viewing for Friday night's show is now over 1.6 million, including catch-up viewing on Saturday and Sunday. An average audience of 1.33 million viewers tuned in live to RTÉ One on Friday night. An additional 296,000 watched the programme on catch-up TV, including RTÉ One +1 and the Sunday repeat.
Host Ryan Tubridy, said: "Friday night was a joy to be part of and that is exactly what I was, I was part of a big Toy Show family gathering.
"That is to say, people working behind the scenes and the children who participated. The reaction has been very gratifying and very heartening. I just got the sense that people wanted a night off from reality, they wanted a night to smile, laugh and cry together.
"People of all ages got something from this bizarre, beautiful show so I really want to say thank you to everyone for putting it together, for being part of it and for watching it. Happy Christmas to one and all."
Across the last seven days, the #LateLateToyShow garnered an incredible 39.2 million views on TikTok as the nation geared up for the show on Friday night.
RTÉ's own social accounts generated 8.3 million video views across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag trending on Friday night and over the weekend on TikTok and Twitter.
