Star Sports Pro Kabaddi Season 3

Star Sports Pro Kabaddi Season 3 Records Surge in Viewership

Star Sports Pro Kabaddi, which is currently in its third season, continues to ride the popularity wave. Flagged off on January 30, Star Sports Pro Kabaddi Season 3 recorded a surge in its viewership with the opening week 36% higher than the week 1 viewership for its last season.

This phenomenal growth in viewership makes Star Sports Pro Kabaddi the only domestic Indian sports league to witness continued rise in viewership through its first three successive seasons.

While viewership at All India Urban level increased by 36% from 54.5 TVMs in Season 2 to 74 TVMs (BARC CS4+ Urban) in Season 3, Rural India also joined the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi fan bandwagon, delivering a 135 TVMs (BARC CS4+ Rural) for its first week in Season 3.

As per the data, affluent young audiences continued to embrace Star Sports Pro Kabaddi, reflecting in a 33% growth in total minutes viewed on hotstar, the digital platform of Star India, over the first 11 days of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi Season 3. Opening day engagement for Season 3 was twice that of Season 2.

Star Sports Pro Kabaddi has also gained immense momentum on social media, with Twitter announcing that the event #LePanga saw a 254% growth when compared to last season.

Uday Shankar, CEO, Star India said, "No other sport has grown so fast and gained such wide and deep following with fans across Urban and Rural India, across audience segments - men, women and kids and across screens (television and digital). The sport has truly become a unifier in its appeal, second only to cricket. This brings us a great sense of pride and is a reflection of our commitment to promote a multi-sports culture in India."

Janardan Singh Gehlot, President of International Kabaddi Federation, said, "The triumph of Pro Kabaddi League in its successive seasons is proof of the tremendous partnership between Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India, the broadcaster Star, and the league organiser Mashal Sports. Kabaddi is set to become India's iconic sport under our partnership. I would also like to congratulate all the eight PKL teams in this achievement."