Over one million watch Kerry's win over Donegal in All-Ireland final
The Sunday Game Live programme drew an average audience of 933,000 viewers as the Kingdom ran out deserving winners by ten points.
The RTÉ One audience represented a share of 76% of those watching television at the time.
There were 378,000 streams on the RTÉ Player, encompassing The Sunday Game Live and Irish language commentary of the game on Sunday Game Beo.
The Sunday Game's highlights programme on RTÉ2 was watched by an average of 175,000 with a share of 22%, while there were 34,400 streams on RTÉ Player.
Up for the Match on Saturday evening drew an average audience of 309,000 and had 44,000 streams on the RTÉ Player.
Fans were heavily engaged with The Sunday Game across RTÉ's social media platforms with video views reaching 6.73 million and over 705,000 engagements. The top performing piece of content across all RTÉ social channels and platforms was President Michael D Higgins, in what was his last appearance attending a men's final as head of state, greeting the players before throw-in.
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