According to Kantar data provided by the Barlovento Comunicación, King Felipe VI’s ninth Christmas message averaged 6.7 million viewers, down 1.2 million.

King’s message this year registered 64.5% of the audience among the 30 channels that broadcast the speech live, representing a 4-tenths increase in audience share over the previous year.

In addition, total television consumption was 10.4 million, almost 2 million (-16%) less than the 2021 message (12.4 million).

Felipe VI’s 2022 message began at 9:00 pm and ended at 9:12 pm, one minute before last year’s message.

In his speech, King Felipe VI called for accountability to avoid the risk of deteriorating institutions as well as coexistence, warning that divided countries are not moving forward and the risk that this entails for democracy.

Similarly, he defended the Constitution and the Transitional Period, whose values ​​are still valid, and argued that Spain is a great nation that will also overcome the current economic crisis.