Popularity ranking · United States

The 21 most popular Soap Operas in United States

This curated ranking covers the 21 largest soap operas in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. To Catch a Predator, Dallas and As the World Turns lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.3M people. Across all 21 entries the average audience size is 104k, and the largest, To Catch a Predator, reaches around 491k people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each soap opera, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 21, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United States. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in United States, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in United States. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 To Catch a Predator 491k — — Soap opera
2 Dallas 472k 42.3 66.9% Soap opera
3 As the World Turns 319k 52.6 77.2% Soap opera
4 Guiding Light 245k 49.0 81.8% Soap opera
5 Eddie Murphy Delirious 161k 47.9 59.3% Soap opera
6 Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 81k 37.7 68.8% Soap opera
7 Rhythm City (TV series) 67k 38.4 64.2% Soap opera
8 Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten 66k 38.0 61.1% Soap opera
9 The Wiz Live! 62k 40.3 82.1% Soap opera
10 Dirty Sexy Money 52k 30.9 22.6% Soap opera
11 GTST 40k 32.8 51.0% Soap opera
12 The Yellow Rose 38k 45.0 61.9% Soap opera
13 In aller Freundschaft 29k 42.4 77.2% Soap opera
14 Die Landarztpraxis 14k 37.9 69.0% Soap opera
15 Fair City 14k 43.8 95.5% Soap opera
16 Unter Uns 9.5k 25.3 45.9% Soap opera
17 Verbotene Liebe 8.8k 31.2 34.1% Soap opera
18 La viuda joven 6.6k 30.2 98.8% Soap opera
19 Lud, zbunjen, normalan 5.6k 37.8 71.5% Soap opera
20 Na Wspólnej 4.9k 31.6 84.4% Soap opera
21 The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music 574 35.0 15.7% Soap opera

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular soap operas compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each soap opera by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest soap opera in United States?

To Catch a Predator currently leads with an estimated audience of 491k people in United States.

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