Popularity ranking · United States

The 30 most popular Soap Operas in United States

This curated ranking covers the 30 largest soap operas in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Passions, Dallas and To Catch a Predator lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.1M people. Across all 30 entries the average audience size is 152k, and the largest, Passions, reaches around 1.1M 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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Rank

Position in the Top 30, 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 Passions 1.1M 41.0 68.4% Soap opera
2 Dallas 495k 42.3 66.9% Soap opera
3 To Catch a Predator 487k — — Soap opera
4 As the World Turns 327k 52.6 77.2% Soap opera
5 Dark Shadows 292k 37.4 47.7% Soap opera
6 If Loving You Is Wrong 278k 42.2 82.2% Soap opera
7 Guiding Light 254k 49.0 81.8% Soap opera
8 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman 183k 42.7 45.9% Soap opera
9 Eddie Murphy Delirious 166k 47.9 59.3% Soap opera
10 Degrassi Junior High 139k 41.2 54.5% Soap opera
11 La promesa 128k 39.4 60.6% Soap opera
12 Hollywood Heights 105k 43.2 66.0% Soap opera
13 Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 82k 37.7 68.8% Soap opera
14 Another World 76k 41.0 68.4% Soap opera
15 Rhythm City (TV series) 70k 38.4 64.2% Soap opera
16 The Wiz Live! 65k 40.3 82.1% Soap opera
17 Dirty Sexy Money 53k 30.9 22.6% Soap opera
18 Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten 43k 38.0 61.1% Soap opera
19 GTST 40k 32.8 51.0% Soap opera
20 The Yellow Rose 39k 45.0 61.9% Soap opera
21 In aller Freundschaft 17k 42.4 77.2% Soap opera
22 Peyton Place 15k 38.0 59.0% Soap opera
23 Die Landarztpraxis 15k 37.9 69.1% Soap opera
24 Fair City 15k 43.8 95.5% Soap opera
25 La viuda joven 6.6k 30.2 98.8% Soap opera
26 Lud, zbunjen, normalan 5.9k 37.8 71.5% Soap opera
27 Unter Uns 5.8k 25.3 45.9% Soap opera
28 Verbotene Liebe 5.4k 31.2 34.1% Soap opera
29 Na Wspólnej 4.1k 31.6 84.4% Soap opera
30 The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music 562 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?

Passions currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.1M people in United States.

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