Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular TV Channels in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.2k tv channels tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. CNN, NBC and ESPN lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 238M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 14M, and the largest, CNN, reaches around 100M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each tv channel, 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 100, 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 CNN 100M 44.1 50.4% News
2 NBC 80M 43.5 56.3% Entertainment
3 ESPN 58M 37.4 36.7% Sport
4 Fox News Channel 58M 44.0 50.1% News
5 Netflix 57M 38.2 55.8% TV & film
6 CBS 55M 43.2 55.4% Entertainment
7 YouTube TV 50M — — Entertainment
8 NBC News 45M 45.4 61.8% News
9 HBO MAX 41M 39.1 53.5% TV & film
10 HBO 40M 40.0 51.1% TV & film
11 CBS Sports 34M 43.2 31.7% Sport
12 CBS News 33M 45.4 49.7% News
13 NBA TV 32M 31.5 37.5% Sport
14 NFL Network 29M 34.5 40.6% Sport
15 DirecTV 29M 40.7 52.8% Entertainment
16 Peacock 27M 38.9 45.0% Entertainment
17 CNBC 26M 43.5 44.9% Business
18 Nickelodeon 26M 33.1 62.4% Kids & family
19 Golf Channel 24M 37.3 35.7% Sport
20 Telemundo 22M 37.5 54.9% Entertainment
21 TLC (TV network) 22M 39.5 69.2% Lifestyle
22 QVC 21M 50.0 80.7% Home shopping
23 PBS 20M 46.3 57.9% Entertainment
24 Hulu 20M 40.0 53.9% TV & film
25 Fox (Poland) 18M 25.8 42.4% TV & film
26 Univision 17M 36.9 56.6% Entertainment
27 The Weather Channel 16M 41.6 55.6% News
28 NBC Sports 16M 37.7 38.8% Sport
29 Amazon Prime Video 15M 34.7 43.8% TV & film
30 AMC (TV channel) 15M 41.8 50.4% TV & film
31 Food Network 15M 41.7 64.2% Lifestyle
32 Bravo (U.S. TV channel) 15M 38.7 67.4% Lifestyle
33 Fox Sports 14M 39.4 24.0% Sport
34 MSNBC 13M 38.5 25.3% News
35 ESPN Deportes 12M — — Sport
36 ABC News 11M 42.6 57.9% News
37 CBS Sports Network 11M 41.4 30.5% Sport
38 Disney Channel 9.7M 33.8 70.4% Kids & family
39 MLB Network 9.3M 36.3 30.8% Sport
40 Fox Sports 1 8.9M 38.9 22.1% Sport
41 BBC 8.5M 40.9 52.1% Entertainment
42 Adult Swim 8M 35.1 39.4% Entertainment
43 Nick Jr. 7.9M 37.3 71.6% Kids & family
44 ESPN2 7.8M 38.5 23.8% Sport
45 FX (TV channel) 7.2M 39.6 51.6% TV & film
46 USA Network 7.1M 38.4 47.6% Entertainment
47 Hallmark Channel 7M 47.2 78.3% TV & film
48 abc7 6.9M 41.2 56.4% Entertainment
49 ABC News (Australia) 6.6M 49.1 47.7% News
50 Funimation 6.4M 26.1 41.6% TV & film
51 A&E (TV channel) 6.2M 43.2 41.3% Documentary
52 Prime (New Zealand) 6.1M — — Entertainment
53 PBS Kids 6.1M 40.3 74.3% Kids & family
54 Disney+ 5.9M 34.9 59.5% TV & film
55 Country Music Television 5.8M 33.6 56.0% Music
56 Twin Cities Public Television 5.6M 44.1 77.8% Entertainment
57 Gold (TV channel) 5.3M 28.0 61.1% Entertainment
58 Cinemax 5.3M 40.0 47.5% TV & film
59 ABC 7 Chicago 5.2M 40.2 60.8% Entertainment
60 KMOV 5M 43.7 60.6% Entertainment
61 The CW 4.9M 40.2 60.5% Entertainment
62 Home Shopping Network 4.8M 44.5 70.8% Home shopping
63 CNN en Español 4.8M 37.5 56.1% News
64 KTLA 4.5M 42.1 56.3% Entertainment
65 TNT (Sweden) 4.4M 48.7 47.0% TV & film
66 ESPN+ 4.1M — — Sport
67 FOX 4 News 4.1M 40.8 58.3% Entertainment
68 NBA League Pass 4M 37.3 27.4% Sport
69 Channel 4 3.9M 38.6 57.3% Entertainment
70 WSB-TV 3.9M 44.4 59.5% Entertainment
71 Cartoon Network 3.8M 32.1 59.7% Kids & family
72 Angel Studios 3.8M — — TV & film
73 Bloomberg 3.8M 40.9 37.8% Business
74 hotstar 3.8M 38.1 51.4% Entertainment
75 KHOU 3.7M 42.0 63.7% Entertainment
76 WINK News 3.7M 45.9 57.3% News
77 FOX 26 Houston 3.6M 38.8 57.4% Entertainment
78 Big Ten Network 3.6M 43.3 33.9% Sport
79 Fox 8 News 3.6M 41.8 62.1% Entertainment
80 Trinity Broadcasting Network 3.3M 47.6 68.0% Religion
81 KSDK 3.3M 43.8 63.5% Entertainment
82 11Alive 3.3M 48.3 67.1% Entertainment
83 NESN 3.2M 45.5 21.7% Sport
84 Pluto TV 3.2M 41.4 46.6% Entertainment
85 C-SPAN 3.1M 46.8 39.9% News
86 3+ 3.1M 38.5 51.5% Entertainment
87 Antenna TV 3.1M 47.4 54.8% TV & film
88 ABC 3M 38.3 59.0% Entertainment
89 E4 (TV channel) 3M 35.9 48.6% Entertainment
90 KUSA (TV) 3M 41.8 61.5% Entertainment
91 ATV (Pakistan) 3M — — Entertainment
92 WGN-TV 3M 43.7 58.0% Entertainment
93 WTHR 3M 43.5 64.6% Entertainment
94 Oxygen (TV channel) 2.9M 42.4 69.3% Documentary
95 nbc chicago 2.8M 41.8 59.9% Entertainment
96 News 4 San Antonio 2.8M 40.5 59.4% Entertainment
97 BritBox 2.8M — — TV & film
98 Investigation Discovery 2.7M 39.4 57.6% Documentary
99 TruTV 2.7M 40.4 46.3% Entertainment
100 WTXF-TV 2.7M 42.5 64.8% Entertainment

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tv channels compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each tv channel 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 tv channel in United States?

CNN currently leads with an estimated audience of 100M people in United States.

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