Popularity ranking · United States

The 15 most popular Talk Shows in United States

This curated ranking covers the 15 largest talk shows in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Agorà (TV show) and coast coast am lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.2M people. Across all 15 entries the average audience size is 292k, and the largest, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, reaches around 2.1M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each talk show, 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 15, 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 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2.1M 44.1 51.6% Talk show
2 Agorà (TV show) 1.4M 40.6 51.6% Talk show
3 coast coast am 699k 47.1 28.4% Talk show
4 Inside the Actors Studio 86k 44.4 54.2% Talk show
5 Inas Nacht 31k 42.3 57.0% Talk show
6 Sternstunde Philosophie 24k 42.0 49.5% Talk show
7 Kölner Treff 16k 42.0 49.5% Talk show
8 3 nach 9 16k 42.3 57.0% Talk show
9 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 14k 37.9 67.7% Talk show
10 The Open Mind 9.9k 44.0 69.6% Talk show
11 phoenix runde 8.2k 43.4 48.6% Talk show
12 das rote sofa 7.8k 42.3 57.0% Talk show
13 KICK ANDY SHOW 847 26.0 69.5% Talk show
14 Você na TV! 163 30.6 43.7% Talk show
15 Wir sind Kaiser 121 34.0 45.0% Talk show

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular talk shows compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each talk show 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 talk show in United States?

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.1M people in United States.

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