Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular TV Shows in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv shows in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 120 tv shows tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. CNN Breaking News, The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 173k, and the largest, CNN Breaking News, reaches around 3.4M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each tv show, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. 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 Canada, 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 Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Will & Grace 126k 34.1 57.0% TV show
27 The Muppets 107k 42.3 56.4% TV show
28 The Cosby Show 103k 37.5 55.5% TV show
29 Veep (TV series) 100k 41.3 64.5% TV show
30 Supernanny 93k 40.4 88.0% TV show
31 Scrubs (TV series) 87k 38.7 62.1% TV show
32 Ugly Betty 84k 31.0 57.1% TV show
33 Strictly Come Dancing 83k 40.2 66.0% TV show
34 Geordie Shore 79k 33.2 59.5% TV show
35 Dharma & Greg 67k TV show
36 3rd Rock from the Sun 63k 29.7 62.8% TV show
37 Keeping Up with the Kardashians 60k 31.1 75.5% TV show
38 Match of the Day 58k 38.7 36.2% TV show
39 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 57k 37.8 41.5% TV show
40 The Muppet Show 55k 44.1 50.6% TV show
41 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 53k 33.5 55.6% TV show
42 The Bachelorette 52k 35.8 72.4% TV show
43 Samurai Jack 52k 27.4 44.8% TV show
44 Ninja Warrior 45k 33.4 36.6% TV show
45 The Voice Kids 44k 31.1 56.9% TV show
46 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 43k 42.2 56.6% TV show
47 WWE Main Event 34k 29.7 0.0% TV show
48 Puppy Bowl 33k 40.3 70.1% TV show
49 The Project (TV program) 31k 34.4 53.6% TV show
50 Takeshi's Castle 25k 39.1 36.9% TV show

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Frequently asked questions

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

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each tv 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 refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest tv show in Canada?

CNN Breaking News currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.4M people in Canada.

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