Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular TV Channels in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.5k tv channels tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. CNN Newsroom, CNN and CBC News lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 31M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.5M, and the largest, CNN Newsroom, reaches around 11M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each tv channel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

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
51 TV5 (Philippines) 639k 34.9 59.0%
52 AMC (TV channel) 603k 38.1 50.0%
53 MLB Network 600k 37.0 29.0%
54 Bravo (U.S. TV channel) 592k 39.9 63.9%
55 Fox Sports 586k 37.1 25.2%
56 TLC (Latin America) 574k 40.0 64.4%
57 The Weather Channel 550k 45.5 42.0%
58 Télé-Québec 542k 45.0 60.4%
59 BBC World News 541k 43.0 49.0% TV series
60 Cinemax 538k 40.1 52.9%
61 Disney+ 537k 34.5 57.3% TV / music streaming
62 hotstar 515k 34.5 46.9%
63 CBC Sports 508k 44.6 45.8%
64 A&E (TV channel) 471k 43.6 40.2%
65 Slice (TV channel) 467k 30.2 74.4%
66 Bloomberg 455k 37.3 31.8%
67 BBC News 448k 39.5 49.2%
68 Nick Jr. 447k 36.3 69.8%
69 TVB 445k 39.3 55.7%
70 RT (TV network) 443k 41.4 31.8%
71 Thursday Night Football 440k 33.0 29.0% TV series
72 Al Jazeera 426k 37.8 48.3%
73 Canal Vie 403k 43.5 77.7%
74 NDTV 385k 34.2 39.4%
75 FX (TV channel) 384k 38.4 50.7%

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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 Canada 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 refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest tv channel in Canada?

CNN Newsroom currently leads with an estimated audience of 11M people in Canada.

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