BBC News Audience in United Kingdom

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BBC News has an estimated audience of 11,721,077 people in United Kingdom. 60.3% are female, 39.7% are male, average age 42.6. Top regions: England, South East, Yorkshire and the Humber.

The average BBC News fan in United Kingdom is 42.6 years old, more female, and lives primarily in England. The audience is concentrated in England, South East, Yorkshire and the Humber.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: TV Channel

Demographics of BBC News fans

Demographic split for BBC News audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female60.3%
Male39.7%
Average age42.6
Estimated audience size11,721,077

Top regions in United Kingdom

Top regions ranked by reach for BBC News in United Kingdom
RegionReachAffinity
England7,967,1580.73×
South East1,730,4841.1×
Yorkshire and the Humber1,261,8631.34×
Scotland1,218,2221.15×
South West966,9801.0×
East of England881,2870.82×
North West742,6620.59×
Wales726,6881.09×
East Midlands685,0300.83×
West Midlands621,3801.24×
North East489,9451.07×
Northern Ireland370,5771.03×

Worldwide distribution

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for BBC News
CountryShare
United Kingdom50.2%
United States5.8%
India3.1%

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United Kingdom who actively search for BBC News. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.