Rascasse Audience Intelligence

BBC News Audience Demographics in United Kingdom

BBC News has an estimated audience of 12.3M people in United Kingdom.

#4among TV channels in United Kingdom
#19in Movies & TV

The average BBC News fan in United Kingdom is 43.3 years old, more female, and lives primarily in South East.

Most fans live in South East, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: TV Channel

Data status: Q2/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
12.3M
in United Kingdom
Gender
60.3%♀
39.7% male
Age
43.3
average years
Country rank
#359
among all objects in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+13%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Audience demographics of BBC News

60.3% are female, 39.7% are male, average age 43.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

60.3%
Female
39.7%
Male
Demographic split for BBC News audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female60.3%
Male39.7%
Average age43.3
Estimated audience size12.3M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.3
average years
Age distribution of the BBC News audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-2412%
25-3418%
35-4419%
45-5423%
55+28%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

55.5%

of the worldwide BBC News audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for BBC News
CountryShare
United Kingdom55.5%
United States6.0%
India3.2%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the United Kingdom average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

BBC News fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Yorkshire and the Humber~1.5M1.34×
02West Midlands~1.5M1.24×
03South East~2M1.10×
04North East~500K1.07×
05Scotland~1M1.06×
06South West~1M1.00×
07Wales~600K1.00×
08Northern Ireland~300K0.94×
09East Midlands~700K0.83×
10East of England~1M0.82×
11North West~800K0.59×
Appendix

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Source & method

Source
Rascasse Solution, own modelling
What “fans” means here
Estimated number of people in United Kingdom with measurable interest in BBC News over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several tv channels count for each of them.
Data basis
Anonymised behavioural signals: search demand, social media signals, sponsorship and event data. Not a survey.
Period
07/2025 – 06/2026 · updated quarterly · data status Q2/2026
Confidence
high gender and age data available and an audience of at least 100,000 people

Cite as: “Rascasse Solution, Q2/2026, rascasse.com/explore/gb/bbc-news-6635” · Methodology