Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Sky News Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Sky News in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Sky News has an estimated audience of 4,958,776 people in United Kingdom.

The average Sky News fan in United Kingdom is 43.7 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in England.

The audience is concentrated in England, North West, South East.

Top brand affinities include Mail Online, Google Maps, Daily Express, with strongest over-indexing on Mail Online (5.1× the country average).

Demographically, the Sky News audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Patriotism.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Sky News fan in United Kingdom is balanced, around 43.7 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Mail Online.

Category: Sports · Type: TV Channel

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Sky News profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
5M
in United Kingdom
Gender
53.4%
46.6% male
Age
43.7
average years
Country rank
#1368
TV Channel in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+14%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Sky News

53.4% are female, 46.6% are male, average age 43.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.4%
Female
46.6%
Male
Demographic split for Sky News audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female53.4%
Male46.6%
Average age43.7
Estimated audience size4,958,776
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.7
average years
Age distribution of the Sky News audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2917%
30-3920%
40-4924%
50+29%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

53.0%

of the worldwide Sky News audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Sky News
CountryShare
United Kingdom53.0%
United States8.6%
Ireland7.2%
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

Where the Sky News audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Sky News fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01North West~800K1.49×
02East Midlands~400K1.18×
03Wales~300K1.13×
04South West~400K1.11×
05North East~200K1.06×
06East of England~500K1.04×
07England~3.5M0.98×
08South East~600K0.97×
09Scotland~400K0.96×
10Northern Ireland~100K0.93×
11Yorkshire and the Humber~300K0.81×
12West Midlands~100K0.69×
13Greater London~400K0.66×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Sky News audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Sky News audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Google Street ViewInternet & Social Media8.51×
02Channel 4 NewsMovies & TV8.32×
03BBC World NewsMovies & TV7.91×
04Broadcasting of sports eventsMovies & TV7.29×
05Mail OnlineNews5.10×
06Google MapsInternet & Social Media5.09×
07The IndependentNews4.22×
08BBC NewsMovies & TV3.64×
09The TimesNews3.64×
10ITV NewsMovies & TV3.57×
11CNNMovies & TV3.47×
12Daily ExpressNews3.44×
13Daily MailNews2.77×
14The GuardianNews2.72×
15Television channelMovies & TV2.63×
16Daily MirrorNews2.15×
17Sky BetGames1.93×
18BBCMovies & TV1.86×
19Donald TrumpPolitics & Society1.69×
20SupermanMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Sky News audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Sky News audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE1.43×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.41×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.20×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Sky News audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.89×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.94×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.94×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Sky News have in United Kingdom?

Sky News has an estimated audience of 4,958,776 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in England and North West.

02

What is the gender split and age of Sky News fans?

53.4% of Sky News fans are female, 46.6% are male, with an average age of 43.7 years.

03

Which brands do Sky News fans like most?

Sky News fans show strongest brand affinity for Mail Online (5.1×), Google Maps (5.09×), and Daily Express (3.44×) over the country average.

04

Where do Sky News fans live in United Kingdom?

Sky News fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in England (reach ~3.5M), North West (reach ~800K), and South East (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Sky News fans also like?

Beyond Sky News itself, the audience over-indexes on Google Maps (5.09×), Daily Express (3.44×), The Independent (4.22×), and BBC News (3.64×) compared to the United Kingdom average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United Kingdom who actively search for Sky 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.

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