Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular Movies & TV audiences in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest movies & tv audiences in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 15k movies & tv audiences tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. BBC iPlayer (Global), YouTube and Comedy movies lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 96M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 8.9M, and the largest, BBC iPlayer (Global), reaches around 46M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each movies & tv audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 BBC iPlayer (Global) 46M
2 YouTube 27M 43.1 52.6%
3 Comedy movies 23M 42.5 54.1% Movie genre
4 Celebrity 22M 43.7 61.3%
5 Harry Potter 20M 35.0 61.0% Action
6 BBC 17M 41.8 57.8%
7 Superman 17M 30.4 41.2% TV series
8 Drama movies 15M 42.8 58.4% Movie genre
9 TV reality shows 15M 41.3 61.9%
10 Breaking news 15M 46.0 54.7% Video game
11 Broadcasting 14M 44.3 51.9%
12 BBC iPlayer 14M 42.0 57.1%
13 Documentary movies 13M 43.8 54.5% Movie genre
14 Stand-up comedy 12M 41.2 53.5%
15 BBC News 12M 42.6 60.3%
16 Thriller movies 12M 41.7 53.4% Movie genre
17 Channel 4 12M 42.8 59.5%
18 Laughter 12M 41.7 54.6%
19 David Attenborough 11M 47.6 62.1% Actor Actress or TV Star
20 Action movies 11M 40.7 46.4% Movie genre
21 Netflix 11M 40.7 56.8% TV / music streaming
22 Animated movies 11M 39.2 53.3% Movie genre
23 Science fiction movies 11M 40.3 48.5% Movie genre
24 Musical theatre 11M 44.3 62.6%
25 Batman 11M 41.3 53.0%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular movies & tv audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom and ranks each movies & tv audience 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 movies & tv audience in United Kingdom?

BBC iPlayer (Global) currently leads with an estimated audience of 46M people in United Kingdom.

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