Top 50 Comedies in United Kingdom
This curated ranking covers the 50 largest comedies in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 241 comedies tracked in United Kingdom, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Freaky Friday (2003 film), Home Alone and Back to the Future lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4,987,356 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 545,344, and the largest, Freaky Friday (2003 film), reaches around 1,898,571 people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each comedy, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Freaky Friday (2003 film) |
1,898,571 | 9.7% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 2 |  Home Alone |
1,790,186 | 14.1% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 3 |  Back to the Future |
1,298,599 | 10.0% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 4 |  Home Alone (franchise) |
1,172,365 | 8.1% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 5 |  Mr. Bean |
1,162,755 | 5.1% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 6 |  Slacker |
1,094,186 | 4.2% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 7 |  Home and Away |
1,035,016 | 25.2% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 8 |  Bridget Jones's Diary (film) |
890,620 | 20.6% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 9 |  Forrest Gump |
835,603 | 4.9% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 10 |  Matt Rife |
692,326 | 6.4% | Comedy | Music & Radio |
| 11 |  Fantastic Mr. Fox (film) |
686,006 | 14.1% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 12 |  Ghostbusters |
681,988 | 7.5% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 13 |  Wasabi (film) |
546,351 | 8.7% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 14 |  21 Jump Street (film) |
535,714 | 7.6% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 15 |  Would I Lie to You? (TV series) |
518,011 | 52.0% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 16 |  Shane Gillis |
504,722 | 4.6% | Comedy | Music & Radio |
| 17 |  The Devil Wears Prada (film) |
499,138 | 6.6% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 18 |  Little Miss Sunshine |
477,214 | 9.0% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 19 |  The Vicar of Dibley |
475,208 | 76.8% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 20 |  Superbad (film) |
474,431 | 6.0% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 21 |  Last One Laughing |
469,817 | 42.6% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 22 |  Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film) |
452,527 | 36.8% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 23 |  Bill Cosby |
448,058 | 5.1% | Comedy | Music & Radio |
| 24 |  Couples Retreat |
439,446 | 12.8% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 25 |  Sleeper (1973 film) |
424,399 | 10.8% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 26 |  Sheldon Cooper |
417,949 | 7.7% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 27 |  home alone 2 |
371,371 | 13.3% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 28 |  Calendar Girls |
366,023 | 38.6% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 29 |  Zoolander |
361,099 | 6.3% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 30 |  Upright Citizens Brigade |
360,173 | 7.5% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 31 |  Fresh Meat (TV series) |
358,234 | 44.9% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 32 |  The Hangover |
351,608 | 3.9% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 33 |  Borat |
349,374 | 4.6% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 34 |  The Lonely Island |
339,773 | 11.2% | Comedy | Music & Radio |
| 35 |  We're the Millers |
327,423 | 5.7% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 36 |  Picture This (2008 film) |
325,680 | 15.8% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 37 |  Wedding Crashers |
319,283 | 8.9% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 38 |  Fridays (TV series) |
318,017 | 3.2% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 39 |  Planes, Trains and Automobiles |
311,690 | 11.2% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 40 |  Sister Act |
304,202 | 10.7% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 41 |  Home Alone 3 |
274,002 | 13.9% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 42 |  The Big Lebowski |
269,862 | 5.7% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 43 |  Hot Tub Time Machine |
267,804 | 8.3% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 44 |  Conan O’Brien |
267,341 | 4.6% | Comedy | Music & Radio |
| 45 |  Bedtime Stories (film) |
266,152 | 6.9% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 46 |  The Other Woman (2009 film) |
252,290 | 9.9% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 47 |  The Women (2008 film) |
250,532 | 12.1% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 48 |  Idiocracy |
249,781 | 4.0% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
| 49 |  Jim Jefferies |
244,706 | 17.4% | Comedy | Music & Radio |
| 50 |  22 Jump Street |
239,583 | 8.0% | Comedy | Movies & TV |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 50 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom and ranks each comedy 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 comedy in United Kingdom?
Freaky Friday (2003 film) currently leads with an estimated audience of 1,898,571 people in United Kingdom.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.