Top 50 Mobile phone operators in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest mobile phone operators in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 122 mobile phone operators tracked in United Kingdom, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Vodafone, Giffgaff and Lebara lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11,795,550 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 405,990, and the largest, Vodafone, reaches around 6,027,858 people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each mobile phone operator, 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 Vodafone Vodafone 6,027,858 8.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
2 Giffgaff Giffgaff 3,926,716 78.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
3 Lebara Lebara 1,840,976 35.6% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
4 Lycamobile Lycamobile 1,027,940 14.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
5 Comcast Comcast 849,686 4.6% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
6 BT Group BT Group 696,848 8.9% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
7 O2 O2 681,794 10.0% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
8 AT&T AT&T 547,371 0.7% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
9 Orange Orange 509,914 1.6% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
10 verizon verizon 458,045 1.0% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
11 Talkmobile Talkmobile 456,573 95.8% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
12 LINE LINE 365,120 1.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
13 T-Mobile T-Mobile 286,888 0.4% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
14 Telenor Telenor 279,508 5.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
15 Vivo (telecommunications) Vivo (telecommunications) 223,805 0.8% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
16 Sveriges Television Sveriges Television 215,400 1.8% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
17 Telefónica Telefónica 198,860 2.6% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
18 Swisscom Swisscom 182,244 3.9% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
19 WIND (Italy) WIND (Italy) 151,831 1.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
20 KPN KPN 134,763 3.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
21 Viasat Viasat 116,946 5.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
22 spusu spusu 111,368 6.9% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
23 Turkcell Turkcell 92,299 0.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
24 Telecom Italia Telecom Italia 72,827 3.7% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
25 Digicel Digicel 71,176 10.0% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
26 Sprint Corporation Sprint Corporation 64,371 2.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
27 Fastweb (telecommunications company) Fastweb (telecommunications company) 53,409 1.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
28 Comcast Cable Comcast Cable 52,953 0.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
29 Airtel Airtel 50,666 1.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
30 Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom 45,520 1.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
31 Telstra Telstra 37,505 0.4% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
32 Bouygues Bouygues 36,526 0.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
33 Free Mobile Free Mobile 35,836 0.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
34 Telus Telus 35,461 0.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
35 Telkom (South Africa) Telkom (South Africa) 32,118 1.7% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
36 MetroPCS MetroPCS 29,074 0.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
37 Lifesize Lifesize 28,258 7.0% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
38 Bell Canada Bell Canada 27,637 1.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
39 Tele2 Tele2 26,048 0.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
40 SFR SFR 25,678 0.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
41 Straight Talk Straight Talk 25,616 0.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
42 Optus Optus 25,418 0.6% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
43 Vodacom Vodacom 24,075 0.9% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
44 Vodafone Italy Vodafone Italy 20,737 7.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
45 Ncell Ncell 19,030 14.9% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
46 NOS Comunicações NOS Comunicações 18,657 7.8% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
47 Public Mobile Public Mobile 15,036 1.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
48 Airtel Nigeria Airtel Nigeria 14,469 81.8% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
49 Simyo Simyo 14,428 0.6% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
50 Congstar Congstar 14,248 0.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom and ranks each mobile phone operator 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 mobile phone operator in United Kingdom?

Vodafone currently leads with an estimated audience of 6,027,858 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.

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