Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular TV Shows in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv shows in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 133 tv shows tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Strictly Come Dancing, Britain's Got Talent and Loose Women lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 15M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 381k, and the largest, Strictly Come Dancing, reaches around 8.7M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each tv show, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom and are refreshed weekly.

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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
51 Heute 40k 43.9 54.7% TV show
52 Dharma & Greg 36k TV show
53 Married... with Children 35k 43.8 61.2% TV show
54 Celebrity Deathmatch 31k 52.6 57.7% TV show
55 Stromberg 31k 36.6 47.4% TV show
56 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 30k 33.7 51.6% TV show
57 Sportschau 30k 33.6 54.5% TV show
58 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 29k 39.4 52.0% TV show
59 Undercover Boss 26k 37.7 45.4% TV show
60 WWE Main Event 25k 27.9 6.3% TV show
61 College GameDay 25k 36.1 51.5% TV show
62 Tatort 24k 43.8 25.1% TV show
63 Cheers 23k 41.0 53.1% TV show
64 Got to Dance 22k 46.0 72.8% TV show
65 Sunrise (TV program) 20k TV show
66 Popstars 19k 43.8 77.5% TV show
67 pippi langstrumpf 14k 31.0 87.6% TV show
68 Türkisch für Anfänger 13k 35.2 77.1% TV show
69 Bibi Blocksberg 13k 39.2 72.8% TV show
70 x factor italia 9.3k 38.4 24.1% TV show
71 ZDF-Fernsehgarten 9.2k 44.4 74.8% TV show
72 The Taste 8.4k 32.4 64.4% TV show
73 Bibi und Tina 8k 32.8 61.5% TV show
74 Vain elämää 7.3k 40.6 62.1% TV show
75 Verissimo (TV series) 6.9k 41.3 51.6% TV show

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tv shows compiled?

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

Strictly Come Dancing currently leads with an estimated audience of 8.7M people in United Kingdom.

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