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Top 100 TV Channels in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.7k tv channels tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. BBC, BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 47M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.3M, and the largest, BBC, reaches around 17M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each tv channel, 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
26 ITV2 2.5M 40.4 62.5%
27 Cineworld (Glasgow) 2.2M
28 BBC Scotland 2.2M 43.7 54.8%
29 TLC (TV network) 2.2M 38.1 73.7%
30 E! News 2M 38.3 77.4% TV series
31 ESPN 2M 36.7 31.3%
32 STV (TV channel) 1.8M 42.2 62.1%
33 Sun News (India) 1.8M 42.0 45.1%
34 Fox News Channel 1.7M 39.6 52.9%
35 Eurosport 1.7M 45.2 27.6%
36 CBBC (TV channel) 1.7M 45.0 66.7%
37 Channel 4 News 1.6M 44.0 50.9% TV series
38 PBS 1.5M 43.2 57.0%
39 TLC (Latin America) 1.4M 42.6 65.9%
40 Sky Sports 1.4M 42.3 32.5% Pay TV
41 Nick Jr. 1.4M 41.2 77.9%
42 NBC News 1.3M 43.4 57.3%
43 Hulu 1.3M 41.5 51.9% TV / music streaming
44 Film4 1.2M 43.8 49.2%
45 HBO MAX 1.2M 40.7 56.6% TV / music streaming
46 IGN 1.1M 33.5 21.6%
47 Ideal World 1.1M 50.4 73.7%
48 CBS Sports 1M 40.7 27.5%
49 Dave (TV channel) 1M 43.7 45.2%
50 Disney+ 1M 40.3 57.8% TV / music streaming

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

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

BBC currently leads with an estimated audience of 17M people in United Kingdom.

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