Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular 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 Sport, BBC and BBC iPlayer lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 49M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.4M, and the largest, BBC Sport, reaches around 18M 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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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 QVC 2.6M 50.3 84.1% Home shopping
27 ITV2 2.5M 40.4 62.5%
28 Cineworld (Glasgow) 2.3M
29 BBC Scotland 2.2M 43.7 54.8%
30 TLC (TV network) 2.2M 38.1 73.7%
31 E! News 2M 38.3 77.4% TV series
32 ESPN 2M 36.7 31.3%
33 Sun News (India) 1.9M 42.0 45.1%
34 STV (TV channel) 1.9M 42.2 62.1%
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 Sky Sports 1.5M 42.3 32.5% Pay TV
39 PBS 1.4M 43.2 57.0%
40 Nick Jr. 1.4M 41.2 77.9%
41 Fox News Channel 1.3M 39.6 52.9%
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 IGN 1.1M 33.5 21.6%
46 Dave (TV channel) 1.1M 43.7 45.2%
47 Ideal World 1.1M 50.4 73.7%
48 CBS Sports 1M 40.7 27.5%
49 hotstar 953k 39.0 52.7%
50 Fox (Poland) 950k 27.3 45.5%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tv channels 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 Sport currently leads with an estimated audience of 18M people in United Kingdom.

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