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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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
51 HBO 940k 41.4 53.6% Pay TV
52 CBBC 933k 40.8 61.2%
53 A&E (TV channel) 908k 45.5 48.5%
54 TLC (Latin America) 908k 42.6 65.9%
55 Racing UK 902k 47.6 37.8%
56 Disney+ 894k 37.8 59.7% TV / music streaming
57 Yes (Israel) 833k 43.8 60.4%
58 CBS Corporation 802k 44.4 57.8%
59 UTV (TV channel) 790k 44.1 58.4%
60 CNBC 785k 41.9 42.3%
61 AMC (TV channel) 762k 38.3 47.7%
62 Cartoon Network 724k 40.5 60.5%
63 Bloomberg 721k 42.3 36.4%
64 Canal+ 719k 44.5 45.7%
65 Funimation 706k 27.9 43.8%
66 CBS News 701k 45.1 56.0%
67 Elstree Studios 681k 36.4 82.2%
68 Al Jazeera 648k 41.8 52.2%
69 BBC World News 629k 43.4 60.0% TV series
70 Watch (TV channel) 626k 36.1 55.6%
71 RT (TV network) 601k 42.0 33.4%
72 HayU 582k 40.6 55.2% TV / music streaming
73 TF1 581k 44.9 43.8%
74 NDTV 573k 40.5 41.5%
75 TVS (Venezuela) 552k 46.2 0.0%

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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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