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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
51 Fox (Poland) 954k 27.3 45.5%
52 hotstar 951k 39.0 52.7%
53 CBBC 933k 40.8 61.2%
54 HBO 927k 41.4 53.6% Pay TV
55 A&E (TV channel) 910k 45.5 48.5%
56 Racing UK 900k 47.6 37.8%
57 Yes (Israel) 827k 43.8 60.4%
58 CBS Corporation 802k 44.4 57.8%
59 E! (Europe) 792k 27.2 90.9%
60 CNBC 788k 41.9 42.3%
61 UTV (TV channel) 787k 44.1 58.4%
62 Canal+ 765k 44.5 45.7%
63 AMC (TV channel) 761k 38.3 47.7%
64 Cartoon Network 725k 40.5 60.5%
65 Bloomberg 722k 42.3 36.4%
66 Funimation 706k 27.9 43.8%
67 CBS News 699k 45.1 56.0%
68 Elstree Studios 680k 36.4 82.2%
69 BBC World News 626k 43.4 60.0% TV series
70 Watch (TV channel) 622k 36.1 55.6%
71 Al Jazeera 614k 41.8 52.2%
72 Discovery+ 611k 40.3 51.8%
73 RT (TV network) 604k 42.0 33.4%
74 TVS (Venezuela) 593k 46.2 0.0%
75 NDTV 589k 40.5 41.5%

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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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