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Top 100 TV Channels in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.1k tv channels tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Create (TV network), Aaj Tak and hotstar lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 83M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.4M, and the largest, Create (TV network), reaches around 35M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each tv channel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across India 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 India who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in India. 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 India, 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 India. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 BBC Sport 938k 35.4 19.8%
77 Really (TV channel) 932k 38.7 82.2%
78 Geo TV 930k 29.0 44.0%
79 CNBC Awaaz 907k 35.7 12.7%
80 Saavn 892k 29.3 18.6%
81 Astro (Malaysian satellite television) 879k 25.7 46.9%
82 TLC (Latin America) 863k 42.7 65.6%
83 Thanthi TV 849k 36.4 15.1%
84 Fox News Channel 842k 35.6 17.9%
85 Aastha TV 836k 37.0 22.7%
86 FashionTV 811k 28.5 48.9%
87 Hulu 804k 30.7 21.7% TV / music streaming
88 Cocomelon 778k 31.6 26.6%
89 CBS Corporation 767k 30.0 12.6%
90 Nickelodeon 755k 29.8 43.7%
91 Bindass 754k 32.5 20.5%
92 BBC News 735k 34.2 18.5%
93 S.M. Entertainment 683k 26.5 60.9%
94 Fox (Poland) 677k 27.3 45.5%
95 Cinemax 676k 31.1 17.5%
96 TV5 (Philippines) 674k 26.4 56.1%
97 Zee Café 661k 30.5 29.5%
98 mulheres 635k 29.9 67.7%
99 Sun News (India) 627k 35.0 14.6%
100 ABN (TV station) 604k 34.4 63.8%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across India 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 India?

Create (TV network) currently leads with an estimated audience of 35M people in India.

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