Top 19 Soap operas in Italy
This curated ranking covers the 19 largest soap operas in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Guiding Light, Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten and In aller Freundschaft lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 360,810 people. Across all 19 entries the average audience size is 23,507, and the largest, Guiding Light, reaches around 226,505 people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each soap opera, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Guiding Light |
226,505 | 28.2% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 2 |  Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten |
101,399 | 0.6% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 3 |  In aller Freundschaft |
32,906 | 0.8% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 4 |  Dirty Sexy Money |
15,077 | 12.2% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 5 |  Unter Uns |
10,234 | 0.4% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 6 |  Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi |
6,520 | 0.3% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 7 |  GTST |
6,283 | 0.6% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 8 |  As the World Turns |
4,937 | 0.8% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 9 |  Verbotene Liebe |
3,814 | 1.1% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 10 |  To Catch a Predator |
3,645 | 0.7% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 11 |  Na Wspólnej |
3,243 | 0.4% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 12 |  The Yellow Rose |
3,138 | 5.6% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 13 |  Fair City |
2,166 | 0.5% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 14 |  Eddie Murphy Delirious |
1,380 | 0.7% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 15 |  The Wiz Live! |
888 | 1.2% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 16 |  La viuda joven |
738 | 5.1% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 17 |  Rhythm City (TV series) |
226 | 0.1% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 18 |  Channel 4's Comedy Gala |
35 | 37.5% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
| 19 |  The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music |
0 | 0.0% | Soap opera | Movies & TV |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 19 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy and ranks each soap opera 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 soap opera in Italy?
Guiding Light currently leads with an estimated audience of 226,505 people in Italy.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.