Popularity ranking · Italy

The 100 most popular TV Series in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv series in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 3k tv series tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Uomini e Donne, Grande Fratello and Motorcycles lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 29M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.2M, and the largest, Uomini e Donne, reaches around 10M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each tv series, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy 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 Italy who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Heroes (TV series) 1.3M 40.7 50.2% TV series
52 Spring cleaning 1.3M 43.1 68.8% TV series
53 Teen drama 1.3M 38.7 71.5% TV series
54 Dragon Ball 1.2M 30.7 36.7% TV series
55 Friends 1.2M 37.6 48.3% TV series
56 The Rookie 1.2M 39.9 54.0% TV series
57 Desperate Housewives 1.2M 39.4 76.6% TV series
58 Ben 10 1.2M 38.2 65.5% TV series
59 Smallville 1.1M 35.1 50.5% TV series
60 Better Call Saul 1.1M 36.1 44.0% TV series
61 Suits (TV series) 1.1M 42.3 59.9% TV series
62 Gossip Girl 1.1M 33.3 71.3% TV series
63 PAW Patrol 1.1M 33.6 73.0% TV series
64 Shameless (U.S. TV series) 1.1M 32.0 59.7% TV series
65 Downton Abbey 1M 43.5 72.3% TV series
66 Criminal Minds 1M 32.8 64.9% TV series
67 60 Minutes 965k 40.3 56.1% TV series
68 Caliphate 958k 34.9 19.4% TV series
69 Don Matteo 946k 37.9 69.9% TV series
70 Flower child 938k 40.4 81.4% TV series
71 5G 932k 42.6 32.9% TV series
72 The Bridge (Danish/Swedish TV series) 907k 44.4 69.4% TV series
73 TG1 900k 42.6 61.7% TV series
74 Prison Break 895k 33.3 44.8% TV series
75 Dr. House 891k 24.9 64.0% TV series

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tv series compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy and ranks each tv series 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 series in Italy?

Uomini e Donne currently leads with an estimated audience of 10M people in Italy.

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