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Top 100 TV Channels in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2k tv channels tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. 3+, 4+ and 5+ lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 79M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2M, and the largest, 3+, reaches around 29M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each tv channel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan 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 Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 DirecTV 1.3M 34.1 52.1%
27 CNN Newsroom 1.3M 38.9 31.7% TV series
28 E! (Europe) 1.3M 24.2 90.6%
29 WAVE (TV) 1.2M 38.3 55.9%
30 Bhutan Broadcasting Service 1.2M 29.5 24.6%
31 Create (TV network) 1.2M 48.7 79.9%
32 Viu (streaming media) 1.2M 36.9 75.8%
33 Music Station 1.2M 31.7 74.9% TV series
34 KDDI 1.1M 41.0 25.7%
35 TNT (Sweden) 1.1M 48.1 51.6%
36 Showtime 1.1M 24.4 67.1%
37 N1 (television) 1.1M 32.9 16.5%
38 FX (TV channel) 944k 32.6 43.8%
39 Casa (TV channel) 910k 30.9 67.7%
40 lrt 887k 38.7 60.8%
41 PBS 845k 35.6 55.3%
42 RAI 812k 36.7 43.4%
43 TLC (Latin America) 808k 39.2 68.5%
44 hotstar 801k 37.3 55.8%
45 BBC 796k 33.5 44.4%
46 History (Australian TV channel) 779k 47.5 36.6%
47 Bayerischer Rundfunk 723k 41.4 47.2%
48 Fox News Channel 723k 36.8 33.5%
49 Gold (TV channel) 718k 26.7 60.5%
50 ABC News (Australia) 717k 40.5 32.8%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan 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 Japan?

3+ currently leads with an estimated audience of 29M people in Japan.

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