Popularity ranking · Malaysia

The 100 most popular TV Channels in Malaysia

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in Malaysia, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2k tv channels tracked in Malaysia, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. TV3 (Malaysia), Astro (Malaysian satellite television) and Astro Awani lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 13M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 437k, and the largest, TV3 (Malaysia), reaches around 5.6M people in Malaysia. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Malaysia who actively engage with each tv channel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Malaysia 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 Malaysia who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 TV3 (Malaysia) 5.6M 37.5 53.0%
2 Astro (Malaysian satellite television) 3.9M 37.1 54.2%
3 Astro Awani 3.5M 37.3 51.8%
4 Netflix 3M 37.0 49.1% TV / music streaming
5 TVB 1.8M 40.9 53.8%
6 Astro Gempak 1.6M 41.5 54.0%
7 Viu (streaming media) 1.5M 38.0 49.7%
8 CNN 1.3M 39.3 40.4%
9 History (Australian TV channel) 990k 51.6 38.0%
10 Cocomelon 972k 36.7 56.0%
11 TGV Cinemas 949k 36.7 44.2%
12 China Central Television 895k 40.6 37.3%
13 TV Tokyo 703k 28.5 23.7%
14 vijay tv 664k 37.6 53.2% TV series
15 Vijay Television 645k 35.0 53.0%
16 TV3 (Ireland) 556k 40.3 60.4%
17 TVBS 534k 43.3 51.4%
18 CBS 507k 36.9 44.2%
19 lrt 494k 43.1 63.9%
20 BBC 481k 37.4 34.5%
21 NTV7 471k 40.9 50.8%
22 Nickelodeon 407k 32.9 52.5%
23 HBO (Asia) 373k 37.6 35.0%
24 Create (TV network) 332k 50.4 80.7%
25 Astro Arena (TV channel) 320k 38.2 34.8%

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Frequently asked questions

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

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Malaysia 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 Malaysia?

TV3 (Malaysia) currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.6M people in Malaysia.

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