Popularity ranking · Portugal

The 100 most popular TV Channels in Portugal

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in Portugal, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.2k tv channels tracked in Portugal, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. NOS (Portuguese media company), SIC Notícias and Netflix lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 321k, and the largest, NOS (Portuguese media company), reaches around 2.6M people in Portugal. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Portugal who actively engage with each tv channel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Portugal 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 Portugal who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 NOS (Portuguese media company) 2.6M 44.9 55.6%
2 SIC Notícias 2.2M 44.5 58.3%
3 Netflix 1.9M 42.2 52.9% TV / music streaming
4 Digi TV 1.3M 45.2 48.4%
5 TV7 Dias 1.3M 44.0 76.5%
6 mulheres 1.2M 41.1 72.1%
7 Casa (TV channel) 1.1M 34.0 70.7%
8 Sport TV 1M 44.9 22.1%
9 RTP1 978k 49.0 55.0%
10 HBO MAX 866k 43.2 52.6% TV / music streaming
11 CNN 855k 44.7 55.5%
12 Impresa 676k 45.0 63.2%
13 Create (TV network) 492k 50.5 79.4%
14 ATV (Hungary) 480k 46.4 41.6%
15 Telecinco 469k 41.0 66.1%
16 Antena 3 (Spain) 449k 40.7 69.6%
17 Canal 11 (Honduras) 447k 42.7 56.8%
18 ATV (Pakistan) 434k
19 Prime (New Zealand) 433k
20 RTP Notícias 417k 44.6 55.0%
21 HBO 390k 44.3 52.2% Pay TV
22 sbt 390k 43.5 52.0%
23 Cinemax 370k 39.9 47.9%
24 RTP2 362k 44.5 59.7%
25 24Kitchen 318k 46.2 82.3%

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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 Portugal 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 Portugal?

NOS (Portuguese media company) currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.6M people in Portugal.

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