Popularity ranking · Sweden

The 100 most popular TV Channels in Sweden

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in Sweden, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.2k tv channels tracked in Sweden, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. SVT Play, HBO MAX and Netflix lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 298k, and the largest, SVT Play, reaches around 4.6M people in Sweden. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Sweden who actively engage with each tv channel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Sweden 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 Sweden who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 SVT Play 4.6M 47.7 68.3%
2 HBO MAX 2.1M 42.3 54.4% TV / music streaming
3 Netflix 1.6M 42.0 55.8% TV / music streaming
4 TVS (Venezuela) 1.4M 31.1 9.4%
5 MTV Tres 967k 31.7 51.8%
6 SportExpressen 883k 43.5 51.6%
7 NBC 761k 43.3 46.0%
8 TV4 Sport 756k 42.1 41.7%
9 HBO Nordic 731k 36.5 48.8%
10 CNN 710k 43.7 45.4%
11 CBS 613k 43.9 51.0%
12 TV4Nyheterna 531k 46.6 66.3%
13 Prime (New Zealand) 530k
14 TV-2 (band) 526k 47.3 54.3%
15 TGR 486k 47.9 53.3% TV series
16 TV4 (Poland) 423k 42.0 48.0%
17 TV2 (New Zealand) 381k 40.9 45.4%
18 TLC (TV network) 328k 43.6 63.6%
19 E4 (TV channel) 323k 37.2 43.1%
20 HBO 315k 42.5 52.9% Pay TV
21 TNT (Sweden) 276k 45.1 62.2%
22 Showtime 261k 50.1 80.3%
23 NRK 259k 44.1 65.6%
24 BBC 258k 40.3 44.9%
25 Sky Sport 257k 48.5 19.6%

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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 Sweden 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 Sweden?

SVT Play currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.6M people in Sweden.

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