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Top 18 Soap operas in United States

This curated ranking covers the 18 largest soap operas in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. To Catch a Predator, As the World Turns and Guiding Light lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.1M people. Across all 18 entries the average audience size is 96k, and the largest, To Catch a Predator, reaches around 480k people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each soap opera, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 18, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 To Catch a Predator 480k Soap opera
2 As the World Turns 345k 51.8 77.2% Soap opera
3 Guiding Light 253k 48.2 81.8% Soap opera
4 Eddie Murphy Delirious 149k 47.3 59.3% Soap opera
5 Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 94k 37.0 68.8% Soap opera
6 Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten 70k 37.2 61.1% Soap opera
7 Rhythm City (TV series) 67k 37.7 64.2% Soap opera
8 The Wiz Live! 61k 39.7 82.1% Soap opera
9 Dirty Sexy Money 50k 30.1 22.6% Soap opera
10 GTST 40k 32.1 51.0% Soap opera
11 The Yellow Rose 40k 44.3 61.9% Soap opera
12 In aller Freundschaft 29k 41.7 77.2% Soap opera
13 Fair City 15k 43.2 95.5% Soap opera
14 Unter Uns 10k 24.5 45.9% Soap opera
15 Verbotene Liebe 9.5k 30.5 34.1% Soap opera
16 Na Wspólnej 6.6k 30.9 84.4% Soap opera
17 La viuda joven 6.5k 29.6 98.8% Soap opera
18 The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music 555 34.4 15.7% Soap opera

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 18 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each soap opera 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 soap opera in United States?

To Catch a Predator currently leads with an estimated audience of 480k people in United States.

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