Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular TV Shows in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv shows in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 179 tv shows tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Monday Night Football, Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 41M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.5M, and the largest, Monday Night Football, reaches around 17M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each tv show, 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 100, 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
26 Veep (TV series) 1.2M 43.1 51.9% TV show
27 Ugly Betty 1.1M 44.2 51.5% TV show
28 Scrubs (TV series) 1.1M 42.7 59.4% TV show
29 The Cosby Show 1.1M 44.4 70.1% TV show
30 Supernanny 874k 37.9 84.8% TV show
31 Samurai Jack 846k 31.1 40.6% TV show
32 Puppy Bowl 791k 43.1 70.5% TV show
33 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 781k 37.1 49.7% TV show
34 Keeping Up with the Kardashians 768k 32.3 75.2% TV show
35 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 738k 37.0 46.2% TV show
36 The Bachelorette 605k 35.5 75.7% TV show
37 Dharma & Greg 572k TV show
38 Geordie Shore 532k 32.0 64.1% TV show
39 Neighbours 507k 40.9 61.3% TV show
40 The Muppet Show 498k 44.0 53.6% TV show
41 3rd Rock from the Sun 480k 24.0 64.6% TV show
42 Strictly Come Dancing 464k 40.0 68.0% TV show
43 Undercover Boss 454k 45.6 54.6% TV show
44 Ninja Warrior 401k 31.5 40.9% TV show
45 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 389k 42.5 57.7% TV show
46 American Gladiators 324k TV show
47 MTV Cribs 253k 37.7 45.2% TV show
48 WWE Main Event 243k 34.5 22.9% TV show
49 El Gordo y la Flaca 235k 39.8 59.2% TV show
50 Celebrity Deathmatch 197k 39.7 40.8% TV show

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Frequently asked questions

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

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each tv show 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 show in United States?

Monday Night Football currently leads with an estimated audience of 17M people in United States.

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