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Top 100 TV Channels in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.5k tv channels tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Fox News Channel, NBC and CNN lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 285M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 15M, and the largest, Fox News Channel, reaches around 113M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each tv channel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States 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 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 Fox News Channel 113M 43.3 50.1%
2 NBC 88M 42.8 56.3%
3 CNN 84M 43.3 50.4%
4 CBS 65M 42.4 55.4%
5 Peacock 53M 38.0 55.3% TV / music streaming
6 Netflix 51M 37.5 55.8% TV / music streaming
7 ESPN 49M 36.7 36.7%
8 DirecTV 47M 40.0 52.8%
9 HBO 47M 39.3 51.1% Pay TV
10 HBO MAX 38M 38.4 53.5% TV / music streaming
11 NFL Network 35M 33.8 40.6%
12 NBC News 35M 44.7 61.8%
13 CBS Sports 33M 42.5 31.7%
14 Golf Channel 27M 36.6 35.7%
15 CBS News 25M 44.6 49.7%
16 Fox (Poland) 24M 25.0 42.4%
17 TLC (TV network) 21M 38.8 69.2%
18 PBS 21M 45.5 57.9%
19 E! News 20M 39.9 76.1% TV series
20 Nickelodeon 19M 32.4 62.4%
21 CNBC 19M 42.9 44.9%
22 QVC 18M 49.2 80.7% Home shopping
23 Kelley Blue Book 18M 41.8 35.3%
24 Hulu 17M 39.3 53.9% TV / music streaming
25 Telemundo 17M 36.8 54.9%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States 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 United States?

Fox News Channel currently leads with an estimated audience of 113M people in United States.

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