BBC News has an estimated audience of 21.4M people in United Kingdom.
The average BBC News fan in United Kingdom is 43.3 years old, more female, and lives primarily in South East.
By number of fans, BBC News ranks #2 among the 598 objects in News in United Kingdom — 104.1× the group median.
Its fans are 1.2 years older than the group average of 42.1.
Women make up 60.3% of the fan base, 11.3 percentage points more than the group average.
Most fans live in South East, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber.
60.3% are female, 39.7% are male, average age 43.3.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 60.3% |
| Male | 39.7% |
| Average age | 43.3 |
| Estimated audience size | 21.4M |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-24 | 12% | |
| 25-34 | 18% | |
| 35-44 | 19% | |
| 45-54 | 23% | |
| 55+ | 28% |
of the worldwide BBC News audience comes from United Kingdom.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 61.8% |
| United States | 4.7% |
| France | 2.4% |
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yorkshire and the Humber | ~2.5M | 1.34× | |
| 02 | West Midlands | ~2.5M | 1.24× | |
| 03 | South East | ~3.5M | 1.10× | |
| 04 | North East | ~900K | 1.07× | |
| 05 | Scotland | ~2M | 1.06× | |
| 06 | South West | ~2M | 1.00× | |
| 07 | Wales | ~1M | 1.00× | |
| 08 | Northern Ireland | ~600K | 0.94× | |
| 09 | East Midlands | ~1.5M | 0.83× | |
| 10 | East of England | ~1.5M | 0.82× | |
| 11 | North West | ~1.5M | 0.59× |
Cite as: “Rascasse Solution, Q3/2026, rascasse.com/explore/gb/bbc-news-6635” · Methodology