Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular 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. NBC, CNN and CBS lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 228M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 14M, and the largest, NBC, reaches around 89M 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 updated quarterly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.

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 NBC 89M 43.5 56.3%
2 CNN 75M 44.1 50.4%
3 CBS 65M 43.2 55.4%
4 Peacock 61M 38.9 45.0% TV / music streaming
5 ESPN 50M 37.4 36.7%
6 Netflix 50M 38.2 55.8% TV / music streaming
7 DirecTV 47M 40.7 52.8%
8 HBO 47M 40.0 51.1% Pay TV
9 Fox News Channel 44M 44.0 50.1%
10 HBO MAX 42M 39.1 53.5% TV / music streaming
11 NFL Network 35M 34.5 40.6%
12 NBC News 35M 45.4 61.8%
13 CBS Sports 32M 43.2 31.7%
14 Golf Channel 27M 37.3 35.7%
15 Fox (Poland) 26M 25.8 42.4%
16 CBS News 25M 45.4 49.7%
17 TLC (TV network) 22M 39.5 69.2%
18 PBS 20M 46.3 57.9%
19 E! News 20M 40.6 76.1% TV series
20 Nickelodeon 19M 33.1 62.4%
21 CNBC 18M 43.5 44.9%
22 QVC 18M 50.0 80.7% Home shopping
23 Kelley Blue Book 18M 42.5 35.3%
24 Hulu 17M 40.0 53.9% TV / music streaming
25 Telemundo 17M 37.5 54.9%
26 CBS Corporation 15M 45.1 50.2%
27 Cocomelon 15M 39.0 61.3%
28 NBC Sunday Night Football 15M 33.7 34.5%
29 Bravo (U.S. TV channel) 15M 38.7 67.4%
30 AMC (TV channel) 14M 41.8 50.4%
31 MSNBC 14M 46.2 51.9%
32 The Weather Channel 13M 41.6 55.6%
33 Fox Sports 13M 39.4 24.0%
34 Thursday Night Football 13M 35.1 32.3% TV series
35 Univision 13M 36.9 56.6%
36 Amazon Prime Video 13M 34.7 43.8% TV / music streaming
37 Prime (New Zealand) 13M — —
38 CBS Sports Network 11M 41.4 30.5%
39 ESPN2 10M 38.5 23.8%
40 MLB Network 9.5M 36.3 30.8%
41 Fox Sports 1 8.9M 38.9 22.1%
42 Cinemax 8.8M 40.0 47.5%
43 Food Network 8.6M 41.7 64.2%
44 BBC 8.4M 40.9 52.1%
45 ABC News 8.1M 42.6 57.9%
46 Hallmark Channel 8.1M 47.2 78.3%
47 IGN 7.9M 34.1 27.3%
48 Nick Jr. 7.9M 37.3 71.6%
49 Twin Cities Public Television 7.7M 44.1 77.8%
50 Funimation 7.6M 26.1 41.6%
51 FX (TV channel) 7.2M 39.6 51.6%
52 Disney Channel 6.9M 33.8 70.4%
53 Noticiero Univision 6.4M 37.3 60.5% TV series
54 Country Music Television 6.3M 44.4 58.6%
55 A&E (TV channel) 6.2M 43.2 41.3%
56 HGTV Dream Home 6.1M 46.8 62.0%
57 Channel 4 6M 38.6 57.3%
58 abc7 5.9M 41.2 56.4%
59 PBS Kids 5.8M 40.3 74.3%
60 ABC News (Australia) 5.7M 49.1 47.7%
61 Yes (Israel) 5.5M 44.1 63.0%
62 Gold (TV channel) 5.4M 28.0 61.1%
63 KMOV 4.8M 43.7 60.6%
64 Disney+ 4.7M 34.9 59.5% TV / music streaming
65 CNN en Español 4.7M 37.5 56.1%
66 Hallmark Channel (International) 4.2M — —
67 WSB-TV 4.2M 44.4 59.5%
68 The CW 4.2M 40.2 60.5%
69 ABC 7 Chicago 4.2M 40.2 60.8%
70 KHOU 4.2M 42.0 63.7%
71 FOX 4 News 4.1M 40.8 58.3%
72 Revolt (TV network) 4.1M 36.9 50.3%
73 CNN Newsroom 4.1M 42.7 40.8% TV series
74 11Alive 4M 48.3 67.1%
75 NBA League Pass 4M 37.3 27.4%
76 KSDK 3.9M 43.8 63.5%
77 KTLA 3.9M 42.1 56.3%
78 Home Shopping Network 3.9M 44.5 70.8%
79 NESN 3.9M 45.5 21.7%
80 hotstar 3.8M 38.1 51.4%
81 TruTV 3.8M 40.4 46.3%
82 WINK News 3.7M 45.9 57.3%
83 E! 3.6M 37.1 73.6%
84 TNT (Sweden) 3.6M 41.2 54.7%
85 Big Ten Network 3.5M 43.3 33.9%
86 Fox 8 News 3.5M 41.8 62.1%
87 FOX 26 Houston 3.5M 38.8 57.4%
88 Sub (TV channel) 3.4M 41.0 48.3%
89 ABC 3.4M 34.7 60.4%
90 Bloomberg 3.4M 40.9 37.8%
91 WESH 3.2M 44.5 51.3%
92 Pluto TV 3.1M 41.4 46.6% TV / music streaming
93 Investigation Discovery 3.1M 44.9 64.8%
94 Sprout (TV network) 3.1M 38.9 75.8%
95 Antenna TV 3M 47.4 54.8%
96 WESH 2 News 3M 42.8 56.9%
97 E4 (TV channel) 3M 35.9 48.6%
98 KUSA (TV) 3M 41.8 61.5%
99 WLWT 3M 42.8 63.3%
100 WTHR 2.9M 43.5 64.6%

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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 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 updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest tv channel in United States?

NBC currently leads with an estimated audience of 89M people in United States.

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