Aaj Tak remained the most-watched Hindi news channel as the General Elections 2019 concluded with the counting of votes on May 23, 2019, according to BARC India data released for Week 21 (May 18 - 24) of 2019. The channel broke viewership records for any Hindi news channel, garnering 336 million Impressions during the week. .
ABP News remained No. 2 with a viewership of 244 million Impressions for the Week 21. India TV grabbed No. 3 position with 194 million Impressions followed by Republic Bharat with 189 million Impressions. The fifth position was held by News18 India which garnered 186 million Impressions.
Top 10 Hindi news channels in Week 21:
|
HSM/15+
|
Impressions'000
|
|
Channel
|
P4WA
|
2019W21
|
G/D%
|
|
Hindi News Genre
|
896022
|
1675399
|
87%
|
|
Aaj Tak
|
146153
|
335841
|
130%
|
|
ABP News
|
100133
|
243653
|
143%
|
|
India TV
|
119436
|
193985
|
62%
|
|
Republic Bharat
|
112419
|
188787
|
68%
|
|
News18 India
|
108745
|
186475
|
71%
|
|
Zee News
|
92435
|
151680
|
64%
|
|
News 24
|
41262
|
78158
|
89%
|
|
News Nation
|
49575
|
77349
|
56%
|
|
India News
|
25047
|
48164
|
92%
|
|
NDTV India
|
23814
|
39822
|
67%
|
On May 19, when all the news channels were showing exit polls, Aaj Tak remained at No. 1 followed by India TV, Republic Bharat, ABP News and News18 India.
Top 10 Hindi news channels on May 19 during exit poll:
|
HSM/15+
|
Impressions'000
|
|
Channels
|
P4WA
|
2019W21
|
G/D%
|
|
Hindi News
|
124670
|
212109
|
70%
|
|
Aaj Tak
|
21714
|
47725
|
120%
|
|
India TV
|
16800
|
25831
|
54%
|
|
Republic Bharat
|
16613
|
24412
|
47%
|
|
ABP News
|
13274
|
22809
|
72%
|
|
News18 India
|
14624
|
21603
|
48%
|
|
Zee News
|
11425
|
19260
|
69%
|
|
News 24
|
5857
|
11333
|
93%
|
|
News Nation
|
7171
|
9802
|
37%
|
|
NDTV India
|
2773
|
6276
|
126%
|
|
India News
|
3159
|
6183
|
96%
|
On final counting day, May 23, Aaj Tak led the pack followed by ABP News, India TV, Republic Bharat and News18 India.
Top 10 Hindi news channels on counting day, May 23, 2019:
|
HSM/15+
|
Impressions'000
|
|
Channels
|
P4WA
|
2019W21
|
G/D%
|
|
Hindi News
|
124670
|
212109
|
70%
|
|
Aaj Tak
|
21714
|
47725
|
120%
|
|
India TV
|
16800
|
25831
|
54%
|
|
Republic Bharat
|
16613
|
24412
|
47%
|
|
ABP News
|
13274
|
22809
|
72%
|
|
News18 India
|
14624
|
21603
|
48%
|
|
Zee News
|
11425
|
19260
|
69%
|
|
News 24
|
5857
|
11333
|
93%
|
|
News Nation
|
7171
|
9802
|
37%
|
|
NDTV India
|
2773
|
6276
|
126%
|
|
India News
|
3159
|
6183
|
96%
|
English news channels
Among English news channels, Republic TV emerged as No. 1 with 1,414k Impressions in Week 21 . Times Now was No. 2 with 1,058k Impressions followed by DD India with 884k Impressions.
India Today TV was at No. 4 with 856k Impressions while CNN-News18 garnered 772k Impressions during the Week 21.
Top 10 English news channels in Week 21:
|
All India/ABM22+
|
Impressions'000
|
|
Channels
|
P4WA
|
2019W21
|
G/D%
|
|
English News
|
2711
|
5944
|
119%
|
|
Republic TV
|
595
|
1414
|
137%
|
|
Times Now
|
443
|
1058
|
139%
|
|
DD India
|
557
|
884
|
59%
|
|
India Today Television
|
299
|
856
|
186%
|
|
CNN News18
|
297
|
772
|
160%
|
|
NDTV 24x7
|
172
|
368
|
114%
|
|
Mirror Now
|
88
|
147
|
67%
|
|
WION(v)
|
63
|
119
|
88%
|
|
India Ahead
|
47
|
94
|
99%
|
|
BBC World News
|
87
|
87
|
0%
|
On Exit poll day, May 19, Republic TV led the pack followed by Times Now, DD India, India Today TV and CNN News18.
Top 10 English news channels on Exit poll day, May 19, 2019:
|
All India/ABM22+
|
Impressions'000
|
|
Channels
|
P4WA
|
2019W21
|
G/D%
|
|
English News
|
393.8
|
936.9
|
138%
|
|
Republic TV
|
76.9
|
217.7
|
183%
|
|
Times Now
|
58.6
|
159.6
|
172%
|
|
DD India
|
99.5
|
156.0
|
57%
|
|
India Today Television
|
42.6
|
139.2
|
227%
|
|
CNN News18
|
43.2
|
108.3
|
150%
|
|
NDTV 24x7
|
22.8
|
62.5
|
174%
|
|
Mirror Now
|
9.8
|
37.2
|
280%
|
|
WION(v)
|
10.9
|
16.3
|
50%
|
|
Times Now World
|
3.0
|
13.0
|
337%
|
|
News X
|
4.6
|
12.6
|
173%
|
In all India markets on counting day, May 23, Republic TV retained the leadership followed by Times Now, CNN-News18, India Today TV and DD India.
Top 10 English news channels on counting day, May 23, 2019:
|
All India/ABM22+
|
Impressions'000
|
|
Channels
|
P4WA
|
2019W21
|
G/D%
|
|
English News
|
378.7
|
2080.2
|
449%
|
|
Republic TV
|
79.8
|
551.4
|
591%
|
|
Times Now
|
67.2
|
370.2
|
451%
|
|
CNN News18
|
42.7
|
324.0
|
659%
|
|
India Today Television
|
45.9
|
318.8
|
594%
|
|
DD India
|
69.3
|
208.4
|
201%
|
|
NDTV 24x7
|
20.2
|
154.1
|
664%
|
|
WION(v)
|
9.6
|
37.7
|
292%
|
|
Mirror Now
|
16.1
|
34.0
|
111%
|
|
News X
|
7.5
|
31.5
|
320%
|
|
BBC World News
|
9.2
|
19.3
|
109%
|
In megacities, India Today TV topped the chart followed by Republic TV, Times Now, CNN-News18 and NDTV 24x7, according to the data shared by a BARC subscriber channel.
Top 10 English news channels on counting day in megacities:
|
All India/ NCCS All 22+
|
Impressions'000
|
|
Channels
|
2019W21
|
|
English News
|
1195.01
|
|
India Today Television
|
300.34
|
|
Republic TV
|
298.33
|
|
Times Now
|
262.46
|
|
CNN News18
|
157.75
|
|
NDTV24x7
|
83.45
|
|
WION(v)
|
58.01
|
|
Mirror Now
|
16.83
|
|
NewsX
|
12.59
|
|
India Ahead
|
5.24
|
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