CNN-News18 jumps to No. 3, Aaj Tak and Republic TV retain top positions

News genre viewership stabilises in Week 14 during April 4-10

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CNN-News18 jumps to No. 3, Aaj Tak and Republic TV retain top positions

As the viewership of news channels stabilised in Week 14, CNN-News18 saw a growth of 40% and jumped to No. 3 position in All India market. The English news genre continued to be led by Republic TV followed by Times Now.

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NCCS AB M 22+ | All India | Imp (000)

WK13'20

WK14'20

Growth

Republic TV

2082

1896

-8.94%

Times Now

1284

922

-28.18%

CNN News18

653

917

40.50%

India Today Television

1182

866

-26.74%

WION

623

627

0.64%

NDTV 24x7

426

281

-34%

News X

24

28

16.51%

Among Hindi news channels, Zee News slipped to No. 5 in Week 14 from the No. 3 in the previous week. India TV and Republic Bharat jumped one position each as they held their viewerships. News18 India also retained eyeballs.

Gross Imp’000s/HSM /15+

Channel

WK13'20

WK14'20

Growth

Aaj Tak

429900

372688

-15.35%

ABP News

311382

295264

-5.46%

India TV

282228

283103

0.31%

Republic Bharat

280219

272602

-2.79%

Zee News

300324

270066

-11.20%

News18 India

263739

260742

-1.15%

The growth of news channels slowed down further in Week 14 even though news viewership rose by 219% over the pre-Covid period between Week 2-4. The growth was 251% in Week 13 and 298% in Week 12.

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