Frequently Asked Questions

Can you give me the viewing figures for a particular programme?

Audience viewing figures are compiled and owned not by Channel 4, but by BARB, the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Therefore, it is generally BARB and not Channel 4 who has the right to supply audience figures to third parties.

Having said that, lots of general audience reports are available online on the BARB website: they publish weekly and monthly audience reports going back to 1998 of the numbers of viewers for each channel (click on the 'weekly and monthly TV viewing summaries' links on the BARB homepage); and they also publish lists of the programmes with the highest ratings by channel (click on the link for 'top programmes by channel' on the BARB homepage). Or you might want to contact BARB directly to see if they can assist you with your request at enquiries@barb.co.uk.

You may also wish to consider contacting Broadcast, the weekly industry television and radio journal, in case they can assist you - Broadcast publishes weekly ratings figures.

We make a lot of information about our audiences available on our website. You may want to look at the Channel 4 Sales website.