India Ratings: Star Plus returns to No.1 in Urban region

Star Plus dislodged DD National from the No.1 position for the first time during the lockdown, in latest figures reported by BARC India for Week 18 of 2020.

Urban region
1 Star Plus – 541519 million Impressions
2 Sony SAB TV – 500533 million Impressions
3 DD National – 491550 million Impressions
4 DD Bharati – 434395 million Impressions
5 Sony TV – 327490 million Impressions

The top shows in the Urban region were ‘Uttar Ramayan’ on DD National with 36273 million Impressions and ‘Mahabharat’ on DD Bharati with 13214 million Impressions and ‘Shri Krishna’ on DD National with 12784 million Impressions. ‘Mahabharat’ (pictured) and ‘Devon Ke Dev Mahadev’ were top shows on Star Plus.

Rural region
1 Dangal – 807199 million Impressions
2 Big Magic – 526941 million Impressions
3 DD National – 441861 million Impressions
4 DD Bharati – 316392 million Impressions
5 Star Plus – 256892 million Impressions

The top shows in the Rural region were ‘Uttar Ramayan’ on DD National with 31535 million Impressions, followed by ‘Baba Aiso Var Dhundo’ on Dangal with 12481 million Impressions and and ‘Shri Krishna’ on DD National with 11557 million Impressions.

Urban & Rural combined
1 Dangal – 1076539 million Impressions
2 DD National – 933411 million Impressions
3 Star Plus – 798411 million Impressions
4 Sony SAB TV – 755790 million Impressions
5 DD Bharati – 750787 million Impressions

The top shows in the combined Urban and Rural data were ‘Uttar Ramayan’ on DD National with 67808 million Impressions, ‘Shri Krishna’ on DD National with 24340 million Impressions and ‘Mahabharat’ on DD Bharati with 22287 million Impressions.