Across the full day, from 6am to 2am, GB News had average views of 80,610 in July according to BARB figures shared by the broadcaster. It said the BBC News Channel was on 78,650 while Sky News was on 67,000 on average.
My broader takeaway here is that the British must not be watching a whole lot of television anymore.
BBC1 and BBC2 will each have several times more viewers than BBC News. The statistic in the op + the channels that GB News is comparing themselves too, are cherry picked by GB News.
If they are in the business of spreading misinformation and misrepresentation, then it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they also do that when they are patting themselves on the back.
My broader takeaway here is that the British must not be watching a whole lot of television anymore.
Here are the top US rankings:
https://ustvdb.com/ratings/networks/
The UK has a smaller population, but not that much smaller.
BBC1 and BBC2 will each have several times more viewers than BBC News. The statistic in the op + the channels that GB News is comparing themselves too, are cherry picked by GB News.
If they are in the business of spreading misinformation and misrepresentation, then it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they also do that when they are patting themselves on the back.