Top Twitter followers for television channels in the UK
We follow 8,295 Twitter accounts across the media. Where a television channel has more than one main account, we’re currently simply adding the followers together for now; reflecting the total follower number that these channels have. Click their names to discover more about them, and compare their followers with other social networks.
| 1. BBC World News - @BBCWorld | 25,182,310 followers |
| 2. MUTV - @ManUtd | 19,430,783 followers |
| 3. CGTN - @CGTNOfficial | 13,329,973 followers |
| 4. CNN (3 accounts) | 11,513,266 followers |
| 5. BBC News - @BBCNews | 10,008,682 followers |
| 6. Sky News UK (3 accounts) | 8,561,358 followers |
| 7. Sky News Arabia (2 accounts) | 7,965,556 followers |
| 8. Sky Sports News - @SkySportsNews | 6,443,522 followers |
| 9. Sky Sports Main Event - @SkySports | 4,996,897 followers |
| 10. ITV (3 accounts) | 4,443,013 followers |
| 11. France 24 (2 accounts) | 3,380,950 followers |
| 12. Channel 4 (2 accounts) | 3,134,911 followers |
| 13. RT UK (4 accounts) | 2,941,537 followers |
| 14. MTV - @MTVUK | 2,491,105 followers |
| 15. BET UK - @BET | 2,189,474 followers |
| 16. BBC One - @BBCOne | 1,389,473 followers |
| 17. MTV Music - @MTVMusicUK | 1,375,935 followers |
| 18. STV Central (3 accounts) | 949,785 followers |
| 19. STV North (3 accounts) | 949,785 followers |
| 20. Sky Sports F1 - @SkySportsF1 | 844,785 followers |
| 21. ITV2 - @itv2 | 804,346 followers |
| 22. BBC Three - @bbcthree | 775,036 followers |
| 23. BT Sport 1 - @btsport | 647,492 followers |
| 24. BT Sport 2 - @btsport | 647,492 followers |
| 25. BT Sport 3 - @btsport | 647,492 followers |
| 26. Bloomberg - @BloombergTV | 512,846 followers |
| 27. Babestation (2 accounts) | 373,268 followers |
| 28. Sky One - @SkyOne | 350,997 followers |
| 29. BBC Two - @BBCTwo | 343,979 followers |
| 30. euronews - @euronews | 335,471 followers |
| 31. UTV (2 accounts) | 302,316 followers |
| 32. BoxNation - @boxnationtv | 283,804 followers |
| 33. Sky Cinema Hits (2 accounts) | 268,350 followers |
| 34. Film4 - @Film4 | 245,000 followers |
| 35. Comedy Central - @ComedyCentralUK | 244,386 followers |
| 36. Sky Atlantic - @skyatlantic | 223,860 followers |
| 37. Discovery Channel - @DiscoveryUK | 211,659 followers |
| 38. E4 - @E4Tweets | 187,362 followers |
| 39. TRT World - @trtworld | 184,366 followers |
| 40. Channel 5 (2 accounts) | 182,335 followers |
| 41. Eurosport 1 - @Eurosport_UK | 163,567 followers |
| 42. Box Upfront - @4Music | 159,316 followers |
| 43. 4Music - @4Music | 159,316 followers |
| 44. Racing TV - @RacingTV | 153,310 followers |
| 45. Voxafrica TV UK - @voxafrica | 142,718 followers |
| 46. - @thisisheart | 138,606 followers |
| 47. Sky Cinema Action & Adventure - @SkyCinemaUK | 134,175 followers |
| 48. Sky Cinema Comedy - @SkyCinemaUK | 134,175 followers |
| 49. Sky Cinema Disney - @SkyCinemaUK | 134,175 followers |
| 50. Sky Cinema Family - @SkyCinemaUK | 134,175 followers |
| 51. Nickelodeon - @NickelodeonUK | 132,170 followers |
| 52. BBC Scotland (2 accounts) | 125,388 followers |
| 53. BT Sport ESPN - @ESPNUK | 121,518 followers |
| 54. Daystar - @Daystar | 121,202 followers |
| 55. Sky Witness - @SkyWitness | 120,279 followers |
| 56. ITVBe - @ITVBe | 114,268 followers |
| 57. Dave - @davechannel | 108,313 followers |
| 58. Food Network - @FoodNetwork_UK | 101,476 followers |
| 59. CNBC - @CNBCi | 100,679 followers |
| 60. History 2 - @More2History | 94,272 followers |
| 61. CBeebies - @CBeebiesHQ | 89,413 followers |
| 62. TLC - @tlc_uk | 84,973 followers |
| 63. 5Star - @5star_tv | 82,415 followers |
| 64. Fashion TV - @FashionTV | 80,185 followers |
| 65. 5Spike - @5spiketv | 73,850 followers |
| 66. Kerrang! TV - @KerrangTV | 73,082 followers |
| 67. Forces TV (2 accounts) | 72,210 followers |
| 68. NOW 80s - @NOWMusic | 62,799 followers |
| 69. QVC - @qvcuk | 62,737 followers |
| 70. Islam Channel - @Islamchannel | 61,883 followers |
| 71. Good Food Channel - @GoodFoodChannel | 61,381 followers |
| 72. London Live - @LondonLive | 59,918 followers |
| 73. Sky Arts - @SkyArts | 57,822 followers |
| 74. Really - @reallychannel | 55,740 followers |
| 75. British Muslim TV - @BritishMuslimTV | 54,193 followers |
| 76. BBC Parliament - @BBCParliament | 51,911 followers |
| 77. Fox - @FOXtvUK | 46,426 followers |
| 78. Eurosport 2 - @EurosportUKTV | 45,874 followers |
| 79. Horror Channel - @horror_channel | 42,162 followers |
| 80. Syfy - @SyfyUK | 38,203 followers |
| 81. Chart Show TV - @ChartShowTV | 37,449 followers |
| 82. S4C - @S4C | 35,912 followers |
| 83. CBBC - @cbbc | 35,231 followers |
| 84. GOLD (2 accounts) | 33,960 followers |
| 85. Ideal World - @IdealWorldTV | 33,459 followers |
| 86. FreeSports - @FreeSports_TV | 32,684 followers |
| 87. ITV4 - @ITV4 | 32,323 followers |
| 88. ARISE News - @ARISEtv | 32,142 followers |
| 89. Notts TV - @Notts_TV | 30,577 followers |
| 90. Lifetime - @LifetimeTelly | 29,384 followers |
| 91. Brit Asia TV - @BritAsiaTV | 28,778 followers |
| 92. Talking Pictures TV - @TalkingPicsTV | 26,477 followers |
| 93. Cartoon Network - @CNUKTweets | 26,426 followers |
| 94. W - @wchannel | 24,847 followers |
| 95. Sky Sports Racing - @SkySportsRacing | 24,281 followers |
| 96. National Geographic Channel - @NatGeoUK | 20,771 followers |
| 97. GINX TV - @GinxTV | 20,091 followers |
| 98. Vintage TV - @VintageTV | 20,016 followers |
| 99. Gala TV - @GalaBingo | 19,786 followers |
| 100. Create and Craft - @CreateCraftTV | 19,736 followers |
| 101. That's Norfolk - @ThatsTVNorfolk | 19,726 followers |
| 102. ITV Box Office - @ITVBoxing | 17,642 followers |
| 103. Leeds TV - @LSLocalTV | 16,539 followers |
| 104. DMAX - @DMAX_UK | 15,983 followers |
| 105. Challenge - @ChallengeTV | 15,547 followers |
| 106. Liverpool TV - @LpoolLocalTV | 14,159 followers |
| 107. BBC Alba (2 accounts) | 13,171 followers |
| 108. Bristol TV - @BristolLocalTV | 12,663 followers |
| 109. Vice - @vicelanduk | 12,556 followers |
| 110. Cardiff TV - @CardiffLocalTV | 11,560 followers |
| 111. Universal TV - @UniversalTVUK | 11,148 followers |
| 112. Tyne & Wear TV - @TyneWearLocalTV | 10,831 followers |
| 113. Latest TV - @LatestTVBtn | 10,435 followers |
| 114. Sheffield Live! TV (2 accounts) | 10,036 followers |
| 115. Alibi - @alibi_channel | 9,822 followers |
| 116. Birmingham TV - @BhamLocalTV | 9,274 followers |
| 117. TravelXP - @travelxp | 8,691 followers |
| 118. CITV - @ChildrensITV | 8,688 followers |
| 119. The Africa Channel - @AfricaChannelUK | 8,435 followers |
| 120. Yesterday - @YesterdayTweets | 8,422 followers |
| 121. Together - @TogetherukTV | 8,021 followers |
| 122. Drama - @dramachannel | 7,790 followers |
| 123. More4 - @More4Tweets | 7,437 followers |
| 124. KMTV (2 accounts) | 7,356 followers |
| 125. That's Manchester - @ThatsManchester | 6,932 followers |
| 126. That's Humber - @ThatsTVHumber | 6,335 followers |
| 127. CBS Reality - @CBS_Reality | 5,670 followers |
| 128. Pick - @Pick_TV | 5,608 followers |
| 129. That's Lancashire (2 accounts) | 5,600 followers |
| 130. Chart Show Hits - @ChartShowHits | 4,995 followers |
| 131. Hochanda - @hochanda_tv | 4,497 followers |
| 132. The Vault - @TheVault_TV | 4,405 followers |
| 133. NVTV - @northernvisions | 4,381 followers |
| 134. 4seven - @4seven | 4,285 followers |
| 135. AMC - @AMCtvUK | 4,205 followers |
| 136. Cruise1st.tv - @cruise1st | 3,976 followers |
| 137. TBN UK - @TBNUKtv | 3,976 followers |
| 138. Sangat TV - @sangattv | 3,777 followers |
| 139. The Box - @TheBoxTV | 3,626 followers |
| 140. Holiday & Cruise TV (2 accounts) | 3,592 followers |
| 141. The Jewellery Channel - @TJCSHOPPING | 3,528 followers |
| 142. Eden - @EdenChannel | 3,496 followers |
| 143. Sony Crime 2 - @sonymovieuk | 3,489 followers |
| 144. Jewellery Maker - @Jewellery_Maker | 3,488 followers |
| 145. The Craft Channel - @craftchannelTV | 3,471 followers |
| 146. PBS America - @PBSAmerica | 3,247 followers |
| 147. Keep it Country - @KeepItCountryTV | 2,955 followers |
| 148. CBS Drama - @CBSDrama | 2,937 followers |
| 149. LSTV - @LeedsStudentTV | 2,894 followers |
| 150. That's Solent (3 accounts) | 2,864 followers |
| 151. York Student Television - @ystv | 2,779 followers |
| 152. Pavers Shoes TV - @PaversShoes | 2,720 followers |
| 153. Blaze - @BLAZETVUK | 2,597 followers |
| 154. Zee TV - @zeetvuk | 2,586 followers |
| 155. CBS Justice - @CBSjustice | 2,538 followers |
| 156. ABN TV - @ABNTelevision | 2,527 followers |
| 157. Total Country (2 accounts) | 2,290 followers |
| 158. TCM Movies - @tcmuk | 2,235 followers |
| 159. Gems TV - @GemsTVOfficial | 2,124 followers |
| 160. Front Runner - @FrontRunnerTV | 2,028 followers |
| 161. Travel Channel - @travel_ch_intl | 1,671 followers |
| 162. XTV Online - @xtvonline | 1,514 followers |
| 163. Glasgow University Student Television - @gusttv | 1,499 followers |
| 164. TV5MONDE Europe - @TV5MONDEUK | 1,498 followers |
| 165. That's Swansea Bay - @ThatsSwanseaBay | 1,496 followers |
| 166. That's York - @ThatsTVYork | 1,225 followers |
| 167. UPSU TV - @uop_tv | 1,034 followers |
| 168. ShowBiz TV - @ShowBizTV_ | 1,027 followers |
| 169. Shopping Nation - @shopping_nation | 1,010 followers |
| 170. Teesside TV - @TeessideLocalTV | 877 followers |
| 171. Paramount Network - @paramountnetuk | 852 followers |
| 172. RU:ON TV - @RUONTV | 771 followers |
| 173. That's Cumbria - @ThatsTVCumbria | 755 followers |
| 174. Rishtey Europe - @RishteyTVUK | 731 followers |
| 175. North Wales TV - @NWalesLocalTV | 716 followers |
| 176. That's Surrey - @ThatsSurreyTV | 711 followers |
| 177. LSUTV - @LSUTV_lsu | 700 followers |
| 178. That's Salisbury - @Thats_Salisbury | 667 followers |
| 179. That's North Yorkshire - @ThatsNorthYorks | 645 followers |
| 180. Sony Movies Christmas - @TrueChannels | 605 followers |
| 181. True Drama - @TrueChannels | 605 followers |
| 182. That's Thames Valley - @ThatsTVThames | 573 followers |
| 183. That's Hampshire - @ThatsTVHants | 563 followers |
| 184. That's Oxfordshire - @ThatsTVOxon | 537 followers |
| 185. That's Scotland - Glasgow - @ThatsTVScotland | 499 followers |
| 186. Kix - @Kix_TV | 482 followers |
| 187. That's Cambridge - @ThatsTVCam | 460 followers |
| 188. Smithsonian Channel - @SmithsonianTVUK | 408 followers |
| 189. DM Digital TV - @DMDigitalTV | 232 followers |
| 190. Sony Crime Channel - @sonycrimeuk | 159 followers |
| 191. Gay TV - @TVPolari | 131 followers |
| 192. Gay TV Network - @TVPolari | 131 followers |
| 193. Fire Hit TV - @FireHitTV | 72 followers |
| 194. The Deal Channel - @DealChannelTV | 62 followers |