Top Twitter followers for television channels in the UK
We follow 8,485 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 | 27,821,916 followers |
| 2. MUTV - @ManUtd | 21,767,120 followers |
| 3. CNN (3 accounts) | 13,915,450 followers |
| 4. CGTN - @CGTNOfficial | 13,329,973 followers |
| 5. BBC News - @BBCNews | 10,917,314 followers |
| 6. Sky News UK (3 accounts) | 9,683,930 followers |
| 7. Sky News Arabia (2 accounts) | 8,194,019 followers |
| 8. Sky Sports News - @SkySportsNews | 7,460,733 followers |
| 9. Sky Sports Main Event - @SkySports | 5,305,919 followers |
| 10. ITV (3 accounts) | 4,658,621 followers |
| 11. France 24 (2 accounts) | 3,586,284 followers |
| 12. Channel 4 (2 accounts) | 3,301,296 followers |
| 13. RT UK (4 accounts) | 3,206,048 followers |
| 14. MTV - @MTVUK | 2,465,115 followers |
| 15. BET UK - @BET | 2,360,941 followers |
| 16. BBC One - @BBCOne | 1,424,751 followers |
| 17. MTV Music - @MTVMusicUK | 1,347,386 followers |
| 18. STV Central (3 accounts) | 1,002,957 followers |
| 19. STV North (3 accounts) | 1,002,957 followers |
| 20. Sky Sports F1 - @SkySportsF1 | 901,673 followers |
| 21. ITV2 - @itv2 | 805,633 followers |
| 22. BBC Three - @bbcthree | 771,435 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 | 554,672 followers |
| 27. euronews - @euronews | 410,151 followers |
| 28. Babestation (2 accounts) | 373,268 followers |
| 29. Sky One - @skytv | 357,515 followers |
| 30. BBC Two - @BBCTwo | 350,873 followers |
| 31. UTV (2 accounts) | 314,344 followers |
| 32. BoxNation - @boxnationtv | 283,804 followers |
| 33. Sky Cinema Hits (2 accounts) | 269,188 followers |
| 34. Film4 - @Film4 | 249,851 followers |
| 35. Comedy Central - @ComedyCentralUK | 246,327 followers |
| 36. Sky Atlantic - @skyatlantic | 223,860 followers |
| 37. Discovery Channel - @DiscoveryUK | 214,962 followers |
| 38. TRT World - @trtworld | 202,246 followers |
| 39. Channel 5 (2 accounts) | 185,631 followers |
| 40. E4 - @E4Tweets | 184,818 followers |
| 41. Eurosport 1 - @Eurosport_UK | 170,162 followers |
| 42. Racing TV - @RacingTV | 167,807 followers |
| 43. Box Upfront - @4Music | 159,316 followers |
| 44. 4Music - @4Music | 159,316 followers |
| 45. Daystar - @Daystar | 145,968 followers |
| 46. - @thisisheart | 145,219 followers |
| 47. Voxafrica TV UK - @voxafrica | 142,718 followers |
| 48. BBC Scotland (2 accounts) | 138,140 followers |
| 49. Sky Cinema Action & Adventure - @SkyCinemaUK | 134,594 followers |
| 50. Sky Cinema Comedy - @SkyCinemaUK | 134,594 followers |
| 51. Sky Cinema Disney - @SkyCinemaUK | 134,594 followers |
| 52. Sky Cinema Family - @SkyCinemaUK | 134,594 followers |
| 53. Nickelodeon - @NickelodeonUK | 130,636 followers |
| 54. BT Sport ESPN - @ESPNUK | 127,244 followers |
| 55. Dave - @davechannel | 119,557 followers |
| 56. Sky Witness - @SkyWitness | 118,653 followers |
| 57. CNBC - @CNBCi | 118,082 followers |
| 58. ITVBe - @ITVBe | 114,054 followers |
| 59. Food Network - @FoodNetwork_UK | 101,476 followers |
| 60. CBeebies - @CBeebiesHQ | 98,193 followers |
| 61. Sky History 2 - @More2History | 94,272 followers |
| 62. TLC - @tlc_uk | 84,973 followers |
| 63. 5Star - @5star_tv | 82,168 followers |
| 64. Fashion TV - @FashionTV | 79,625 followers |
| 65. Forces TV (2 accounts) | 77,001 followers |
| 66. 5Spike - @5spiketv | 73,850 followers |
| 67. Kerrang! TV - @KerrangTV | 71,298 followers |
| 68. QVC - @qvcuk | 65,241 followers |
| 69. Islam Channel - @Islamchannel | 64,695 followers |
| 70. NOW 80s - @NOWMusic | 62,799 followers |
| 71. Good Food Channel - @GoodFoodChannel | 60,524 followers |
| 72. London Live - @LondonLive | 59,918 followers |
| 73. Sky Arts - @SkyArts | 59,157 followers |
| 74. BBC Parliament - @BBCParliament | 57,468 followers |
| 75. Really - @reallychannel | 56,279 followers |
| 76. British Muslim TV - @BritishMuslimTV | 54,693 followers |
| 77. Fox - @FOXtvUK | 49,117 followers |
| 78. Horror Channel - @horror_channel | 46,156 followers |
| 79. Eurosport 2 - @EurosportUKTV | 45,874 followers |
| 80. ARISE News - @ARISEtv | 39,007 followers |
| 81. GOLD (2 accounts) | 39,000 followers |
| 82. S4C - @S4C | 38,606 followers |
| 83. Trace Urban - @ChartShowTV | 37,449 followers |
| 84. Syfy - @SyfyUK | 37,297 followers |
| 85. Talking Pictures TV - @TalkingPicsTV | 35,746 followers |
| 86. CBBC - @cbbc | 35,231 followers |
| 87. Ideal World - @IdealWorldTV | 33,849 followers |
| 88. FreeSports - @FreeSports_TV | 32,684 followers |
| 89. ITV4 - @ITV4 | 32,597 followers |
| 90. Notts TV - @Notts_TV | 30,577 followers |
| 91. Brit Asia TV - @BritAsiaTV | 28,778 followers |
| 92. Lifetime - @LifetimeTelly | 28,570 followers |
| 93. Cartoon Network - @CNUKTweets | 26,616 followers |
| 94. Sky Sports Racing - @SkySportsRacing | 26,546 followers |
| 95. W - @wchannel | 25,565 followers |
| 96. National Geographic Channel - @NatGeoUK | 22,232 followers |
| 97. GINX TV - @GinxTV | 21,123 followers |
| 98. Vintage TV - @VintageTV | 20,016 followers |
| 99. Create and Craft - @CreateCraftTV | 19,736 followers |
| 100. That's TV East Anglia - @ThatsTVNorfolk | 19,726 followers |
| 101. Gala TV - @GalaBingo | 19,441 followers |
| 102. ITV Box Office - @ITVBoxing | 19,230 followers |
| 103. Vice - @vicelanduk | 16,711 followers |
| 104. Leeds TV - @LSLocalTV | 16,464 followers |
| 105. DMAX - @DMAX_UK | 15,854 followers |
| 106. BBC Alba (2 accounts) | 15,376 followers |
| 107. Challenge - @ChallengeTV | 15,338 followers |
| 108. Liverpool TV - @LpoolLocalTV | 14,716 followers |
| 109. Bristol TV - @BristolLocalTV | 12,926 followers |
| 110. Cardiff TV - @CardiffLocalTV | 11,664 followers |
| 111. Tyne & Wear TV - @TyneWearLocalTV | 10,971 followers |
| 112. Latest TV - @LatestTVBtn | 10,781 followers |
| 113. Alibi - @alibi_channel | 10,665 followers |
| 114. Sheffield Live! TV (2 accounts) | 10,203 followers |
| 115. TravelXP - @travelxp | 9,961 followers |
| 116. Baby First TV - @BabyFirstTV | 9,430 followers |
| 117. Birmingham TV - @BhamLocalTV | 9,317 followers |
| 118. Yesterday - @YesterdayTweets | 9,292 followers |
| 119. KMTV (2 accounts) | 8,902 followers |
| 120. CITV - @ChildrensITV | 8,699 followers |
| 121. The Africa Channel - @AfricaChannelUK | 8,310 followers |
| 122. Together - @TogetherukTV | 8,160 followers |
| 123. Drama - @dramachannel | 7,790 followers |
| 124. More4 - @More4Tweets | 7,495 followers |
| 125. Discovery Science - @DiscoverySciCa | 7,124 followers |
| 126. That's Manchester - @ThatsManchester | 7,099 followers |
| 127. Sony Crime 2 - @sonymovieuk | 6,686 followers |
| 128. CBS Reality - @CBS_Reality | 6,422 followers |
| 129. That's Humber - @ThatsTVHumber | 6,281 followers |
| 130. That's Lancashire (2 accounts) | 5,600 followers |
| 131. Pick - @Pick_TV | 5,567 followers |
| 132. Trace Latina - @ChartShowHits | 4,829 followers |
| 133. Hochanda - @hochanda_tv | 4,800 followers |
| 134. NVTV - @northernvisions | 4,664 followers |
| 135. Trace Vault - @TheVault_TV | 4,405 followers |
| 136. TBN UK - @TBNUKtv | 4,312 followers |
| 137. 4seven - @4seven | 4,285 followers |
| 138. AMC - @AMCtvUK | 4,247 followers |
| 139. Cruise1st.tv - @cruise1st | 4,128 followers |
| 140. PBS America - @PBSAmerica | 3,944 followers |
| 141. Sangat TV - @sangattv | 3,777 followers |
| 142. Holiday & Cruise TV (2 accounts) | 3,592 followers |
| 143. The Box - @TheBoxTV | 3,552 followers |
| 144. TJC - @TJCSHOPPING | 3,530 followers |
| 145. Jewellery Maker - @Jewellery_Maker | 3,488 followers |
| 146. Eden - @EdenChannel | 3,422 followers |
| 147. The Craft Channel - @craftchannelTV | 3,352 followers |
| 148. CBS Drama - @CBSDrama | 3,254 followers |
| 149. Keep it Country - @SpotlightTV_kic | 3,058 followers |
| 150. LSTV - @LeedsStudentTV | 3,019 followers |
| 151. NOW 70s (2 accounts) | 2,922 followers |
| 152. That's Solent (3 accounts) | 2,846 followers |
| 153. Blaze - @BLAZETVUK | 2,828 followers |
| 154. York Student Television - @ystv | 2,786 followers |
| 155. Pavers Shoes TV - @PaversShoes | 2,720 followers |
| 156. CBS Justice - @CBSjustice | 2,716 followers |
| 157. Zee TV - @zeetvuk | 2,634 followers |
| 158. ABN TV - @ABNTelevision | 2,515 followers |
| 159. TCM Movies - @tcmuk | 2,292 followers |
| 160. Gems TV - @GemsTVOfficial | 2,056 followers |
| 161. Front Runner - @FrontRunnerTV | 2,019 followers |
| 162. Travel Channel - @travel_ch_intl | 1,671 followers |
| 163. TV5MONDE Europe - @TV5MONDEUK | 1,636 followers |
| 164. XTV Online - @xtvonline | 1,506 followers |
| 165. Glasgow University Student Television - @gusttv | 1,497 followers |
| 166. That's TV South Wales - @ThatsSwanseaBay | 1,496 followers |
| 167. That's York - @ThatsTVYork | 1,349 followers |
| 168. UPSU TV - @uop_tv | 1,037 followers |
| 169. ShowBiz TV - @ShowBizTV_ | 1,007 followers |
| 170. Teesside TV - @TeessideLocalTV | 963 followers |
| 171. Shopping Nation - @shopping_nation | 944 followers |
| 172. Smithsonian Channel - @SmithsonianTVUK | 922 followers |
| 173. North Wales TV - @NWalesLocalTV | 918 followers |
| 174. Paramount Network - @paramountnetuk | 852 followers |
| 175. That's Scotland - Glasgow - @ThatsTVScotland | 831 followers |
| 176. That's Cumbria - @ThatsTVCumbria | 821 followers |
| 177. That's TV South East - @TTVSouthEast | 817 followers |
| 178. RU:ON TV - @RUONTV | 771 followers |
| 179. That's Hampshire - @ThatsTVHants | 755 followers |
| 180. That's North Yorkshire - @ThatsTVNYorks | 727 followers |
| 181. That's Thames Valley - @ThatsTVThames | 718 followers |
| 182. Rishtey Europe - @RishteyTVUK | 712 followers |
| 183. LSUTV - @LSUTV_lsu | 700 followers |
| 184. That's TV South Midlands - @SouthMidlands | 674 followers |
| 185. That's TV Wessex - @Thats_Salisbury | 667 followers |
| 186. Sony Movies Christmas - @TrueChannels | 605 followers |
| 187. True Drama - @TrueChannels | 605 followers |
| 188. That's TV West Anglia - @ThatsWestAnglia | 577 followers |
| 189. Kix - @Kix_TV | 482 followers |
| 190. Sky Crime - @SkyCrimeUK | 418 followers |
| 191. DM Digital TV - @DMDigitalTV | 232 followers |
| 192. Sony Crime Channel - @sonycrimeuk | 159 followers |
| 193. Gay TV - @TVPolari | 128 followers |
| 194. Gay TV Network - @TVPolari | 128 followers |
| 195. Fire Hit TV - @FireHitTV | 72 followers |
| 196. The Deal Channel - @DealChannelTV | 62 followers |
| 197. CCXTV - @CCXTV1 | 41 followers |
| 198. Channel Punjab - @ChannelPunjab_ | 11 followers |