Top Twitter followers for television channels in the UK
We follow 8,020 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 | 23,742,588 followers |
| 2. MUTV - @ManUtd | 18,352,519 followers |
| 3. CNN (3 accounts) | 10,706,069 followers |
| 4. CGTN - @CGTNOfficial | 9,825,489 followers |
| 5. BBC News - @BBCNews | 9,510,847 followers |
| 6. Sky News UK (3 accounts) | 8,003,039 followers |
| 7. Sky News Arabia (2 accounts) | 7,602,854 followers |
| 8. Sky Sports News - @SkySportsNews | 6,065,550 followers |
| 9. Sky Sports Main Event - @SkySports | 4,800,724 followers |
| 10. ITV (3 accounts) | 4,278,815 followers |
| 11. France 24 (2 accounts) | 3,205,603 followers |
| 12. Channel 4 (2 accounts) | 3,005,768 followers |
| 13. RT UK (4 accounts) | 2,765,135 followers |
| 14. MTV - @MTVUK | 2,506,594 followers |
| 15. BET UK - @BET | 2,113,303 followers |
| 16. MTV Music - @MTVMusicUK | 1,405,663 followers |
| 17. BBC One - @BBCOne | 1,352,885 followers |
| 18. STV Central (3 accounts) | 915,606 followers |
| 19. STV North (3 accounts) | 915,606 followers |
| 20. ITV2 - @itv2 | 802,472 followers |
| 21. Sky Sports F1 - @SkySportsF1 | 801,726 followers |
| 22. BBC Three - @bbcthree | 768,927 followers |
| 23. BT Sport 1 - @btsport | 583,670 followers |
| 24. BT Sport 2 - @btsport | 583,670 followers |
| 25. BT Sport 3 - @btsport | 583,670 followers |
| 26. Bloomberg - @BloombergTV | 482,086 followers |
| 27. Sky One - @SkyOne | 348,284 followers |
| 28. BBC Two - @BBCTwo | 330,637 followers |
| 29. euronews - @euronews | 297,108 followers |
| 30. UTV (2 accounts) | 291,849 followers |
| 31. Sky Cinema Hits (2 accounts) | 266,104 followers |
| 32. BoxNation - @boxnationtv | 263,203 followers |
| 33. Comedy Central - @ComedyCentralUK | 243,311 followers |
| 34. Film4 - @Film4 | 240,575 followers |
| 35. Sky Atlantic - @skyatlantic | 218,544 followers |
| 36. Discovery Channel - @DiscoveryUK | 209,326 followers |
| 37. E4 - @E4Tweets | 186,481 followers |
| 38. Channel 5 (2 accounts) | 174,311 followers |
| 39. Box Upfront - @4Music | 171,152 followers |
| 40. Eurosport 1 - @Eurosport_UK | 155,192 followers |
| 41. TRT World - @trtworld | 151,942 followers |
| 42. Nickelodeon - @NickelodeonUK | 133,227 followers |
| 43. Sky Cinema Action & Adventure - @SkyCinemaUK | 133,052 followers |
| 44. Sky Cinema Comedy - @SkyCinemaUK | 133,052 followers |
| 45. Sky Cinema Disney - @SkyCinemaUK | 133,052 followers |
| 46. Sky Cinema Family - @SkyCinemaUK | 133,052 followers |
| 47. Heart TV - @thisisheart | 131,082 followers |
| 48. Voxafrica TV UK - @voxafrica | 126,994 followers |
| 49. Sky Witness - @SkyWitness | 119,379 followers |
| 50. BT Sport ESPN - @ESPNUK | 114,923 followers |
| 51. Daystar - @Daystar | 111,971 followers |
| 52. ITVBe - @ITVBe | 111,152 followers |
| 53. Babestation - @BabestationTV | 110,070 followers |
| 54. Food Network - @FoodNetwork_UK | 100,299 followers |
| 55. Dave - @davechannel | 99,464 followers |
| 56. H2 - @More2History | 95,474 followers |
| 57. CNBC - @CNBCi | 93,848 followers |
| 58. TLC - @tlc_uk | 83,198 followers |
| 59. 5Star - @5star_tv | 82,218 followers |
| 60. Fashion TV - @FashionTV | 81,143 followers |
| 61. CBeebies - @CBeebiesHQ | 79,937 followers |
| 62. Kerrang! TV - @KerrangTV | 75,360 followers |
| 63. 5Spike - @5spiketv | 74,131 followers |
| 64. Forces TV (2 accounts) | 69,315 followers |
| 65. Good Food Channel - @GoodFoodChannel | 61,806 followers |
| 66. QVC - @qvcuk | 60,728 followers |
| 67. NOW 80s - @NOWMusic | 59,716 followers |
| 68. London Live - @LondonLive | 59,165 followers |
| 69. Islam Channel - @Islamchannel | 59,067 followers |
| 70. Sky Arts - @SkyArts | 54,532 followers |
| 71. British Muslim TV - @BritishMuslimTV | 53,544 followers |
| 72. Really - @reallychannel | 53,392 followers |
| 73. BBC Parliament - @BBCParliament | 47,078 followers |
| 74. Eurosport 2 - @EurosportUKTV | 45,874 followers |
| 75. Fox - @FOXtvUK | 44,577 followers |
| 76. Chart Show TV - @ChartShowTV | 38,335 followers |
| 77. Syfy - @SyfyUK | 37,955 followers |
| 78. Horror Channel - @horror_channel | 37,493 followers |
| 79. S4C - @S4C | 33,809 followers |
| 80. CBBC - @cbbc | 32,185 followers |
| 81. Ideal World - @IdealWorldTV | 32,000 followers |
| 82. ITV4 - @ITV4 | 30,942 followers |
| 83. GOLD (2 accounts) | 30,202 followers |
| 84. Lifetime - @LifetimeTelly | 30,162 followers |
| 85. Notts TV - @Notts_TV | 29,319 followers |
| 86. Brit Asia TV - @BritAsiaTV | 28,279 followers |
| 87. ARISE News - @ARISEtv | 28,264 followers |
| 88. Cartoon Network - @CNUKTweets | 25,454 followers |
| 89. W - @wchannel | 23,450 followers |
| 90. FreeSports - @FreeSportsUK | 23,073 followers |
| 91. Massive R&B - @channelAKA385 | 22,193 followers |
| 92. Vintage TV - @VintageTV | 21,200 followers |
| 93. National Geographic Channel - @NatGeoUK | 19,944 followers |
| 94. That's Norfolk - @ThatsTVNorfolk | 19,923 followers |
| 95. TruTV - @truTVUK | 19,911 followers |
| 96. Gala TV - @GalaBingo | 19,825 followers |
| 97. Create and Craft - @CreateCraftTV | 19,320 followers |
| 98. GINX TV - @GinxTV | 19,214 followers |
| 99. Talking Pictures TV - @TalkingPicsTV | 18,555 followers |
| 100. Leeds TV - @LSLocalTV | 16,624 followers |
| 101. Challenge - @ChallengeTV | 15,312 followers |
| 102. Liverpool TV - @LpoolLocalTV | 13,873 followers |
| 103. Bristol TV - @BristolLocalTV | 12,417 followers |
| 104. Cardiff TV - @CardiffLocalTV | 11,421 followers |
| 105. BBC Alba (2 accounts) | 11,179 followers |
| 106. Vice - @vicelanduk | 10,953 followers |
| 107. Universal TV - @UniversalTVUK | 10,929 followers |
| 108. Tyne & Wear TV - @TyneWearLocalTV | 10,615 followers |
| 109. Latest TV - @LatestTVBtn | 10,211 followers |
| 110. ITV Box Office - @ITVBoxOffice | 9,868 followers |
| 111. Sheffield Live! TV (2 accounts) | 9,665 followers |
| 112. Alibi - @alibi_channel | 9,368 followers |
| 113. Birmingham TV - @BhamLocalTV | 9,115 followers |
| 114. CITV - @ChildrensITV | 8,640 followers |
| 115. The Africa Channel - @AfricaChannelUK | 8,537 followers |
| 116. Together - @TogetherukTV | 7,984 followers |
| 117. Yesterday - @YesterdayTweets | 7,740 followers |
| 118. 4Music - @4music11 | 7,739 followers |
| 119. More4 - @More4Tweets | 7,506 followers |
| 120. TravelXP - @travelxp | 7,348 followers |
| 121. Drama - @dramachannel | 7,021 followers |
| 122. That's Manchester - @ThatsManchester | 6,878 followers |
| 123. That's Humber - @ThatsTVHumber | 6,321 followers |
| 124. Pick - @Pick_TV | 5,404 followers |
| 125. That's Lancashire (2 accounts) | 5,382 followers |
| 126. KMTV (2 accounts) | 5,344 followers |
| 127. CBS Reality - @CBS_Reality | 5,174 followers |
| 128. Chart Show Dance - @ChartShowHits | 4,867 followers |
| 129. 4seven - @4seven | 4,364 followers |
| 130. Hochanda - @hochanda_tv | 4,287 followers |
| 131. NVTV - @northernvisions | 4,142 followers |
| 132. Cruise1st.tv - @cruise1st | 3,907 followers |
| 133. AMC - @AMCtvUK | 3,894 followers |
| 134. The Box - @TheBoxTV | 3,742 followers |
| 135. Sangat TV - @sangattv | 3,713 followers |
| 136. Sony Crime 2 - @sonymovieuk | 3,663 followers |
| 137. The Craft Channel - @craftchannelTV | 3,596 followers |
| 138. Holiday & Cruise TV (2 accounts) | 3,592 followers |
| 139. The Jewellery Channel - @TJCSHOPPING | 3,557 followers |
| 140. TBN UK - @TBNUKtv | 3,528 followers |
| 141. Eden - @EdenChannel | 3,515 followers |
| 142. Jewellery Maker - @Jewellery_Maker | 3,420 followers |
| 143. That's Solent (3 accounts) | 2,881 followers |
| 144. LSTV - @LeedsStudentTV | 2,854 followers |
| 145. York Student Television - @ystv | 2,724 followers |
| 146. Pavers Shoes TV - @PaversShoes | 2,626 followers |
| 147. CBS Drama - @CBSDrama | 2,580 followers |
| 148. Blaze - @BLAZETVUK | 2,508 followers |
| 149. Zee TV - @zeetvuk | 2,502 followers |
| 150. ABN TV - @ABNTelevision | 2,493 followers |
| 151. CBS Action - @cbsaction | 2,398 followers |
| 152. Keep it Country - @KeepItCountryTV | 2,358 followers |
| 153. PBS America - @PBSAmerica | 2,173 followers |
| 154. Gems TV - @GemsTVOfficial | 2,163 followers |
| 155. Front Runner - @FrontRunnerTV | 1,997 followers |
| 156. Turner Classic Movies - @tcmuk | 1,951 followers |
| 157. Travel Channel - @travel_ch_intl | 1,671 followers |
| 158. XTV Online - @XTVonline | 1,515 followers |
| 159. Glasgow University Student Television - @gusttv | 1,501 followers |
| 160. That's Swansea Bay - @ThatsSwanseaBay | 1,443 followers |
| 161. TV5MONDE Europe - @TV5MONDEUK | 1,345 followers |
| 162. Shopping Nation - @shopping_nation | 1,142 followers |
| 163. ShowBiz TV - @ShowBizTV_ | 1,048 followers |
| 164. UPSU TV - @uop_tv | 1,021 followers |
| 165. That's York - @ThatsTVYork | 995 followers |
| 166. Paramount Network - @paramountnetuk | 838 followers |
| 167. Teesside TV - @TeessideLocalTV | 816 followers |
| 168. RU:ON TV - @RUONTV | 776 followers |
| 169. Rishtey Europe - @RishteyTVUK | 746 followers |
| 170. That's Cumbria - @ThatsTVCumbria | 659 followers |
| 171. LSUTV - @LSUTV_lsu | 641 followers |
| 172. True Drama - @TrueChannels | 605 followers |
| 173. True Movies 1 - @TrueChannels | 605 followers |
| 174. That's North Yorkshire - @ThatsNorthYorks | 571 followers |
| 175. That's Surrey - @ThatsSurreyTV | 568 followers |
| 176. That's Salisbury - @Thats_Salisbury | 555 followers |
| 177. North Wales TV - @NWalesLocalTV | 540 followers |
| 178. That's Hampshire - @ThatsTVHants | 502 followers |
| 179. Kix - @Kix_TV | 482 followers |
| 180. That's Thames Valley - @ThatsTVThames | 474 followers |
| 181. That's Oxfordshire - @ThatsTVOxon | 406 followers |
| 182. That's Cambridge - @ThatsTVCam | 396 followers |
| 183. DM Digital TV - @DMDigitalTV | 236 followers |
| 184. Gay TV - @TVPolari | 141 followers |
| 185. Gay TV Network - @TVPolari | 141 followers |
| 186. Sony Crime Channel - @sonycrimeuk | 115 followers |
| 187. Fire Hit TV - @FireHitTV | 73 followers |
| 188. The Deal Channel - @DealChannelTV | 68 followers |