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Data from Barb (Broadcasters' Audience Research Board), delivered clean.
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What Datadory delivers from Barb (Broadcasters' Audience Research Board)
4BARB Weekly Top 50 Shows and Viewing Data
BARB Main Site - Viewing Data Hub Data
Ofcom Research and Data - Broadcasting and Media
RabbitEars.info - US TV Station and Market Database
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Straight answers about Barb (Broadcasters' Audience Research Board) data
What is Barb and why does its data matter?
Barb is the United Kingdom's television audience measurement body - a Joint Industry Currency owned and developed by the communications industry. Its panel-based figures are the standard UK broadcasters, agencies and streamers trade on, which makes them the benchmark for any claim about what Britain watched.
How far back does Barb viewing history reach?
Decades. TV-set and channel-group viewing summaries start in January 1992, weekly programme rankings run from July 1998 to September 2018, four-screen summaries span September 2018 to January 2022, and top-50 series cover August 2018 through December 2025.
What can I actually do with Barb viewing figures?
Rate a channel's schedule strength week by week, price advertising slots against real consolidated audiences, benchmark a streaming launch against broadcast hits, track genre trends across three decades, or verify reach claims with the industry's own measurement standard.