Mumbai :According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 52 for the period between 30th Dec’17 to 05 Jan’ 18, Zee Anmol has returned back to the top spot in Urban + Rural and total Rural HSM market in the first week of the year 2018 as Star Bharat has moved down to No. 2 position in U+R. In Urban market Colors retained its leadership in the new year also with a strong margin over the No. 2 channel Star Plus. Sony TV’s Super Dancer Chapter 2 became the most watched Non-fiction show with 10042 (000s) Impressions while Kundali Bhagya on Zee TV was the most viewed in Fiction category with 11181 (000s) impressions.
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 01 – Urban +Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | 685344 |
| 2 | STAR Bharat | 678228 |
| 3 | Colors | 598060 |
| 4 | Zee TV | 569854 |
| 5 | Sony Pal | 557297 |
| 6 | STAR Utsav | 546867 |
| 7 | STAR Plus | 545437 |
| 8 | Rishtey | 455178 |
| 9 | Sony Entertainment Television | 422853 |
| 10 | SONY SAB | 379657 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 01 – Urban | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Colors | 439287 |
| 2 | STAR Plus | 385880 |
| 3 | Zee TV | 350649 |
| 4 | STAR Bharat | 331958 |
| 5 | Sony Entertainment Television | 297308 |
| 6 | SONY SAB | 286626 |
| 7 | Sony Pal | 178776 |
| 8 | Zee Anmol | 171776 |
| 9 | &TV | 155992 |
| 10 | STAR Utsav | 150707 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 01- Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | 513567 |
| 2 | STAR Utsav | 396160 |
| 3 | Sony Pal | 378521 |
| 4 | STAR Bharat | 346269 |
| 5 | Rishtey | 323827 |
| 6 | Dangal TV | 258281 |
| 7 | Zee TV | 219205 |
| 8 | Big Magic | 171606 |
| 9 | STAR Plus | 159556 |
| 10 | Colors | 158773 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 01- Top 5 Programs |
| Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 11181 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 10554 |
| 3 | Sony TV | SUPER DANCER CHAPTER 2 | 10042 |
| 4 | Zee Anmol | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 9955 |
| 5 | STAR Bharat | KYA HAAL MR PANCHAAL | 9939 |
| Hindi GEC Urban | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Sony SAB | TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH | 6961 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 6930 |
| 3 | Sony TV | SUPER DANCER CHAPTER 2 | 6495 |
| 4 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 6464 |
| 5 | STAR Plus | YEH RISHTA KYA KEHLATA HAI | 6356 |
| Hindi GEC Rural | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 7911 |
| 2 | Rishtey | TERE NAAL ISHQ | 6528 |
| 3 | Sony Pal | BAALVEER | 6350 |
| 4 | Sony Pal | TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH | 5890 |
| 5 | Zee Anmol | JAMAI RAJA | 5715 |
