As per BARC Ratings of week 32 for the period from 8th Aug to 14th Aug, Colors happened to be the major gainer as the channel saw its viewership increase by 26 Million, while all other channels saw a marginal decline in viewership.
Star Plus lost its previous week gaining momentum at suffered a loss of 8 Million Viewers against the gain of 50 million viewership in the week 31, Life OK almost remained unchanged while SAB TV lost around 5 million viewers.
According to BARC Ratings of week 32, for HSM, 1L+ Individuals, Star Plus’ lead margin over Colors reduced to 42 million. Zee TV retained its position unchanged at No. 3 despite loss of 4 Million viewers.
Among Hindi News Channels ABP News over took the 2nd place from India TV.
| Ranking | Channel | Ratings of wk 32 | Ratings of wk 31 | wk on wk Diff |
| 1 | Star Plus | 409 Million | 417 Million | Loss 8 Million |
| 2 | Colors | 367 Million | 341 Million | Gain 26 Million |
| 3 | Zee TV | 256 Million | 262 Million | Loss 4 Million |
| 4 | Life OK | 236 Million | 235 Million | Gain 1 Million |
| 5 | SAB TV | 192 Million | 197 Million | Loss 5 Million |
English News Channel Ratings:
| Ranking | Channel | TVT in wk 32 | TVT in wk 31 | Wk on Wk Diff |
| 1 | Times Now | 374 | 599 | Loss 225 TVT |
| 2 | India Today | 162 | 201 | Loss 39 TVT |
| 3 | NDTV 24×7 | 158 | 168 | Loss 10 TVT |
Hindi News Channel Ratings:
| Ranking | Channel | TVT in wk 32 | TVT in wk 31 | Wk on Wk Diff |
| 1 | Aaj Tak | 37841 | 42977 | Loss 5136 |
| 2 | ABP News | 36512 | 38353 | Loss 1841 |
| 3 | India TV | 35780 | 39298 | Loss 3518 |
English Business News Channel Ratings:
| Ranking | Channel | TVT in wk 32 | TVT in wk 31 | Wk on Wk Diff |
| 1 | CNBC TV18 | 242 | 187 | Gain 55 TVT |
| 2 | ET Now | 165 | 111 | Gain 54 TVT |
| 3 | NDTV Profit & Prime | 44 | 50 | Loss 6 TVT |
Hindi News Channel Ratings:
| Ranking | Channel | TVT in wk 32 | TVT in wk 31 | Wk on Wk Diff |
| 1 | CNBC Awaaz | 1079 | 757 | Gain 322 |
| 2 | Zee Business | 669 | 630 | Gain 39 |
