Mumbai : According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 02 for the period between 06th Jan’18 to 12 Jan’ 18, Star Bharat has returned back to the top spot in Urban + Rural and total Rural HSM market in the second week of the year 2018 as Zee Anmol has moved down to No. 2 position in U+R. In Urban market Colors retained its leadership while Zee Anmol was on top in Rural market. Kundali Bhagya remained as the most watched show in U+R and Urban. Super Dancer 2 was the most watched Non-fiction property.
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 02 – Urban +Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | STAR Bharat | 713443 |
| 2 | Zee Anmol | 674543 |
| 3 | Colors | 627061 |
| 4 | Zee TV | 571781 |
| 5 | Sony Pal | 561707 |
| 6 | STAR Utsav | 532146 |
| 7 | STAR Plus | 501448 |
| 8 | Sony Entertainment Television | 434651 |
| 9 | Rishtey | 421999 |
| 10 | SONY SAB | 401334 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 02 – Urban | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Colors | 457653 |
| 2 | STAR Plus | 356088 |
| 3 | Zee TV | 346290 |
| 4 | STAR Bharat | 341721 |
| 5 | Sony Entertainment Television | 310921 |
| 6 | SONY SAB | 297416 |
| 7 | Sony Pal | 176742 |
| 8 | Zee Anmol | 166321 |
| 9 | STAR Utsav | 152412 |
| 10 | &TV | 151782 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 02- Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | 508221 |
| 2 | Sony Pal | 384965 |
| 3 | STAR Utsav | 379734 |
| 4 | STAR Bharat | 371722 |
| 5 | Rishtey | 298159 |
| 6 | Zee TV | 225491 |
| 7 | Dangal TV | 224788 |
| 8 | Big Magic | 171562 |
| 9 | Colors | 169408 |
| 10 | STAR Plus | 145360 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 02- Top 5 Programs |
| Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 12533 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 11275 |
| 3 | Zee Anmol | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 10676 |
| 4 | STAR Bharat | KYA HAAL MR PAANCHAL | 10036 |
| 5 | STAR Bharat | NIMKI MUKHIYA | 9831 |
| Hindi GEC Urban | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 7889 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 7057 |
| 3 | SONY SAB | TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMA | 6872 |
| 4 | Sony TV | SUPER DANCER CHAPTER 2 | 6384 |
| 5 | STAR Plus | YEH RISHTA KYA KEHLATA HAI | 6234 |
| Hindi GEC Rural | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 8512 |
| 2 | Sony Pal | BAALVEER | 6575 |
| 3 | Rishtey | TERE NAAL ISHQ | 6142 |
| 4 | Sony Pal | TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMA | 6121 |
| 5 | Zee Anmol | JAMAI RAJA | 5634 |
