BARC or better known as Broadcast Audience Research Council India releases TRP of Indian serials every week. The BARC TRP rating of Indian serials changes almost every other week. All Indian TV channels try to provide utmost entertainment to their audience in order to gain edge in the latest TRP ratings of Hindi serials.
Target Rating Point or TRP tells us about the popularity of a TV show and also of the TV channel overall.
We will discuss about how BARC collects its data in detail later on but first of all without any further ado let’s take a look on the Top 10 Most watched TV channels of this week (28 December 2018 Week 52).
*Please Note that the Channels are ranked according to its BARC rating which is further calculated in accordance with how many people (in millions) watched the TV channel. We have combined the rural and urban ratings in order to give you the list of Top 10 Most watch TV channels in India this week –
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Top 10 Hindi GEC Channels (Rural + Urban) with BARC Rating Week 52 – 28 December 2018
| Rank | Channel | Impressions This Week |
| 1 | Sun TV | 973093 |
| 2 | Zee Anmol | 766527 |
| 3 | STAR Plus | 764975 |
| 4 | Zee TV | 752121 |
| 5 | STAR Bharat | 693134 |
| 6 | STAR Maa | 683707 |
| 7 | Sony MAX(v) | 575714 |
| 8 | Colors | 572851 |
| 9 | STAR Utsav | 569081 |
| 10 | Zee Telugu | 529277 |
Now that you have checked the chart of 10 most popular TV channels in India this week you might be wondering which TV serial was the most watched show this week.
2018 ended with a Bang. We got our new Bigg Boss Winner (Congrats Dipika Kakkar) and Kasauti Zindagi Kii came back to the small screen.
However 2018 also marks the end of many of our favourite shows including Bepanah, Naamkaran, CID and Mahek.
But Remember New Year means New Beginnings. If you are wondering which Indian TV show you should watch in 2019 then you have come to the right place as we here provide you the list of most watched and highest rated TV serials in India.
Here take a look on the 20 Highest TRP show in India this week –
Top 20 Highest TRP Rating of Indian TV Shows (Rural + Urban) – Week 52 (28 December 2018)
| Rank | TV Show | Channel Name | BARC Impressions Rating |
| 1 | Kumkum Bhagya | Zee Anmol | 15077 |
| 2 | Naagin-3 | Colors | 13051 |
| 3 | Kundali Bhagya | Zee TV | 11440 |
| 4 | Radha Krishn | STAR Bharat | 10496 |
| 5 | Ramayan | Dangal TV | 7579 |
| 6 | Ek Main Aur Ek Tu | Zee Anmol | 6913 |
| 7 | Tarak Mehta ka Oolta Chasma | Sonly Pal | 6733 |
| 8 | Kulfi Kumar Bajewala | STAR Plus | 6627 |
| 9 | Kasauti Jindagi Kii | STAR Plus | 6567 |
| 10 | Mahek | Zee Anmol | 6325 |
| 11 | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | STAR Plus | 6109 |
| 12 | Tujse Hai Raabta | Zee TV | 6018 |
| 13 | Shakti – Astitav Ek Ehsas Ki | Colors TV | 5950 |
| 14 | Ishq Subhan Allah | Zee TV | 5888 |
| 15 | Bigg Boss Season 12 | Colors | 5806 |
| 16 | Krishna Chali London | Sony TV | 5714 |
| 17 | Nazar | STAR Plus | 5503 |
| 18 | Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai | STAR Plus | 5278 |
| 19 | Nimki Mukhiya | STAR Bharat | 4847 |
| 20 | Dance Plus Season 4 | STAR Plus | 4629 |
If you have come down this far then you surely want the answer to How BARC collect its data and give rating to various shows.
BARC uses the Audio watermarking method to get statistics about the impressions gained by a TV channel and a TV serial. These audios are not audible to us humans but they are easily detected by audio detecting hardware.
Using this data BARC creates a BARO meter which measures the popularity of a TV serial and TV channel.
