MUMBAI: In the high-decibel battleground of Hindi news, News18 India has just shouted the loudest—and the viewers clearly heard it. According to the latest Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 14 of 2025, the channel has clinched the top spot in Hindi news viewership, clocking 72878 AMA'000s, elbowing out its closest competitor at 70562 AMA'000s.

Trailing further behind in this TV TRP thunderdome were channels with 55010, 53183, and 52988 AMA'000s respectively, proving once again that in the world of round-the-clock Hindi news, it takes more than a breaking news graphic to break through the clutter.

(Source: BARC | Metric: AMA'000s | TG: NCCS All 15+ | Period: Wk 14'25, 24 Hrs, All Days | Market: HSM)

The channel’s dominance can be chalked up to its formidable line-up of anchors—Kishore Ajwani, Amish Devgan, Rubika Liyaquat, Prateek Trivedi, and Aman Chopra—each with a mic in one hand and a pulse on the nation in the other. Their nightly shoutathons, explosive panel discussions, and relentless reporting have given News18 India not just eyeballs, but loyal, bindi-to-bulletin viewership.

With a sprawling network of reporters and a knack for finding drama in data, the channel has mastered the art of making every byte buzzworthy. Whether it's politics, pop culture, or padosi ki rajneeti, News18 India packages it with the punch viewers seem to crave.

"Viewers' undivided attention in every segment" is no hollow claim. The News18 Network—across both TV and digital—has been sipping from the ratings nectar for a while now, cementing itself as the nation's self-declared newsroom of record.

Whether you agree with its tone or tune out after prime time, one thing’s certain: the channel’s number one status is less a stroke of luck and more the result of relentless positioning, persistent programming, and a no-prisoners approach to news.