Mumbai: Retaining its hold on the top position in BARC’s week 31 (31 July - 6 August) viewership ratings, STAR Plus recorded an average minute audience (AMA) of 2899.7. The channel has registered 2940.4 (000s) AMA in week 30.

STAR Maa and Sun TV exchanged places with the former bagging the second spot this time with 2719.88 AMA (2650.87 in week 30). Sun TV finished third at 2690.63 AMA (2693.6 in week 30).

The top three channels were followed by COLORS, STAR Utsav, Sony SAB, STAR Vijay, ZEE Telugu, Dhinchaak, and ZEE Anmol in that order. Dhinchaak moved one place up from the tenth position last week, while ZEE Anmol made an entry at the last spot, knocking off Sony Pal which was at the ninth position in week 30.

In the mega cities, STAR Plus topped the chart with 481.52 (000s) AMA, followed by COLORS, Sun TV, Sony SAB, and STAR Vijay.

The South market was dominated by Tamil GEC, Sun TV (2683.23 AMA). STAR Maa (Telugu), STAR Vijay (Tamil), ZEE Telugu, and ZEE Kannada followed.   

In the regional markets, Maharashtra/Goa showed a clear preference for STAR Pravah which clocked 1460.2 (000s) AMA. STAR Jalsha was the most viewed channel (1032.4) in West Bengal, Tarang (421.88) in Odisha, ZEE Kannada (1479.08) in Karnataka, STAR Utsav (246.6) in Rajasthan, and ZEE Anmol (402.48) in UP/Uttarakhand.