Review (August 2025)

446.67M

Estimated Revenue

4.11M

Website Visitors

1.8/5

Trustpilot Score

What do we know about Channel 5?

Estimated Revenue (2020)

$446.67M

Total Employees

710

Founded

1997

Industry

Broadcast Media

About

Channel 5: The official site for Channel 5, Channel 5 HD, 5* and 5 USA. Watch and discuss full episodes, video clips and previews, browse episode guides and exclusives.

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What is Channel 5's Revenue?

Channel 5's estimated revenue for 2024 is $446.67M.

What does Channel 5 do?

Channel 5 launched as Britain's fifth public service broadcaster in March 1997 and reaches 4 in 5 of the UK viewing public each month with a broad mix of popular content, including quality factual programmes, entertainment, reality, sport, 5 News. Sister channels 5STAR, 5USA and Spike compliment Channel 5, while My5 is a free video on demand service with the latest programmes from Channel 5, 5USA, 5STAR, Spike and milkshake! For all the latest news from Channel 5, follow us on Twitter @channel5press, @channel5_tv

What are the monthly traffic metrics for Channel5?

6/mo Traffic Growth

17.10%

All Time Traffic Growth

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Monthly Hits

4M

Time on Site

1.8Mins

Bounce Rate

56%

How fast is Channel5 growing?

Channel5 has grown by -10.4% in the last 6 months according to SimilarWeb.

How do people interact with Channel5?

Last month, Channel5 received 4M visitors who spent an average of 1.8 minutes on the website and visited 2.0 different pages per session. Overall, 56% of people bounce on the first visit.

How do people find Channel5?

1.9M people (46%) visit Channel5 directly. 2M (50%) people search for them in Google. Whereas, 55.9k (1%) discover Channel5 through Facebook, Reddit, and YouTube. 12.5k (0%) visitors come from Channel5's email newsletters. Finally, 5.5k (0.1%) people come from affiliates and or paid referrals.

Who uses Channel5?

Channel5's top market is the United Kingdom and they receive 3.7M (89.9%) people.
Then the 2nd is United States with 78.3k (1.9%).
The 3rd is is Ireland with 29.4k (0.7%).

Traffic Growth (last 6 months)

All Traffic Source

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Traffic Growth (last 12 months)

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What do Channel5's customers say about them?

Review Score

1.8/5

Total Reviews

94

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Gail Moore

Cuts off half way through a program I…

Reviewed on 2021-05-21T18:05:29

Cuts off half way through a program I am watching then I restart program going through 4x lots of adverts again it's never ending!If I want to watch something new I click on first episode 2x lots of adverts then find out its playing episode 5 this goes on and on until I get to episode 1 I've watched 6x adverts only to get to a first episode awful and painful app
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Jobgenie

So sick & tired of this constant woke…

Reviewed on 2021-05-18T20:01:20

So sick & tired of this constant woke box ticking rubbish being fed through TVs! A black Anne Boleyn.Well done. You’ve managed to find a new low.
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Sara Tompsett

Always really poor sound quality

Reviewed on 2021-05-16T19:52:29

The sound on my TV on the channel 5 app is always absolutely shocking, it’s so terrible,the app is unusable because of this.
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Ann

Ì have been trying to watch My Kitchen…

Reviewed on 2021-05-14T22:25:26

Ì have been trying to watch My Kitchen Rules on catch up Every ad break wrecks the playing of theprogramme I don't think I've watched anything on 5 catch up that hasn't gone wrong
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Gary

How rediculous seeing an ad for Queen…

Reviewed on 2021-05-12T11:20:48

How rediculous seeing an ad for Queen anne boleyn using a black actress. Stop trying to change history for gods sake.Pathetic woke culture. Will you get Ricky Gervais to play Nelson Mandela?????
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Bev penny

Can't even watch this channel

Reviewed on 2021-05-08T22:10:31

Poor sound quality Glitchy Too many breaks and advertising what im watching Load of rubbish
Rosemary

Gardening with Carol Klein

Reviewed on 2021-05-06T18:20:55

Gardening with Carol Klein. Well done Channel 5. This programme is so informative and a joy to watch.Carol is so knowledgeable. Giving clear useful advice. Carol inspires you to try planting so many things. Would recommend this show to all gardeners.
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Michael

Continually in a loop

Reviewed on 2021-05-03T15:54:28

Continually in a loop, with constant adverts. Why is it so bad? Does no one at Channel 5 use it?

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