Viewers get entertained, informed, and updated not just on television, but also on social media, video streaming, and online browsing of the most popular TV and Radio Shows of any genre that ABS-CBN and GMA have delivered in 2025 alone.
While GMA continued to dominate its leadership in TV ratings over ABS-CBN, which had a net reach of almost 62 million viewers in the Philippines (86.2% reach) for GMA, and about 63 million viewers (87.5% reach) for all other digital subchannels (according to a data from Nielsen Television Audience Measurement (TAM) covering January to December 2025), GTV, Heart of Asia, and I Heart Movies, the network continued to dominate in terms of online viewership.
In this PH TV Update from DRPS PHCA Free, we will discuss the online viewership of ABS-CBN and GMA in 2025, by the numbers.
GMA: Over 74.44 billion views across all social media accounts in 2025 alone
For almost two years, GMA Network continued to dominate digitally as the top Southeast Asian content creator in the Entertainment and Media Category based on data from Tubular Labs.
While their online platforms published content that generated high viewership among netizens, according to data from Tubular Labs, GMA Network tallied over 74.4 billion video views: 35.1 billion on Facebook, 26.3 billion on TikTok, 10.4 billion on YouTube, and 2.6 billion on Instagram, comparing with ABS-CBN’s number of 53.44 billion combined views in 2025 alone, based on the same data.
For their news entity, GMA Integrated News (GMA-IN), the organization behind their news programs on TV and on the Radio, 24 Oras, Saksi, Balitanghali, State of the Nation, and Super Balita Nationwide, and their online properties on the internet and on social media under GMA News Online, which, according to Tubular Labs and Hootsuite, recorded over 18.5 billion video views across Facebook (6.6 billion), TikTok (9.9 billion), and YouTube (2 billion), comparing with News 5’s 9.33 billion, and ABS-CBN News’ 7.3 billion. GMA Integrated News also scored 467.5 million engagements on Facebook in 2025 alone.
As of January 27, 2026, at 21:30, the GMA Network YouTube Channel now has over 40.8 million subscribers and 36,182,768,453 views, since its creation on November 20, 2006.
Additionally, Encantadia Chronicles: Sang’gre, one of the currently airing GMA Prime series, surpassed over five billion views on Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok since its launch in June 2025.
The series, along with The Voice Kids, The Clash 2025, Tolome! Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis, Lolong: Bayani ng Bayan/Lolong: Pangil ng Maynila, Stars on the Floor, Pepito Manaloto: Tuloy Ang Kuwento, Magpakailanman, Mga Batang Riles, Bubble Gang, Sanggang-Dikit FR, Family Feud, Shining Inheritance, Widows’ War, Lilet Matias: Attorney-At-Law, Mommy Dearest, Prinsesa ng City Jail, My Ilonggo Girl, Pulang Araw, 24 Oras Weekend, Cruz vs. Cruz, My Father’s Wife, Forever Young, Binibining Marikit, and Akusada, are among the top 30 most watched shows of 2025, based on data from Nielsen TAM for Total Philippines (January to December 2025).
ABS-CBN: Still the Philippines and SEA’s no. 1 YouTube Channel with over 54.5 million subscribers
If GMA Entertainment properties and GMA Integrated News gained dominance online, then ABS-CBN retained its leadership in terms of YouTube subscriber count in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
With over 54.5 million subscribers and 58,429,255,145 views since its creation on July 16, 2008 (as of January 27, 2026, at 21:30), ABS-CBN Entertainment remains the most subscribed YouTube channel in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.
Additionally, according to data from Tubular Labs and YouTube Analytics, ABS-CBN Entertainment garnered 72.4 billion views and 526 million engagements on YouTube in 2025 alone.
The channel was known for its online live streaming service, Kapamilya Online Live, with FPJ’s Batang Quiapo episode airing on February 21, 2025, breaking the record of 1,004,554 in concurrent views. It also offers a wide range of content, including full episodes, highlights, exclusive videos, and live streaming. Kapamilya Online Live is available in areas of Asia, Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), and Europe.
Apart from FPJ’s Batang Quiapo, they can also tune in to some of the network’s shows on several on-air and online platforms, including Roja, What Lies Beneath, TV Patrol, TV Patrol Weekend, It’s Showtime, ASAP, Your Face Sounds Familiar, Rainbow Rumble, and Maalaala Mo Kaya, as well as PBB Celebrity Collab 2.0, and future shows like Someone Someday, Love is Never Gone, The Secrets of Hotel 88, and among others. Some of these shows can be streamed either live or on replay via Kapamilya Online Live.
As of January 23, 2026, ABS-CBN’s Facebook page, along with its programs and affiliated pages, had reached over 300 million followers, according to Tubular Labs data, making the network the most followed Philippine media on Facebook. Additionally, it is also the most viewed Philippine media on Instagram with over 85.3 million views in December 2025, according to Tubular’s data.
Meanwhile, ABS-CBN Entertainment also leads on TikTok in the entertainment content genre with 12.8 million current all-time followers. Additionally, ABS-CBN News was also the most followed media account on X/Twitter in the Philippines, with 9 million all-time followers as of December 2025, according to Tubular Leaderboard rankings.
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