Open data
Free TV channels by country
How many live TV channels broadcasters make freely available online in each country, and how many of them play right in a web browser. Updated daily and free to reuse with credit.
- Channels listed
- 2912
- Play in a browser
- 1720
- Countries and regions
- 123
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Channel details only: names, countries, categories, languages, owners and official websites. No stream links.
By country and region
By category
| Category | Channels |
|---|---|
| General | 463 |
| Series | 308 |
| News | 292 |
| Entertainment | 270 |
| Movies | 229 |
| Religious | 169 |
| Music | 167 |
| Kids | 123 |
| Comedy | 111 |
| Sports | 102 |
| Documentary | 100 |
| Animation | 70 |
| Education | 63 |
| Legislative | 58 |
| Lifestyle | 54 |
| Classic | 41 |
| Shopping | 40 |
| Culture | 39 |
| Cooking | 27 |
| Business | 26 |
| Outdoor | 25 |
| Public | 16 |
| Travel | 14 |
| Auto | 12 |
| Weather | 9 |
| Family | 7 |
| Relax | 6 |
| Science | 5 |
| Interactive | 1 |
How the numbers are made
- Channel data and links come from the open-source iptv-org project and the Free-TV/IPTV list, merged and re-checked every day.
- A channel is listed when at least one of its streams is served from the channel’s own website domain, or from an allowlisted broadcast CDN or official free platform, is not on a blocklist, and answers when checked. Streams marked geo-blocked are kept because they can only be tested from inside their own country.
- “Play in a browser” means at least one stream also works in a browser on doubo.tv: HTTPS, cross-origin access allowed, no special request headers and no HEVC video.
- Checks run from a server in the United States, so channels restricted to their home country are under-counted in “Play in a browser”. Counts change every day.
How to cite
Doubo Public Channel Directory, “Free TV channels by country”, data as of 2026-10-17. https://doubo.tv/en/data/free-tv-channels/ (CC BY 4.0)
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: copy, share and adapt it, including commercially, as long as you credit Doubo and link to this page. The streams themselves belong to their broadcasters.
Questions
Which country has the most free TV channels online?
In this dataset, United States has the most, with 964 channels listed. The table above ranks every country and region.
Can I reuse this data?
Yes. It is licensed under CC BY 4.0, so you can copy, share and adapt it, including commercially, if you credit Doubo and link to this page.
Does “listed” mean I can watch from anywhere?
Not always. Broadcasters publish these streams openly, but some limit them to viewers inside their own country because of broadcast rights.
How often is it updated?
Every day. The date at the top of the page shows when the numbers were last generated.