{"id":758186,"date":"2026-07-12T07:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T07:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/758186\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T07:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T07:59:10","slug":"soap-opera-ratings-for-the-week-of-june-22-26-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/758186\/","title":{"rendered":"Soap Opera Ratings for the Week of June 22-26, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime soap operas\u00a0performed during the week of June 22-26, 2026,\u00a0in Total Viewers, Households, Women 18-49 rating and Women 25-54 rating, including changes compared to Last Week (LW) and Last Year (LY).<\/p>\n

Note: Starting with the 2025-2026 television season, Nielsen ratings are based on the\u00a0Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel<\/a>\u00a0model, with last year\u2019s figures based on the former Live+Same Day Panel-only model (2024-2025 season).<\/p>\n

***Please do not copy and paste the entire ratings. Thank you.***<\/p>\n

Week of June 22-26, 2026 Summary \/ Rankings<\/p>\n

Total Viewers<\/p>\n

RankShowTotal
ViewersChange
(LW\/LY)1. Y&R3,185,000(+115,000\/+97,000)2. B&B2,961,000(+123,000\/+476,000)3.GH1,953,000(+73,000\/+86,000)4.BTG1,788,000(+2,000\/+193,000)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 June 22-26, 2026<\/p>\n

Households<\/p>\n

RankShowHousehold
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.Y&R2.0(same\/same)2.B&B1.9(+0.1\/+0.3)3.GH1.3(+0.1\/+0.1)4.BTG1.2(+0.1\/+0.2)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 June 22-26, 2026<\/p>\n

Women 18-49 Rating<\/p>\n

RankShowW18-49
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.B&B0.26(+0.06\/+0.05)2.Y&R0.23(-0.01\/-0.05)3.GH0.22(+0.05\/+0.03)4.BTG0.21(+0.02\/+0.01)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 June 22-26, 2026<\/p>\n

Women 25-54 Rating<\/p>\n

RankShowW25-54
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.Y&R0.37(same\/-0.13)2.B&B0.35(+0.04\/-0.06)3.BTG0.31(+0.02\/-0.02)4.GH0.28(+0.03\/-0.04)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 June 22-26, 2026<\/p>\n

Day-To-Day \u2013 Women 18-49\/Women 25-54<\/p>\n

BTG \/ Beyond the Gates (CBS)<\/p>\n

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.170.2760Tuesday0.230.3160Wednesday0.170.2860Thursday0.300.3960Friday0.190.2860SUM:0.210.31300Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 June 22-26, 2026<\/p>\n

B&B \/ The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)<\/p>\n

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.170.2830 Tuesday0.220.3130Wednesday0.260.4130Thursday0.290.3630Friday0.330.3930SUM:0.260.35150Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 June 22-26, 2026<\/p>\n

GH \/ General Hospital (ABC)<\/p>\n

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.240.3060Tuesday0.210.2860Wednesday0.180.2960Thursday0.200.2460Friday0.270.3060SUM:0.220.28300Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 June 22-26, 2026<\/p>\n

Y&R \/ The Young and the Restless (CBS)<\/p>\n

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.190.2960Tuesday0.230.3460Wednesday0.210.3360Thursday0.250.4660Friday0.260.4360SUM:0.230.37300Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 June 22-26, 2026<\/p>\n

The numbers above are calculated using\u00a0Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel<\/a>\u00a0viewing and DVR playback, defined as 3:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m., and are courtesy of Nielsen. Ratings are the percentage of U.S. TV viewers who tuned in to a specific program.<\/p>\n

Beginning August 31, 2020, national ratings include Out-of-Home (OOH) viewing. Previously, ratings did not include OOH viewing. Averages are based on regular telecasts.<\/p>\n

LEGEND<\/p>\n

P\u00a0= PremiereR\u00a0= RepeatS\u00a0= SpecialNR\u00a0= Not Rated \/ Not RankedN\/A\u00a0= Not Available*\u00a0denotes further information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime soap operas\u00a0performed during the week of June 22-26, 2026,\u00a0in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[80196,88,21033,25572,86836,8902,19332,92],"class_list":["post-758186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-beyond-the-gates","tag-entertainment","tag-general-hospital","tag-ratings","tag-soap-opera-ratings","tag-the-bold-and-the-beautiful","tag-the-young-and-the-restless","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}