{"id":798669,"date":"2026-08-02T04:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T04:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/798669\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T04:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T04:45:08","slug":"soap-opera-ratings-for-the-week-of-july-13-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/798669\/","title":{"rendered":"Soap Opera Ratings for the Week of July 13-17, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime soap operas\u00a0performed during the week of July 13-17, 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 July 13-17, 2026 Summary \/ Rankings<\/p>\n

Total Viewers<\/p>\n

RankShowTotal
ViewersChange
(LW\/LY)1. Y&R3,220,000(-32,000\/+250,000)2. B&B2,886,000(-2,000\/+296,000)3.GH2,022,000(-30,000\/+56,000)4.BTG1,658,000(-3,000\/+139,000)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 July 13-17, 2026<\/p>\n

Households<\/p>\n

RankShowHousehold
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.Y&R2.1(same\/-0.2)2.B&B1.8(same\/-0.2)3.GH1.3(same\/+0.1)4.BTG1.1(same\/+0.1)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 July 13-17, 2026<\/p>\n

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

RankShowW18-49
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.Y&R0.23(-0.02\/-0.07)2.B&B0.22(-0.01\/-0.04)3.GH0.16(-0.02\/-0.01)4.BTG0.15(-0.02\/-0.07)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 July 13-17, 2026<\/p>\n

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

RankShowW25-54
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.Y&R0.36(-0.03\/-0.09)2.B&B0.31(-0.03\/-0.09)3.BTG0.24(-0.02\/-0.1)3.GH0.24(-0.02\/-0.04)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 July 13-17, 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)Monday0.160.2260Tuesday0.140.1760Wednesday0.140.2160Thursday0.180.3260Friday0.160.2660SUM:0.150.24300Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 July 13-17, 2026<\/p>\n

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

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.220.3030 Tuesday0.170.2630Wednesday0.220.3130Thursday0.260.3730Friday0.230.3230SUM:0.220.31150Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 July 13-17, 2026<\/p>\n

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

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.130.2360Tuesday0.160.2660Wednesday0.160.2360Thursday0.140.2360Friday0.210.2860SUM:0.160.24300Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 July 13-17, 2026<\/p>\n

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

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.190.2960Tuesday0.250.3960Wednesday0.240.3860Thursday0.240.3860Friday0.250.3360SUM:0.230.36300Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 July 13-17, 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 July 13-17, 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-798669","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\/798669","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=798669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798669\/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=798669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}