Free Live TV Reliability by Country
Updated 15 October 2026 · Dataset ID: live-tv-reliability-by-country-2026-10 · License: CC BY 4.0
Executive Summary
Across 60 countries with at least 20 active live television channels, Australia (99.3%) and Switzerland (99.3%) lead in broadcast stream reliability over the past 7 days. The median reliability rate across all qualifying nations is 80.9%, based on direct HTTP/HLS automated stream probes.
Data Breakdown
Complete tabular records backing the summary and chart.
| Rank | Ok Checks | Country Code | Country Name | Total Checks | Channel Count | Reliability Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,344 | au | Australia | 1,354 | 54 | 99.3% |
| 2 | 411 | ch | Switzerland | 414 | 21 | 99.3% |
| 3 | 536 | bg | Bulgaria | 542 | 20 | 98.9% |
| 4 | 699 | tw | Taiwan | 719 | 36 | 97.2% |
| 5 | 1,421 | ir | Iran | 1,473 | 66 | 96.5% |
| 6 | 666 | sa | SA | 691 | 31 | 96.4% |
| 7 | 514 | cz | CZ | 534 | 27 | 96.3% |
| 8 | 428 | be | Belgium | 446 | 23 | 96.0% |
| 9 | 2,281 | nl | Netherlands | 2,395 | 120 | 95.2% |
| 10 | 752 | ae | United Arab Emirates | 795 | 31 | 94.6% |
| 11 | 6,075 | ru | Russia | 6,475 | 288 | 93.8% |
| 12 | 1,157 | th | TH | 1,248 | 53 | 92.7% |
| 13 | 5,053 | gb | United Kingdom | 5,464 | 210 | 92.5% |
| 14 | 949 | at | Austria | 1,031 | 38 | 92.0% |
| 15 | 1,315 | ua | UA | 1,432 | 68 | 91.8% |
| 16 | 493 | za | South Africa | 537 | 22 | 91.8% |
| 17 | 30,721 | us | United States | 33,810 | 1,440 | 90.9% |
| 18 | 1,372 | kr | South Korea | 1,512 | 72 | 90.7% |
| 19 | 704 | pt | Portugal | 778 | 33 | 90.5% |
| 20 | 2,018 | ro | Romania | 2,255 | 95 | 89.5% |
| 21 | 827 | uz | UZ | 934 | 34 | 88.5% |
| 22 | 419 | il | IL | 474 | 20 | 88.4% |
| 23 | 14,079 | in | India | 16,005 | 605 | 88.0% |
| 24 | 1,146 | cr | CR | 1,323 | 54 | 86.6% |
| 25 | 1,159 | iq | IQ | 1,348 | 46 | 86.0% |
| 26 | 517 | sk | SK | 613 | 27 | 84.3% |
| 27 | 617 | kz | KZ | 747 | 28 | 82.6% |
| 28 | 527 | hu | HU | 641 | 28 | 82.2% |
| 29 | 3,744 | tr | Turkey | 4,568 | 169 | 82.0% |
| 30 | 1,137 | gr | Greece | 1,392 | 51 | 81.7% |
| 31 | 1,572 | pk | PK | 1,927 | 73 | 81.6% |
| 32 | 3,376 | ca | Canada | 4,154 | 162 | 81.3% |
| 33 | 3,720 | fr | France | 4,629 | 164 | 80.4% |
| 34 | 4,121 | cl | Chile | 5,132 | 200 | 80.3% |
| 35 | 3,629 | it | Italy | 4,526 | 190 | 80.2% |
| 36 | 1,233 | ec | EC | 1,588 | 50 | 77.6% |
| 37 | 3,196 | de | Germany | 4,122 | 170 | 77.5% |
| 38 | 849 | jp | Japan | 1,109 | 37 | 76.6% |
| 39 | 2,946 | ar | Argentina | 3,853 | 153 | 76.5% |
| 40 | 3,820 | do | DO | 5,037 | 181 | 75.8% |
| 41 | 638 | gt | GT | 842 | 30 | 75.8% |
| 42 | 1,086 | hn | HN | 1,436 | 49 | 75.6% |
| 43 | 1,606 | co | Colombia | 2,138 | 80 | 75.1% |
| 44 | 2,360 | pe | PE | 3,173 | 105 | 74.4% |
| 45 | 857 | ng | NG | 1,159 | 39 | 73.9% |
| 46 | 608 | pr | PR | 832 | 28 | 73.1% |
| 47 | 1,434 | cn | China | 1,970 | 78 | 72.8% |
| 48 | 414 | lb | LB | 574 | 20 | 72.1% |
| 49 | 2,116 | id | ID | 2,991 | 117 | 70.7% |
| 50 | 1,189 | pl | Poland | 1,711 | 66 | 69.5% |
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How We Counted & Methodology
We analyze all automated health checks executed by archytele's stream probe over the past 7 days (rolling 168 hours). Each channel is tested using direct HTTP/HLS manifest inspection and chunk retrieval. Countries are included only if they maintain at least 20 active, publicly listed live television channels in the archytele directory. Reliability is computed as (successful checks / total checks) × 100.