Decode on DD with Sudhir Chaudhary completes one year

According to industry platform data, the show has clocks 1.486 billion views since its debut

by e4m Staff
Published: May 15, 2026 7:46 PM | 2 min read

DD News' prime-time show "Decode with Sudhir Chaudhary" has reached 1,486 million cumulative views across digital platforms since its launch on May 15, 2025.
The audience demographic shows nearly 74% male viewers, with female viewers accounting for 26.12%, translating to approximately 388 million views.
The program has significantly enhanced DD News' visibility and attracted a younger, more engaged audience, ranking among the top 3 news destinations out of 384 channels.
Sudhir Chaudhary emphasized the show's commitment to providing honest, in-depth journalism, reflecting a strong viewer demand for trustworthy news content.

DD News' prime-time show Decode with Sudhir Chaudhary has marked its first anniversary with 1,486 million cumulative views across digital platforms since its debut on May 15, 2025.

With nearly three-quarters of its views being male, Decode has female views at 26.12% — translating to 388 million views.

“As “Decode” completes one year on DD News, the show has emerged as a strong example of how a legacy broadcaster can successfully reconnect with modern audiences. Led by Sudhir Chaudhary’s distinctive presentation style and issue-driven storytelling, the programme has significantly boosted DD News’ visibility across both television and digital platforms, with several episodes drawing millions of online views. More importantly, “Decode” has helped bring a younger and more engaged audience back to the Doordarshan ecosystem,” said Rajiv Dubey, Vice President & Head of Media, Dabur India Limited.

“More importantly, “Decode” has helped bring a younger and more engaged audience back to the Doordarshan ecosystem. With DD’s unmatched national reach and Sudhir Chaudhary’s strong viewer connect, the show has the potential to grow into a much larger multimedia news brand in the years ahead.“It is heartening to see news as a genre perform so well in prime time — with concurrent views cumulatively averaging ~100,000 across all forms of Digital transmission – FAST/ CTV /YouTube, Social media, Third party and Native applications at any given minute, Decode ranks among the top 3 news destinations in a set of 384 news channels – in fact on most days it is in the TOP 2 placing Prime Time DD News second only to Aaj Tak,” said Pankaj Krishna, Founder & CEO, Chrome DM.

“Decode was never just a show — it was a promise to give every Indian the full picture, every night. One year and 1.486 billion views later, it is clear that the audience was longing for exactly that: honest, in-depth journalism they can trust. This is their achievement as much as ours," noted Sudhir Chaudhary, Anchor & Host- Decode, DD National.