Xfinity Popular Channel Lineup: Channels, Premium Add-ons, and More

Xfinity Popular TV is Xfinity’s standard cable package. We recommend Xfinity Popular for folks who want a full TV experience but don’t need any specialty channels.

If you’re looking to compare Popular with another Xfinity cable package, check out our full Xfinity channel lineup.

As of now, we count 125+ total channels in Xfinity Popular. For more details, check out the Popular channel table below and the on-demand, premium, and Latino add-on packs that follow.

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• • Popular channel lineup
  • Sports channels
  • Educational and kids’ channels
  • Inclusion and diversity channels
  • Latino channels
  • Premium channel packages
  • On-demand packages

Xfinity Popular channel lineup (may vary by region)

Data effective as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.

Popular channels available with Xfinity Popular

Xfinity’s Popular package has all of the top 30 most popular channels¹—and 25 of them are high-definition (HD) channels.

(Pssssst! Adult Swim airs at night on Cartoon Network, but Variety¹ ranks the channels separately. Xfinity advertises only Cartoon Network, so you won’t see Adult Swim on the channel lineup table. It’s totally there, though.)

Top 30 most-watched channels¹

• CBS
• NBC
• ABC
• FOX
• Fox News
• ESPN
• MSNBC
• ION*
• HGTV
• Univision*

• Hallmark Channel
• USA Network
• Telemundo*
• HISTORY
• TLC
• TBS
• Discovery Channel
• TNT
• The CW*
• A&E

• Investigation Discovery
• CNN
• Food Network
• Bravo
• Nickelodeon
• AMC
• MeTV*
• Lifetime
• FX
• Adult Swim

* SD only

Sports channels available with Xfinity Popular

Popular has 11 sports channels, most of them in HD, covering all the sportsball bases—plus sports cars and sports guns. Want specifics? Here, take ‘em:

Educational and kids’ channels available with Xfinity Popular

Popular has tons of kids’ channels, most of them in HD, covering everything from cartoons to family movies. Want specifics? Here, take ‘em:

* SD only

Inclusion and diversity channels available with Xfinity Popular

Popular includes a total of 12 channels focused on stories from and for Black, Latinx (Spanish-speaking), and indigenous people. (Xfinity carries the LGBTQ+ network LOGO, but not in this package.) Among these, 9 are HD channels, so you can see your beautiful self reflected in glorious high-definition.

* SD only

Xfinity Latino channels

Órale! Although Xfinity already includes several Spanish-language channels in Popular, you get can más channels (over 50) with Xfinity’s Latino channel bundle. It’s usually $16.95 a month, but you can get it for $9.99 per month for the first year.

Xfinity premium channel packages

If you want the best movies and sporting events, you have to spring for premium channels.

Here’s Xfinity’s menu of premium channel add-ons. I’ll give you a few minutes to decide. And yes, I’ll bring more bread when I return. And water.

Data as of publish date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.

Xfinity on-demand packages

Customization rules. Xfinity has nearly two dozen special interest, on-demand packages to help make your channel package more . . . yours.

Data as of publish date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.

Endnote
1. Variety, “Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2019’s Winners and Losers,” December 2019. Accessed December 4, 2020.