United States
BET — Black Entertainment Television — is one of the United States' most recognized media brands, founded in 1980 by Robert Johnson and now operating under Paramount Global.
Total Followers +1.9%
9.6M
Across Instagram, YouTube, TikTok
Primary Platform
4.3M followers · 45% of audience
Engagement
2.4%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mega
Est. $52K–$121K / IG post
The 26th annual BET Awards took place June 28 at Peacock Theater in L.A. Cardi B led all nominees with six nods, while Teyana Taylor swept with three competitive wins plus the Icon of the Year honor, introduced by Janet Jackson. Lauryn Hill received the inaugural Living Legend Icon Award.
Days before the BET Awards, BET announced BET Media House — described as a multi-platform partnership uniting influential media voices into a real-time content ecosystem. The 2026 BET Awards simulcast across more than a dozen Paramount-owned networks.
BET Networks and BET+ each landed a nomination in the 2026 Primetime Emmy cycle, with The Ms. Pat Show earning a comedy directing nomination — its fourth in five years for director Mary Lou Belli.
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| Last 7 days | +11K +0.3% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +11K |
| Last 30 days | +185K +4.3% | -99 -0.8% | +0 +0.0% | +185K |
| Last 90 days | +208K +4.8% | -95 -0.8% | +0 +0.0% | +208K |
| Last 365 days | +208K +4.8% | -95 -0.8% | +0 +0.0% | +208K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
BET — Black Entertainment Television — is one of the United States' most recognized media brands, founded in 1980 by Robert Johnson and now operating under Paramount Global. For over four decades it has served as the primary mainstream cable destination for Black American culture, spanning scripted drama, comedy, music programming, and live events. Its flagship property, the BET Awards, remains one of the most culturally significant annual events in American entertainment, drawing tens of millions of television viewers and generating outsized social conversation each June. The network's Instagram and TikTok presences function as an always-on extension of that broadcast identity, surfacing show clips, award nominations, HBCU initiatives, and original short-form content that keeps the brand active between linear air dates.
Across its primary social platforms, BET commands a mega-scale audience that skews heavily toward women in the 18-to-34 bracket — a demographic that indexes strongly for both scripted drama and music-driven content, consistent with properties like Divorced Sistas, Ms. Pat Settles It, and the Comic View Rooftop Series visible in its hashtag and caption activity. Engagement rates running above the category median for an account of this size suggest the community is genuinely participatory rather than passively following. As legacy media brands increasingly compete with streaming-native players for young Black audiences, BET's social footprint functions as both a retention tool for existing viewers and a discovery channel for audiences who may never engage with traditional cable, positioning the brand at a meaningful intersection of broadcast heritage and digital-first culture.
Bet reaches an audience concentrated in United States primarily through Instagram, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories, TikTok branded content. As an entertainment creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. Engagement on Instagram runs around 2.4%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Bet's tier (Mega, 9.6M combined followers, United States). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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The BET Awards 2026 air on Sunday, June 28, 2026 at 8/7c on the BET network. Nominations are already live, and the ceremony is one of the biggest annual celebrations of Black achievement in music, television, film, and sports on American broadcast.
'Where Black Culture Lives' is BET's official brand tagline, and it appears across every one of their social platforms as a declaration of identity. It positions BET as the primary media home for Black American entertainment, news, and cultural celebration rather than a general-interest network.
HBCU AwareFest is a BET-produced live concert and cultural event dedicated to celebrating Historically Black Colleges and Universities. BET promotes it heavily across Instagram and TikTok as part of their ongoing commitment to spotlighting Black institutions alongside their flagship awards programming.
Yes, Divorced Sistas is an active scripted series on BET following women navigating relationships, independence, and life after marriage. BET promotes the show consistently across its social channels, where it connects strongly with their predominantly female, 18–34 audience.
Ms. Pat Settles It is a BET series hosted by comedian and television personality Ms. Pat, who addresses relationship disputes and everyday life dilemmas in her signature unfiltered style. Ms. Pat became a standout name in the BET universe through her sitcom The Ms. Pat Show on BET+ and multiple comedy specials.
BET (Black Entertainment Television) is owned by Paramount Global, which acquired the network from founder Robert Johnson in 2001. Despite operating under a major media conglomerate, BET functions as a culturally distinct brand built entirely around Black American entertainment and community.
BET+ is the network's standalone streaming service, offering original series, movies, and classic BET programming on demand without a cable subscription. While the main BET cable channel carries live events like the BET Awards and new scripted dramas, BET+ holds exclusives like The Ms. Pat Show that aren't available on the linear channel.
The Comic View Rooftop Series is a contemporary revival of BET's iconic Comic View stand-up comedy franchise, filmed in a rooftop setting and featuring Black comedians from emerging and established generations. Comic View originally launched in the early 1990s and is one of the most beloved long-running series in BET's programming history.
Yes, BET hosts both the annual BET Awards — which spans music, TV, film, and sports broadly — and the BET Hip Hop Awards, a separate ceremony dedicated specifically to celebrating achievements in hip-hop culture and rap. Both shows are flagship events on the network's calendar and drive major conversation across social media every year.
Yes, BET has built one of the largest media brand presences on TikTok, with over 5 million followers and engagement well above the average for entertainment accounts. They post daily content including show clips, BET Awards coverage, and cultural commentary, reflecting a deliberate strategy to reach younger Black audiences where they spend the most time.
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