Satyamev Jayate (TV series) and African countries, including India, China, Djibouti, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Isle of Man, and Papua New Guinea. A sum of was received as donations by the NGOs featured on this season. The second season was watched by 600 million Indians. The causes raised in the second season were supported by over 30million people and the season generated more than one billion impressions online. The concept of the show was not revealed in the Indian media until the show officially went on air on 6 May 2012. There were also no get-togethers, parties or press conferences organized to discuss the content,
Satyamev Jayate (TV series) productions on popular Chinese site Douban. Indian television producer-director Siddhartha Basu compared the show with "The Oprah Winfrey Show" stating, "I think Aamir makes for a pensive and studied Oprah. More power to him and even more power to issues he raises that affect us all. Hopefully, it will get people thinking and acting on it on a much bigger scale". The "Hindustan Times" and "Wall Street Journal" also compared the show with "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Parmita Uniyal from "Hindustan Times" felt the show succeeds in convincing people of the outcomes of such practices better than a government campaign