BBC iPlayer had a record 59 million weekly requests on average in February, or 2 million more than a month earlier, while across February there were an average of 8.6 million requests a day.
Despite the shorter month – 28 days, as opposed to 31 in January – resulted in an overall monthly total of 262 million request, this was only 4% down on January’s record breaking 272 million requests.
Live TV viewing on iPlayer meanwhile remained stable in February at 12% of all requests.
Mobile and tablet usage was still strong, accounting for 29% of all requests for content and 77 million requests in total.
The new series of Top Gear proved particularly popular in February on iPlayer, with five episodes appearing in the top 20.
