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BBC iPlayer breaks 7 billion streams barrier

January 31, 2023 11.22 Europe/London By Julian Clover

BBC iPlayer has recorded another record-breaking year, passing 7 billion streams for the first time ever.

In 2022, the BBC streaming service grew 9 per cent on 2021, and ended the year with both the best month and best quarter iPlayer has ever seen, with 700 million streams for December and 2 billion streams between October – December.

The out-of-season World Cup made sure of a strong end to the year and was streamed 92 million times on iPlayer, while also reaching 38.8 million on BBC TV. The jury is still out on how well a more traditional pre-Christmas schedule might have performed.

“2022 saw huge growth for BBC iPlayer, 7 billion streams is double where we were a few years ago,” said Director of BBC iPlayer Dan McGolpin. “Alongside the big events like the World Cup and the outstanding coverage of the state funeral for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, people arrived in their millions to watch an array of big drama boxsets including the final series of Peaky Blinders and a large number of brand new series such as The Tourist, The Responder and SAS Rogue Heroes.”

The return of Peaky Blinders (pictured) was the top episode of the year, streamed 6.9 million times across the year, with over 55 million streams for the boxset

Other top boxsets of the year include Doctor Who (56 million streams), Waterloo Road (2006-2015) (46 million streams), and Death in Paradise (46 million streams)

Sporting events were also among the most-watched programmes of the year, including Commonwealth Games (53m streams, plus reached 28.6 million on BBC TV) and Wimbledon (43 million streams, plus reached 27.4 million on BBC TV)

EastEnders enjoyed its best year ever on iPlayer, streamed 366 million times.

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Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: BBC iPlayer Edited: 31 January 2023 11:22

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About Julian Clover

Julian Clover is a Media and Technology journalist based in Cambridge, UK. He works in online and printed media. Julian is also a voice on local radio. You can talk to Julian on Twitter @julianclover, on Facebook or by email at jclover@broadbandtvnews.com.

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