BBC iPlayer sets new records over the festive season
- Friday, January 14th, 2022
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BBC iPlayer set a new festive record of 141m programmes streamed during New Year week (27 December – 3 January), up 6 per cent on the same week last year. The New Year also started with a bang, with programmes streamed 143m times on iPlayer last week.
BBC iPlayer recorded its best festive day ever, with 22m streams on Sunday 2 January, boosted by the arrival of the box set of The Tourist. The series is currently the third most successful drama launch of all time on iPlayer – having been streamed over 18m times to date
In addition, BBC All-Screens+7 data (which reports on all viewing across linear BBC TV and BBC iPlayer during the first 7 days of availability) shows that for the period Dec 20 – Jan 4, Happy New Year Live! with an average audience of over 10.5m; the first episode of The Tourist (8.9m); and The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast (8.3m) were the most watched programmes on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer combined.
“2022 on the BBC has started with a bang, with record viewing across Christmas and New Year on BBC iPlayer,” said BBC Chief Content Officer, Charlotte Moore. “Millions of people chose to watch our unrivalled range of box-sets and Christmas specials live on our channels, or binge on-demand across the festive season.”