BBC iPLAYER REVEALS THE MOST STREAMED SHOWS OF 2022

BBC iPlayer has seen its best year ever, breaking 7 billion streams for the first time ever. 2022 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.

Director of BBC iPlayer Dan McGolpin says: “2022 saw huge growth for BBC iPlayer, 7 billion streams is double where we were a few years ago. 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. Over the last year we’ve added more choice than ever before in every genre, with plenty more in store for 2023.”

The most-watched programmes* across 2022 (Excluding continuing series like EastEnders, news and children’s content):

Rank - Programme - Streams

1 - FIFA World Cup 2022 - 92,267,000

2 - Doctor Who - 56,100,000

3 - Peaky Blinders - 55,609,000

4 - Commonwealth Games - 52,781,000

5 - Waterloo Road (2006-15) - 46,380,000

6 - Death in Paradise - 46,091,000

7 - Strictly Come Dancing - 44,909,000

8 - Silent Witness - 44,665,000

9 - Wimbledon - 42,678,000

10 - Match of the Day - 40,451,000

The top episodes per series in 2022:

Rank - Programmes - Episode - Streams

1 - Peaky Blinders - Series 6 - Black Day - 6,925,000

2 - The Tourist - Episode 1 - 6,428,000

3 - The Responder - Episode 1 - 6,164,000

4 - FIFA World Cup 2022 - England v Iran - 5,592,000

5 - SAS Rogue Heroes - Episode 1 - 5,526,000

6 - The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II - London - 5,043,000

7 -Inside Man - Episode 1 - 5,028,000

8 - The Apprentice - Series 16 - Cruise Ship - 4,889,000

9 - Sherwood - Episode 1 - 4,855,000

10 - This Is Going To Hurt - Episode 1 - 4,753,000

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