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As iPlayer celebrates another streaming record, these are the biggest hits on the BBC’s streaming service
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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BBC iPlayeris one of thebest streaming servicesout there, not least because it’s free to licence payers. And it’s just celebrated another record-breaking year, serving up more than 7 billion streams for the first time ever. December was the best month in the best quarter iPlayer has ever seen, with 700 million streams in December alone and a whopping 2 billion between October and December.
So what was everyone streaming? The incredible Happy Valley isn’t in the list, because after seven years away its final series only started this month, and some of the really big hits were one-off or irregular events such as the World Cup and the funeral of The Queen. And the figures also exclude long-running weekly soaps such as EastEnders, children’s shows and the news. But some of the biggest hits might still surprise you.
What were the most popular shows on iPlayer in 2022?
It’s no surprise that the World Cup topped the list, with over 92 million streams – nearly double the total streams of any other programming. But with an impressive 56 million streams Dr Who came in at number two – all the more impressive because there were only three episodes broadcast last year.
Things start getting fairly predictable further down the list. There’s Death In Paradise at number six and Strictly Come Dancing at seven, with Silent Witness at number 8 with 44,665,000 streams – or roughly one stream per episode of a series that seems to have been running since the Stone Age.
The final two are both sports: Wimbledon and Match of the Day
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