World Cup, Peaky Blinders, Doctor Who, The Tourist top BBC iPlayer’s year
Brit BVOD platform has its best year ever at 7 billion streams.
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The BBC has released 2022 data for its BBC iPlayer, which has seen its best year ever, breaking 7 billion streams for the first time ever.
FIFA World Cup topped the year, streamed a huge 92 million times on iPlayer, while also reaching 38.8 million on BBC TV.
The return of Peaky Blinders 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 (56m streams), Waterloo Road (2006-2015) (46m streams), and Death in Paradise (46m streams).
Australian co-production The Tourist was the top new drama of the year.
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:
| 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 |
* Excluding continuing series like EastEnders, news and children’s content.
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