Three weeks since the drop of season 3, the unstoppable Virgin River has over a billion minutes viewed again The Nielsens are out for the week July 19 – 25, and Virgin River maintains what looks to be an unstoppable lead over all other shows. Last week our prediction was: Virgin River must, surely, hold the top, and … >
Top of last week’s Nielsens, Virgin River rockets further ahead this time round Breaking through the two billion minutes barrier on its second week, the story seems clear — Virgin River rockets ahead of the pack. Is it really that simple, or is there more in the data? We take our weekly wander through the numbers. … >
Tokyo 2020 may only just be over, but BBC Sport is already keen to tells us of its own record making and breaking BBC Sport’s coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games saw a record-breaking 104 million requests to watch the action online throughout the duration of the competition, beating the Rio 2016 figure of … >
As Britain is (we trust) approaching the end of this phase of the pandemic, the latest Ofcom report tells us about out lockdown viewing habits Ofcom has published its annual report, Media Nations 2021. It’s a wealth of information on our viewing and gives a UK perspective on the global evolution of viewing habits. We walk … >
Virgin River tops the Nielsens thanks to the release of season 3 The Nielsens for the week July 5-11 are out and there’s a new number 1. Last week we predicted some churn, drop-off for a couple of shows but did think Loki would keep top. We’ll get to the figures in a moment, but it’s … >
Disney is celebrating the Jungle Cruise success with regards the box office first weekend — is the news that good? The intention isn’t to criticise Disney; any organisation will find the positives behind everything it does. We’re just taking a look at their press release and adding some context. What was the Jungle Cruise success? … >
The current ratings (Q2 2021) show how the BBC Sounds trends mirror our viewing habits BBC Sounds attracted a weekly audience of 3.7 million users across the app, website and voice activated devices between April and June, with a peak of 3.9 million during the week of the Line Of Duty finale. Latest data shows … >
After four episodes, Loki leaves all other shows a long way behind in the latest Nielsens. We take a closer look… With The Nexus Event, Loki is now four episodes into its first season and still tops the Nielsens. Last week we said: We see Loki still keeping hold of the top slot, but won’t be surprised at … >
Drama and sport fans helped as BBC iPlayer sets new records for the first half of the year in 2021 Programmes were streamed over 3.3 billion times between January and June this year, up 8% on the same period last year, and up a massive 59% on the same period in 2019 following huge growth … >
After three episodes Loki still tops the Nielsens in the week 21-27 June, but we look lower down the chart for other stories Another week, another set of Nielsens. We’ve lent out supercomputer to the organisers of the Olympic Opening Ceremony in Japan, so have processed this week’s data on a set of abacuses (abaci? abacab … >