iPlayer records 75m requests for shows since launch
The BBC has received more than 75m requests to stream or download BBC programmes via the iPlayer since its launch.
The latest figures reveal 21m requests for downloads and streams of BBC programmes in April up from 17.2m in March. The figures represent more than 20% growth month-on-month.
Average weekly users of the BBC iPlayer reached 1.4m in April, up from 1.1m in March, and double January's average 750,000 users.
The average daily number of streams and downloads rose to 700,000 in April up by more than a quarter on the more than 550,000 daily requests in March and again close to double January's average of 360,000.
In the last two weeks of May the average number of requests to view has risen to 716,000, and requests peaked at 900,000 with users at 390,000 on Sunday 18 May.
Doctor Who and The Apprentice continue to dominated the top 20 programmes on BBC iPlayer during April.
BBC Three comedy Gavin and Stacey received a 250,000 requests in the week between 19 and 25 April, which coincided with its award wins at the Baftas.
Take up of the BBC iPlayer is split across a broad audience with 43% of the audience aged 35 to 54 years, 37% aged 16 to 34, and 21% aged 55 and over. iPlayer take up on Apple Mac's accounts for 10% of usage while the iPhone and iPod Touch account for 3%.
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