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TV ratings

July 2024

  • Micah Richards, Juan Mata, Rio Ferdinand, and Gary Lineker on the BBC Sport set

    England’s Euro 2024 defeat to Spain watched by peak TV audience of 23.8m

  • Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier and Phil Foden celebrating

    England’s Euro 2024 semi-final win is most-watched programme this year

May 2024

  • Olly Alexander in boxing costume holding a union flag over his head

    Eurovision loses almost a quarter of UK viewers compared with 2023

    Saturday night’s final was watched by average of 7.64m as Britain’s entry, Olly Alexander, finished in 18th place

April 2024

  • Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) shoots over South Carolina guard Bree Hall (23) during the first half of the Final Four college basketball championship game in the women's NCAA Tournament, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

    Women’s NCAA title game was most watched basketball broadcast since 2019

    The South Carolina-Iowa title game averaged 18.7m viewers on ABC and ESPN, making it the most watched basketball game since 2019

March 2024

  • The cast of Gladiators

    ‘We dialled up the superhero’: how Gladiators became the BBC’s biggest entertainment hit in years

  • Jonathan Ross hosted ITV’s Oscars coverage.

    ITV Oscars coverage secures viewers – and criticism

December 2023

  • the king before a Christmas tree

    King Charles’s Christmas message rules TV ratings, with 5.9m viewers

    BBC showed nine out of 10 most popular shows, according to overnight data, with Strictly and Doctor Who Christmas special coming third

May 2023

  • People watch a television screening of the coronation of King Charles III

    King Charles’s coronation watched by peak TV audience of 20m

    Event was most watched broadcast of year but audience smaller than 29m who watched Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral

March 2023

  • Jimmy Kimmel hosts the 95th Academy Awards show in Los Angeles last Sunday.

    Oscars TV ratings improve – to third worst ever

    This year’s Academy Awards with Jimmy Kimmel at the helm drew an average TV audience of 18.7m – and a bigger share of younger viewers

February 2023

  • Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley.

    Happy Valley finale is most-watched TV programme of year

    Figures show BBC can still outdo streaming services, but search is now on for its next mega-hit

October 2022

  • Yasmin Finney as Elle Argent in Heartstopper. Netflix has closely guarded the numbers of people who stream its hit shows.

    Netflix to reveal for first time how many people watch its shows in the UK

    Streaming service’s decision to sign up to independent ratings agency is world first and will give insight into its cultural power

September 2022

  • People walking past coffin in Westminster Hall, which is flanked by Beefeaters, soldiers and police officers.

    More than 29m people in UK watched Queen’s funeral, TV data shows

    Figure is fewer than 31m who watched Euro 2020 final, and peaked at 19.5m viewers on BBC One

August 2022

  • England fans celebrate at a fan zone in Trafalgar Square, central London

    England’s Euros triumph draws record TV audience of 17m

    Audience peaked at 17.4 million viewers, making it the biggest UK television event of the year to date

June 2022

  • The Queen watching trooping the colour

    Jubilee TV viewing figures down on previous royal occasions

    Peak audience of 7.5 million people watched the BBC’s trooping the colour broadcast on Thursday

October 2021

  • Photo illustration in Ukraine - 09 Oct 2021<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock (12531541t) In this photo illustration a Squid Game television series logo streaming on Netflix is seen on a smartphone. Photo illustration in Ukraine - 09 Oct 2021

    TechScape newsletter
    TechScape: From Friends to Squid Game – why Netflix viewing figures matter

    Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: the problem with the streaming company’s outlandish claims

July 2021

  • The American team during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, which attracted the lowest viewer numbers in the US since Seoul in 1988.

    Tokyo Olympics: US TV audience for opening ceremony falls to 33-year low

  • The England players look on during the penalty shootout for Euro 2020

    Euro 2020 final attracts estimated 31 million TV audience in UK

June 2021

  • Islanders gathered around outdoor table on first night in the Love Island villa

    Love Island premiere watched by smallest audience since 2017

    ITV2 show attracted average of 2.47m viewers on launch night, with competition from Euro 2020 and Wimbledon

April 2021

  • Anybody there? Chris Rock at a rehearsal for a previous Academy Awards show.

    Lockdown culture
    Oscars 2021: looming TV ratings disaster could be calamitous for Academy

    The starry telecast keeps the Academy afloat – but plunging viewers suggest the institution is out of sync with the public

February 2021

  • Alien, Robin, Badger, Swan, Dragon, Sausage, some of the stars of The Masked Singer

    More than 8m people tune in to final of ITV's The Masked Singer

    Final of celebrity singing contest is most watched show of 2021 so far outside of news and sport
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