Love Island is named most watched ITV show of 2022 with 273 MILLION streams
Love Island is named most watched ITV show of 2022 with 273 MILLION streams – including 8.9 million for just ONE episode of its summer series
Love Island and ITV’s World Cup coverage were the most watched events in broadcaster streaming in 2022, with 273 million streams and 146 million streams respectively.
ITV2 juggernaut Love Island tops the table as the biggest series in UK broadcaster streaming, with more than 273 million streams last summer as viewers watched contestants Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti win the show.
The figure makes it the show’s most streamed series so far, with its most popular episode picking up a total of 8.9 million streams.
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Well done: Love Island and ITV’s World Cup coverage were the most watched events in broadcaster streaming in 2022, with 273 million streams and 146 million streams respectively
Love Island 2022 scored its biggest launch show ratings since the 2019 series with a whopping five million viewers tuning in to the saucy series’ first episode.
For 16-34 year old viewers the show averaged 1.8m TV viewers with a 61.6% share of viewing, making it the second most watched programme so far this year for this demographic – only being marginally beaten by the Eurovision song contest.
The launch episode was streamed 6.9 million times over the first week and the series as a whole was streamed 32million times over its first seven days on air.
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Popular: Love Island picked up more than 273 million streams last summer as viewers watched contestants Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti win the show
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Big hit: Love Island 2022 scored its biggest launch show ratings since the 2019 series with a whopping five million viewers tuning in to the saucy series’ first episode
ITV’s World Cup coverage from Qatar had a total of 146 million streams across the 34 matches broadcast by the channel during the tournament.
The most streamed match was England vs France in the quarter-final, which had an impressive 15.4 million streams, through ITVX as fans watched the Three Lions lose 2-1.
ITV also secured the biggest entertainment series of 2022 in broadcaster streaming, with I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! recording 57 million streams. Additionally, the launch episode was streamed 5 million times.
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On the ball: ITV’s World Cup coverage from Qatar had a total of 146 million streams across the 34 matches broadcast by the channel during the tournament
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Triumph: the channel enjoyed its best ever day for streaming with 30 million streams on 10th December, when ITV broadcast England v France and Morocco’s quarter-final contest against Portugal (pictured)
Elsewhere the channel enjoyed its best ever day for streaming with 30 million streams on 10th December, when ITV broadcast England v France and Morocco’s quarter-final contest against Portugal.
ITV also secured its best ever month in streaming for July 2022 with a mammoth 276 million streams.
Kevin Lygo, ITV’s Managing Director of Media and Entertainment said: ‘Our streaming numbers for 2022 demonstrate that ITV is home to the biggest events, in both TV and streaming.
‘We have a strong schedule in 2023 and some exciting events from the Rugby World Cup to the return of Big Brother, as well as a whole host of brilliant dramas and more, all of which will be available through ITVX.’