Live events including The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and Eurovision, plus dramas such as Sherwood, The Split and Killing Eve, were streamed more than 1.6 billion times between April and June – the highest ever number during the second quarter of a year.
The number of streams also took the service to its best first six months of a year, clocking up 140 million more streams than the same period last year.
Glastonbury was the period’s best performing boxset with 36 million streams up to the end of June, and 39.4 million to date – and reached a total of 20.6 million people across both the TV broadcast and iPlayer
One off live events also performed strongly, including the Platinum Party at the Palace which was streamed 3.1 million times on iPlayer, the FA Cup Final (2.7 million streams), and the Eurovision Song Contest (2.4 million streams).
The final episode of Peaky Blinders was the best episode of the quarter with 4 million streams while the first episode of Sherwood was streamed 2.8 million times.
The return of Wimbledon also proved hugely popular, across BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online there were 18 million streams during June and 53.8m streams across the whole tournament.
Dan McGolpin, director of BBC iPlayer and channels, said: “I’m delighted with the performance of BBC iPlayer during the second quarter of 2022, with the BBC’s unique and distinctive programme range creating compelling choices for all.
He added: “Quarter three is off to a great start with record audiences for the Women’s Euros and Wimbledon, we’re well on track for iPlayer’s best year ever.”
BBC iPlayer’s top performing episodes per series between April and June:
| Rank | Programme | Series | Episode | Streams |
| 1 | Peaky Blinders | Series 6 | Lock and Key | 4,073,000 |
| 2 | The Split | Series 3 | Episode 4 | 3,714,000 |
| 3 | The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee | Platinum Party at the Palace | 3,080,000 | |
| 4 | Glastonbury | 2022 | Glastonbury Channel – Saturday | 2,855,000 |
| 5 | Sherwood | Series 1 | Episode 1 | 2,810,000 |
| 6 | The FA Cup | 2021/22 | FA Cup Channel | 2,704,000 |
| 7 | Eurovision Song Contest | 2022 | Final | 2,422,000 |
| 8 | Killing Eve | Series 4 | Oh Goodie, I’m the Winner | 2,349,000 |
| 9 | Here We Go | Series 1 | Mum’s Birthday Voucher | 2,204,000 |
| 10 | Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof | Series 1 | Episode 1 | 2,146,000 |
April to June’s best performing boxsets (excluding continuing series like EastEnders):
| Rank | Programme | Streams |
| 1 | Glastonbury | 35,998,000 |
| 2 | The Split | 35,454,000 |
| 3 | Silent Witness | 20,656,000 |
| 4 | Peaky Blinders | 18,153,000 |
| 5 | MasterChef | 18,011,000 |
| 6 | Killing Eve | 17,856,000 |
| 7 | Wimbledon | 14,442,000 |
| 8 | Snooker: World Championship | 13,922,000 |
| 9 | Conversations with Friends | 13,045,000 |
| 10 | Doctor Who | 12,913,000 |