QUARTER 2 2020 BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE 2020, ON BBC SOUNDS WE HAD…

313 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes, up 37m on the previous quarter.

An average weekly audience of 3.4 million users across the app, website and voice activated devices

A record 136 million plays to on-demand radio and podcast content in this quarter, up 13

million on Q1 20

2.7 million plays of music mixes, a 1.4m increased and over double the previous quarter.

Source: BBC ATi, Q2: w/c 30/03/20 – w/c 22/06/20 inclusive 2 BBC SOUNDS HOW ARE AUDIENCES LISTENING?

Live v On-demand (Hours) Live v On-demand (Plays)

35% 45% 55% 65%

Live On-demand

Source: BBC ATi, Q2: w/c 30/03/20 – w/c 22/06/20 inclusive BBC SOUNDS BBC SOUNDS – ON-DEMAND RADIO

Top Ten OD Programmes: Plays – All Top Ten OD Programmes: Plays – U35 Top Ten OD Programmes: % – U35 skew

1 The Archers – R4 1 Radio 1's Dance Anthems – R1 1 Snoochie Shy – 1X

2 Drama – R4 2 Radio 1 Anthems – R1 2 Maya Jama – R1

3 Desert Island Discs – R4 3 The Archers – R4 3 Radio 1 Anthems – R1

4 Miss Marple – R4E 4 Elis James and John Robins – R5L 4 Nick Grimshaw – R1

5 GF Newman’s The Corrupted – R4 5 Desert Island Discs – R4 5 Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James – R1

6 Old Harry’s Game – R4E 6 Radio 1's Dance Party with Annie Mac – R1 6 Kenny Allstar – 1X

7 Hercule Poirot – R4E 7 In Our Time – R4 7 Scott Mills – R1

8 Radio 1’s Dance Anthems – R1 8 Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James – R1 8 1Xtra’s Rap Show With Tiffany Calver – 1X

9 In Our Time – R4 9 Old Harry’s Game – R4E 9 Radio 1’s Scott Mills Daily Podcast – R1 Radio 1’s Power Down Playlist with Annie Mac – 10 The News Quiz – R4 10 The Unbelievable Truth – R4 10 R1 %U35 filtered on min. 10,000 U35 plays

4 Source: BBC ATi, Q2: w/c 30/03/20 – w/c 22/06/20 inclusive BBC SOUNDS BBC SOUNDS – MUSIC MIXES

Top Ten Music Mixes Q2 2020

1 Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton

2 Radio 1’s Big Weekend – UK 2020

3 Glastonbury

4 Mindful Mix

5 Radio 1’s Movie Mixtapes

6 Pace Setter

7 Normal People – The Soundtrack

8 The Happy Hour from Radio 1

9 Radio 1’s R&B Anthems

10 Classical Focus

5 Source: BBC ATi, Q2: w/c 30/03/20 – w/c 22/06/20 inclusive BBC SOUNDS BBC SOUNDS – PODCASTS

Top Ten Podcasts: Plays – All Top Ten Podcasts: Plays – U35 Top Ten Podcasts: % – U35 skew

1 Grounded with Louis Theroux – R4 1 That Peter Crouch Podcast – 5L 1 6 Degrees from Jamie and Spencer – R1

2 That Peter Crouch Podcast – 5L 2 Match of the Day: Top 10 – 5L 2 Too Rude For Radio – 1X

3 The Coronavirus Newscast – BBC News 3 Grounded with Louis Theroux – R4 3 Mandemic – 1X

4 Match of the Day: Top 10 – 5L 4 The Coronavirus Newscast – BBC News 4 The Gemma Collins Podcast – R1

5 Fortunately… with Fi and Jane –R4 5 You’re Dead To Me – R4 5 Match of the Day: Top 10 – 5L

6 You’re Dead To Me – R4 6 Tailenders – 5L 6 James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds – BBC Sounds

7 Evil Genius with Russell Kane – R4 7 James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds – BBC Sounds 7 Tailenders – 5L

8 Manhunt: Finding Kevin Parle – 5L 8 Evil Genius with Russell Kane – R4 8 That Peter Crouch Podcast – 5L

9 Homeschool History – R4 9 Obsessed with… - BBC Sounds 9 Scarlett Moffatt Wants to Believe – R1

10 Bitch Bitch Bitch with Matt Lucas – R2 10 6 Degrees from Jamie and Spencer – R1 10 Beyond Today – R4 %U35 filtered on min. 10,000 U35 plays

6 Source: BBC RSS Feed Q1: w/c 30/12/19 – w/c 23/03/20 inclusive BBC SOUNDS BBC PODCASTS AND ON-DEMAND RADIO PROGRAMMES ON THIRD PARTY PLATFORMS

In total there were over 240 million global podcast downloads across the world between April – June 2020

Amongst UK audiences, Grounded with Louis Theroux, That Peter Crouch Podcast, The Coronavirus Newscast and Woman’s Hour proved most popular Top Podcasts – Global Downloads Top Podcasts – Global Downloads

1 Global News Podcast – WS 11 More or Less: Behind the Stats – R4

2 The Documentary Podcast – WS 12 Witness History – WS

3 In Our Time – R4 13 Football Daily – 5L

4 That Peter Crouch Podcast – 5L 14 Newshour – WS

5 Desert Island Discs – R4 15 The Infinite Monkey Cage – R4

6 The Coronavirus Newscast – BBC News 16 The Archers – R4

7 Woman’s Hour – R4 17 6 Minute English – WS

8 Business Daily – WS 18 13 Minutes to the Moon – WS

9 The English We Speak - WS 19 World Business Report – WS

10 Friday Night Comedy – R4 20 Grounded with Louis Theroux – R4

7 Source: BBC Podcast downloads server, Apr – Jun 2020 - Global downloads BBC SOUNDS NOTES

The data and insight provided in this pack covers the period April-June 2020(Q2).

Sources: BBC ATi, BBC ATi, Q2: w/c 30/03/20 – w/c 22/06/20 inclusive 8 BBC Podcast downloads server April-June 2020, Global downloads. BBC SOUNDS