QUARTER 1 2020 BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH 2020, ON BBC SOUNDS WE HAD… 275 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes A growing weekly audience with a record of 3.5 million users in w/c 23rd March across the app, website and voice activated devices A record 123 million plays to on-demand radio and podcast content in this quarter, up 15 million on Q4 19 1.25 million plays of music mixes*, up 360k on the previous quarter. *(Comparison vs 2019 Q4 excl. Christmas Mixes) Source: BBC ATi, Q1: w/c 30/12/19 – w/c 23/03/20 inclusive 2 BBC SOUNDS HOW ARE AUDIENCES LISTENING? Live v On-demand (Hours) Live v On-demand (Plays) 34% 45% 55% 66% Live On-demand Source: BBC ATi, Q1: w/c 30/12/19 – w/c 23/03/20 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 Maya Jama – R1 2 Desert Island Discs – R4 2 Radio 1 Anthems – R1 2 Radio 1 Anthems – R1 3 Drama – R4 3 The Archers – R4 3 Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James – R1 4 The Unbelievable Truth – R4 4 The Unbelievable Truth – R4 4 Kenny Allstar – 1X 5 Hercule Poirot – R4E 5 Desert Island Discs – R4 5 Nick Grimshaw – R1 6 The Archers Omnibus – R4 6 The News Quiz – R4 6 Scott Mills – R1 7 The News Quiz – R4 7 Woman's Hour – R4 7 Jordan North – R1 8 The Infinite Monkey Cage – R4 8 Radio 1's Dance Party with Annie Mac – R1 8 Radio 1’s Scott Mills Daily Podcast – R1 9 Woman's Hour – R4 9 The Infinite Monkey Cage – R4 9 DJ Target – 1X 10 In Our Time – R4 10 Radio 1's Scott Mills Daily Podcast – R1 10 1Xtra’s Rap Show with Tiffany Calver – R1 %U35 filtered on min. 10,000 U35 plays 4 Source: BBC ATi, Q1: w/c 30/12/19 – w/c 23/03/20 inclusive BBC SOUNDS BBC SOUNDS – MUSIC MIXES Top Ten Music Mixes Q4 2019 1 Pace Setter 2 Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton 3 The Morning After Mix 4 Classical Focus 5 The Happy Hour from Radio 1 6 Radio 1 Playlist 7 Best of the Decade 2010 – 2020 8 Sing-Along Anthems with Rylan 9 Focus Beats 10 Radio 1’s R&B Anthems 5 Source: BBC ATi, Q1: w/c 30/12/19 – w/c 23/03/20 inclusive BBC SOUNDS BBC SOUNDS – PODCASTS Top Ten Podcasts: Plays – All Top Ten Podcasts: Plays – U35 Top Ten Podcasts: % – U35 skew 1 That Peter Crouch Podcast – 5L 1 That Peter Crouch Podcast – 5L 1 The Gemma Collins Podcast – R1 2 You’re Dead To Me – R4 2 You’re Dead To Me – R4 2 Money 101 – BBC Sounds 3 Manhunt: Finding Kevin Parle – 5L 3 Beyond Today – R4 3 Tailenders – 5L 4 Beyond Today – R4 4 The Missing Cryptoqueen – BBC Sounds 4 That Peter Crouch Podcast – 5L 5 The Whisperer in Darkness – R4 5 Manhunt: Finding Kevin Parle – 5L 5 Beyond Today – R4 6 The Missing Cryptoqueen – BBC Sounds 6 Evil Genius with Russell Kane – R4 6 Jacob Hawley: On Drugs – BBC Sounds 7 Fake Heiress – R4 7 Tailenders – 5L 7 Fit & Fearless – 5L 8 Evil Genius with Russell Kane – R4 8 Fake Heiress – R4 8 The Missing Cryptoqueen – BBC Sounds 9 mortem – BBC Sounds 9 The Whisperer in Darkness – R4 9 You’re Dead To Me – R4 10 Paradise – 5L 10 mortem – BBC Sounds 10 Tell It – R1 %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 230 million global podcast downloads across the world between January – March 2020 Amongst UK audiences, That Peter Crouch Podcast, Desert Island Discs, The Archers and Woman’s Hour proved most popular Top Podcasts – Global Downloads Top Podcasts – Global Downloads 1 Global News Podcast – WS 11 Friday Night Comedy – R4 2 In Our Time – R4 12 The Infinite Monkey Cage – R4 3 The Documentary – WS 13 Witness History – WS 4 That Peter Crouch Podcast – 5L 14 More or Less: Behind the Stats – R4 5 Desert Island Discs – R4 15 Newshour – WS 6 Football Daily – 5L 16 Beyond Today – R4 7 Woman’s Hour – R4 17 6 Minute English – WS 8 The Archers – R4 18 Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review – R5 Live 9 The English We Speak - WS 19 The Coronavirus Newscast – BBC News 10 Business Daily – WS 20 World Business Report - WS 7 Source: BBC Podcast downloads server, Jan – March 2020 - Global downloads BBC SOUNDS NOTES The data and insight provided in this pack covers the period Jan-March 20(Q1). Sources: BBC ATi, Q1: w/c30/12/19 – w/c 23/03/20 inclusive 8 BBC Podcast downloads server Jan-March 2020, Global downloads. BBC SOUNDS.