BBC iPlayer reveals top programmes of 2018
Statistics released today revealed that Doctor Who was the fourth most watched BBC series on the BBC iPlayer during 2018.
Award-winning British dramas Bodyguard, Killing Eve and McMafia were revealed today as the top programmes requested on BBC iPlayer in 2018.
The most popular show of the year was Bodyguard, with the first episode becoming BBC iPlayer’s biggest ever programme, with 10.8 million requests across the year. All six episodes of the thrilling drama appear in iPlayer’s top ten programmes of the year. Smash hit Killing Eve came a close second with 9.2m requests for episode one, followed by global thriller McMafia, with 4.7m requests.
Overall in 2018 3.6 billion programmes were requested on iPlayer throughout the year.
BBC iPlayer’s top ten programmes (per series) in 2018 were:
| Programme | Episode | Requests | |
| 1 | Bodyguard | Episode 1 | 10,842,000 |
| 2 | Killing Eve | Nice Face | 9,235,000 |
| 3 | McMafia | Episode 1 | 4,741,000 |
| 4 | Doctor Who | The Woman Who Fell to Earth | 3,965,000 |
| 5 | Keeping Faith | Episode 1 | 3,927,000 |
| 6 | The Cry | Episode 1 | 3,496,000 |
| 7 | Dynasties | Chimpanzee | 3,447,000 |
| 8 | Our Girl | Nigeria, Belize & Bangladesh Tours Episode 1 |
3,422,000 |
| 9 | Bing | Show | 3,177,000 |
| 10 | MOTD Live | Sweden v England | 3,153,000 |