Revealed: Netflix overtook BBC1 to become most-watched TV service in the UK for three months last year Netflix overtook BBC1 for the first time as it became the most watched TV service in the UK for three months last year.
BBC1 pulled ahead again in December, despite Netflix posting a record reach of 46.4M after streaming series including UK original Black Doves.
New viewing figures from BARB, the UK’s official ratings body, showed that Netflix’s audience reach overtook BBC1 in September, October, and November 2024.
Despite being back and forth with the Beeb, Netflix has been consistently ahead of ITV1, the UK’s second-largest TV network, since March 2023.
Netflix posed a record reach of 46.4M after streaming series including UK original Black Doves in December.
