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BBC Radio has committed to releasing monthly figures detailing the performance of its online sites and services. These figures are linked to below.

Total - All Networks

All BBC Radio and Music
Apr-2011Mar-2012Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a5,284,3344,752,612
Monthly live stream requests24,379,34836,671,20833,695,528
Monthly catch-up stream requests9,262,30411,388,24710,948,538

Total - By Network

Radio 1
Apr-2011Mar-2012Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a2,764,5402,230,245
Monthly live stream requests6,472,7049,781,1248,169,804
Monthly catch-up stream requests1,031,3201,407,3431,178,757
Radio 2
Apr-2011Mar-2012Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a418,346428,339
Monthly live stream requests3,899,3846,231,2565,515,596
Monthly catch-up stream requests685,852906,8041,027,451
Radio 3
Apr-2011Mar-2012Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a101,337130,160
Monthly live stream requests401,600600,320541,372
Monthly catch-up stream requests243,688286,436308,168
Radio 4
Apr-2011Mar-2012Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a945,187848,970
Monthly live stream requests4,898,5087,086,7566,573,380
Monthly catch-up stream requests3,417,2524,304,5674,212,755
Radio 5 live
Apr-2011Mar-2012Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a399,120410,471
Monthly live stream requests3,594,1565,246,5325,612,348
Monthly catch-up stream requests218,008351,608325,815
6 Music
Apr-2011Mar-2011Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a173,501155,182
Monthly live stream requests1,338,1042,242,4162,057,140
Monthly catch-up stream requests428,108450,728425,883
1Xtra
Apr-2011Mar-2012Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a138,472135,789
Monthly live stream requests878,8921,253,8121,153,436
Monthly catch-up stream requests281,424287,504267,503
Asian Network
Apr-2011Mar-2012Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a33,39430,736
Monthly live stream requests161,224359,708312,140
Monthly catch-up stream requests78,504106,75587,243
Radio 4 Extra
Apr-2011Mar-2011Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a217,244198,675
Monthly live stream requests525,1481,061,6841,043,972
Monthly catch-up stream requests2,120,4402,670,4222,476,870
5 live sports extra
Apr-2011Mar-2012Apr-2012
Average weekly unique browsersn/a93,710100,702
Monthly live stream requests301,944400,624486,908
Monthly catch-up stream requests7,14814,86819,567
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Download and Podcast figures - April 2012

Top Daily PodcastsMonthly downloads
1Scott Mills Daily (Radio 1)709,845
2The Archers (Radio 4)637,139
3Best of Today (Radio 4)305,037
4Daily Bacon (5 live)231,547
5Front Row Daily (Radio 4)231,145
65 live Football Daily (5 live)216,014
7A History of the World in 100 Objects (Radio 4)206,040
8Chris Evans Breakfast - The Best Bits (Radio 2)205,753
9Woman's Hour: News, Politics, Culture (Radio 4)188,781
10Shakespeare's Restless World (Radio 4)184,822
Top Weekly PodcastsMonthly downloads
1Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 (Radio 4)891,722
2Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Film Reviews (5 live)559,097
3Best of Chris Moyles Enhanced (Radio 1)412,888
4In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg (Radio 4)363,444
5Desert Island Discs with Kirsty Young (Radio 4)321,796
6Comedy of the Week (Radio 4)280,854
7Fighting Talk (5 live)248,759
8Annie Mac's minimix (Radio 1)207,293
9More or Less: behind the stats (Radio 4)203,393
10Best of Chris Moyles (Radio 1)202,790
11From Our Own Correspondent (Radio 4)175,861
12Money Box (Radio 4)174,393
13Rhod Gilbert's Best Bits (Radio Wales)167,348
14Peter Day's World of Business (Radio)165,854
15Simon Mayo's Confessions (Radio 2)153,233
16The Archers Omnibus (Radio 4)148,557
17Great Lives (Radio 4)130,270
18Drama of the Week (Radio)129,594
19Material World (Radio 4)122,944
20Dr Karl and the Naked Scientist (5 live)113,643
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Notes

The data shown on this page covers all BBC Radio & Music websites, including our music site and major events sites, e.g. The Proms and Reading & Leeds.

The data shown is for UK performance only, and does not include usage from outside of the UK.

In July 2011, the BBC switched to a new reporting system which uses a different data collection methodology for traffic to our websites. For this reason, we are unable to give an accurate year-on-year comparison for website reach.

We exclude any visits and requests that originate from within the BBC. All results shown here are for traffic coming to Radio & Music sites from outside the BBC.

The BBC's website figures are audited twice a year (typically March and September) by ABCe.

There is additional performance data in the iPlayer Performance pack, which is published every month via the BBC Press Office

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Definitions

Unique Browser
Previously referred to as a user or visitor. Counts what appears to be a unique browser accessing our website within a given timeframe (in the BBC, this timeframe is one week; but other companies commonly use a month). If a user uses more than one device - e.g. PC and smart phone - then they will be counted as two unique browsers.
Stream Request
Number of successful requests to stream a programme. We only count successful requests where a stream or a download actually starts, rather than "clicks" which can be repeated if the user does not see an immediate reaction on the website.
Downloads
One download is counted for every downloadable file successfully transferred to a user's computer.
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