iPlayer streams about 350 million shows a month. It accounts for a fair bit more than 15% of UK internet traffic and is more popular than Netflix within the UK.

iPlayer streams about 350 million shows a month. It accounts for a fair bit more than 15% of UK internet traffic and is more popular than Netflix within the UK. I know former staff who have disclosed privately some of the traffic numbers to me - they have the capability to do this sort of traffic, yes. Edit: you may be interested in the detail here: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-jan19.pdf http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-perfo... - it should be clear the iPlayer is not just "a website"