Record BBC traffic

The BBC’s combined international news services attracted a record global weekly audience of over 233 million during 2006/7, according to independent surveys. The BBC’s online news sites attracted a record 763 million page impressions in March 2007, up from 546 million compared to March 2006. There were a record 38.5 million unique online users across the globe during March 2007, up from 32.8 million a year ago.

  • Michael Chima

    The BBC leads the pack in breaking news and current affairs worldwide and has more coverage in many languages to increase the mileage.

    I have been a fan of the BBC since age 7.

  • jason brown

    After the Hutton Inquiry, the British minister responsible for the BBC declared that the new focus of the corporation would be on “entertainment.”

    It is perhaps worth a smile that the BBC has long responded with a slogan of “Putting news first”

    Political interference and inner city wankerism leaves the Beeb a chastened shell of her bitch-slapping-self.

    But the candle still burns.

  • Catmoves

    It may also be a sign that many people throughout the world are hopefully looking to BBC for more honest news than they can get in thir home countries.