BBC climbs 16% in Australia as international events dominate in month of May, reveals Nielsen rankings

Zoe Samios

June 23, 2017 10:40

BBC saw a large jump in unique audience in Australia to 2.6m for the month of May, as international events -including the terrorist attack at Ariana Grande’s concert on May 22 – captured Australian audiences’ attention.

According to Nielsen’s digital news rankings, the international website jumped three spots to seventh place in the top 10, reporting a 16% increase in audience.

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Zoe Samios

Zoe Samios worked at Mumbrella between 2016 and 2019, finishing up as senior media reporter in March 2019.

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Erm 23 Jun 17

The election was surely the reason?

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Erm 23 Jun 17

Sorry, I pressed send too quickly. May – for sure looks like the attack in Manchester gave the BBC a big spike.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%203-m&geo=AU&q=BBC

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