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BBC Proms bounce back to peak performance

BBC Proms bounce back to peak performance

The BBC has just announced an average 96 percent ticket sale for Royal Albert Hall evening concerts in the Proms season just ended.

That’s up from 93 percent last year.

One-third of attenders are said to be first-timers.

Other stats:

Proms 2024 season has reached over 10.6 million people on TV so far
4.6 million streams of BBC Proms 2024 content on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds
A peak audience of 3.3 million people watched the Last Night of the Proms on BBC One
During the final week of the BBC Proms season, Radio 3 had 264K Sounds accounts, up more than 10% on its previous record, and up by over 20% compared to the final week of Proms 2023
Almost 300K enjoyed the Proms live at the Royal Albert Hall, and a further 14K at concerts across the UK
Over two thirds of Proms at the Royal Albert Hall have been total sell-outs.
 

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