Reading the Nation

The Lionesses roar to Euros victory (we. 31st July)

The Lionesses roar to Euros victory (we. 31st July)

Last week, the nation’s football fans celebrated wildly as the Lionesses went one better than the Three Lions by winning the Euros. Interest in the final was so high we saw our women’s football audience segment more than triple on the day of the final vs. the day before.

Shopping surges on summer sales (we. 24th July)

Shopping surges on summer sales (we. 24th July)

Hitting the tills to get summer ready, with school’s out and holidays taking off, saw weekly engagement and audiences for our Shopping content hit a record high for the year.

Weathering the UK's record heatwave (we. 17th July)

Weathering the UK's record heatwave (we. 17th July)

The UK’s record extreme weather heatwave drove significant engagement with related content in the last seven days, as the Met Office issued an unprecedented red warning and Brits nationwide prepared to bake.

"Them's the Breaks", As Boris is finally felled (we. 10th July)

"Them's the Breaks", As Boris is finally felled (we. 10th July)

The second half of the year started explosively last week as an avalanche of Government resignations backed Boris Johnson into a corner that even he could not escape from. More than 98m News & Politics page views last week was +14% higher than the 2022 weekly average.

2022's summer of sport rolls into action (we. 3rd July)

2022's summer of sport rolls into action  (we. 3rd July)

Last week, our publishers’ premium punditry picked apart the player performances across a range of disciplines as 2022’s summer of sport roared into action. +60m Sport page views were up +18% WoW.

Glastonbury fever sweeps the nation (we. 26th June)

Glastonbury fever sweeps the nation  (we. 26th June)

Glastonbury’s return after a two-year break brought post-pandemic revelry to Worthy Farm as 200,000 festival fans partied to history-making headline sets. And this year’s event drove huge engagement with several of our key content categories to grab the nation’s attention in the last 7 days.

Engagement soars with the temperature (we. 19th June)

Engagement soars with the temperature  (we. 19th June)

Feeling hot, hot, hot! The UK basked in the year’s highest temperatures so far, which saw the Met Office issuing level three heat warnings in London, south-east and east England, while Royal Ascot broke conventions and took the unprecedented step of relaxing its dress code.

Love Island puts reality TV back on top (we. 12th June)

Love Island puts reality TV back on top (we. 12th June)

It’s back! Yes, it may be sunny outside, but you can bet your last euro that ITV2’s annual behemoth, Love Island will have eyes glued and tongues a-wagging all summer long. And if this week’s opening coverage is anything to go by, it’s going to be another tantastic year for the show.