The landmark number reflects the growing impact of Times Radio’s fast-growing news channel on YouTubeIn the past five years, the Times Radio YouTube channel has seen huge successes covering UK and world politics, global security and real-life stories. From the first piece of content ever posted — an interview with then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the day the station launched — the visualised channel for Times Radio now enjoys 58 million views on YouTube every month. “Hitting one billion lifetime channel views is a testament to the focus and hard work done on a daily basis by a video team turning brilliant radio into a brilliant video experience whilst also creating premium audience-focused original content.”Tim Levell, programme director, Times Radio, said: “The growth of video content from Times Radio has been nothing short of extraordinary. Listeners have always loved the intelligent, in-depth interviews on Times Radio, in which presenters give expert guests the space to speak without interruption. The whole team at Times Radio has taken great pleasure in seeing the runaway success of the brand on the world’s dominant video-viewing platform.”
