Love Island release record-breaking viewing figures after massive series

It was a big one!

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 31st Jul 2018
Last updated 31st Jul 2018

It goes without saying that this year's series of Love Island has been one of the biggest ones yet. Although the reboot of the Love Island with "normal" people started in 2015, it's no surprise that the 2018 season has drawn the highest viewing figures so far.

ITV2 have now released the statistics for this year's series, revealing that the show has broken record viewing figures - and that this year's final drew a whopping 3.6 million viewers, which is amazingly 1 million more than last year.

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According to ITV2, last night's episode (30th July) was the most-watched programme in its slot across all channels and the most-watched programme for 16-34s with 1.6 million.

Not only that, but a further 1.9 million viewers tuned in online, watching on the ITV Hub player - and this year's series was watched by an average of 5 million viewers across all platforms. Wow!

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It's not just viewing figures that are hugely impressive - the accompanying app has been downloaded 3 million times, the Love Island Instagram profile has become the most-followed UK show with 2.1 million followers, and a HUGE 260,000 Love Island water bottles have been sold.

Off the back of the UK series, six more countries are following suit. Series two of the German Love Island will air later this summer, and the Australian version also launched this summer. There will also be versions of the show airing in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland later this year.

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Love Island 2018 ended last night after Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham won the show. Dani's famous dad Danny had a hilarious reaction to his daughter's win, taking to his Instagram Story with a brilliant video.

But it's not over yet - there's one more episode of Love Island to watch! The reunion show will air this Sunday (5th August).