EASTENDERS, Coronation Street and Emmerdale have all seen a drop in ratings as viewers have turned to streaming services like Netflix instead.
Over the last four years, Corrie’s audience figures have dropped by 19%, while Emmerdale has dropped by 22% and EastEnders is down by 37%.
According to The Mirror, the soaps are often beaten by shows such as Bradley Walsh’s Breaking Dad on ITV or The Repair Shop on BBC.
They report that EastEnders used to have 6.6million regular viewers in 2017, but by 2020 it had 5 million. Corrie meanwhile had an average of 7.6 million viewers that year but by last year had 6.7 million.
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