All of the top 10 most-read stories for UK users on the platform were about COVID-19, it added. The announcement came as the world's biggest public service broadcaster comes under renewed scrutiny of its controversial licence-fee funding model.
The government has begun a review of the arrangement, which requires British households to pay just over £154 ($199, 170 euros) a year to watch live television.
In the last financial year to April 30, the broadcaster received £3.7 billion in funding from the licence fee - an enviable revenue stream in tough economic times for media organisations. But the government has said that in an era of live streaming, on-demand and subscription services, it may need to adapt and secure new sources of revenue.