Editing BBC Radio 1 (section)

===Online visualisation and social media===
In recent years Radio 1 has used social media to help reach a younger audience. Its YouTube channel now has over 7.5&nbsp;million subscribers.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Radio 1 – YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/bbcradio1|url-status=live|access-date=30 July 2021|website=BBC Radio 1 – YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114161512/http://www.youtube.com/user/bbcradio1|archive-date=14 November 2009}}</ref> The highest viewed videos on the channel are predominately live music performances from the [[Live Lounge]].

The station also has a heavy presence on social media, with audience interaction occurring through Facebook and Twitter as well as [[Short Message Service|text messaging]].

It was announced in 2013 that Radio 1 had submitted plans to launch its own dedicated video channel on the [[BBC iPlayer]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/radio-1-channel.html|title = BBC Media Centre|date = 7 October 2013|website = Radio 1 to have own channel on BBC iPlayer|publisher = BBC|access-date = 11 August 2014|archive-date = 8 January 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150108000345/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/radio-1-channel.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> where videos of live performances as well as some features and shows would be streamed in a central location. Plans were approved by the [[BBC Trust]] in November 2014 and the channel launched on 10 November 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://radiotoday.co.uk/2014/11/launch-date-set-for-radio-1s-iplayer-channel/|title = Launch date set for Radio 1's iPlayer channel|date = 3 November 2014|access-date =3 November 2014 |website = Radio Today|last =Martin |first =Roy }}</ref>