Love Island has been revealed as the most complained about TV show of 2023, according to a new analysis.

Online casino site Casino Alpha analysed Ofcom Audience Complaint data between January and August 2023, to determine which TV shows have received the highest number of complaints from viewers.

Love Island was revealed to be the most complained about TV show of 2023, with a staggering 4,333 total Ofcom complaints across the two series that have aired on ITV2 so far this year.

The most critical response to a single episode followed the ‘Movie Night’ episode which aired on 9 July this year and resulted in 957 complaints. According to the public watchdog, the majority of these complaints were in response to the alleged bullying of Scott by the other islanders.

A further 913 complaints were made in response to Love Island’s 25 July episode, which saw Mitch take to the stage for the ‘Grafties’ and generated a number of complaints surrounding bullying behaviour towards his co-star Abi.

The 10 most complained about TV shows of 2023

Rank

Programme

Service

Total number of complaints

1.

Love Island

ITV2

4,333

2.

The Jeremy Vine Show

Channel 5

2,250

3.

Naked Education

Channel 4

1,413

4.

Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat

Channel 4

801

5.

Britain’s Got Talent

ITV1

728

6.

Scared of the Dark

Channel 4

302

7.

Good Morning Britain

ITV1

155

8.

Coronation Street

ITV1

144

9.

Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway

ITV1

130

10.

Dancing on Ice

ITV1

112