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Outer Banks took over Nielsen’s U.S. streaming chart for the week of February 20 to 26. Following the release of Season 3 on February 23, the Netflix series drew nearly 3.2B viewing minutes during that measurement interval. According to Nielsen, nearly 1B of those viewing minutes (roughly a third)…

The conclusion of the NFL season led to an expected decline in TV usage, especially in broadcast, for the month of February. Despite the typical seasonal dip in viewing, New Amsterdam and The Last Of Us helped streaming stay strong. According to Nielsen’s monthly report The Gauge, average TV…

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever made quite the entrance on Disney+, debuting on Nielsen‘s U.S. streaming lists with 2.3B viewing minutes for the week of January 30 to February 5. The film, which hit the streaming service on February 1 after its November theatrical release, was the No. 1 streaming…

Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill‘s romantic comedy You People managed to unseat Ginny & Georgia atop the Nielsen U.S. streaming charts for the week of January 23 to January 29. The Netflix film racked up 1.6B viewing minutes in its opening weekend, while Ginny & Georgia took second place with 1.3B viewing…

The Last Of Us officially hit the Nielsen streaming charts for the week of January 16 to January 22 with 837M minutes viewed (No. 6). That outpaces viewership for another HBO hit, House of the Dragon, in the same interval. Despite premiering the week prior, the series didn’t make the charts because…

While streaming still dominates television viewership in the U.S., broadcast gained momentum in January in part due to the NFL playoffs, according to Nielsen‘s monthly report The Gauge. Broadcast content viewing rose by 2.1% in January, finishing the month at 24.9% of total TV usage. Sports viewing…

Netflix once again claimed the most titles among the Top 10 programs on Nielsen’s U.S. streaming chart for the week of January 2 to January 8. Ginny & Georgia, which debuted its second season on January 5, sat in the No. 1 spot with 2.5B viewing minutes. According to Nielsen, that number far…

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is breaking Nielsen streaming records in the U.S. The film became the most-streamed movie in a measurement week from December 26 to January 1 (its first full week on Netflix), surpassing Hocus Pocus 2 and Wonder Woman 1984. With 2.9B minutes viewed, it was the No. 1…

The results are in, and Netflix undoubtedly dominated the Nielsen U.S. streaming charts for 2022, led by originals including Stranger Things, Wednesday and Ozark — as well as acquisitions like Cocomelon and NCIS. The streamer took home 11 of the top 15 spots on the overall streaming program list, and…

Despite a 35% drop in viewership, Wednesday still reigned supreme on the Nielsen U.S. streaming Top 10 for the week of December 12 to December 18, capturing another 2.2B minutes viewed. The Jenna Ortega-led Netflix series accumulated 16.8B viewing minutes in its first four weeks of availability…

Media ratings consortium OpenAP and and the Video Advertising Bureau, have formed a joint committee with TV giants Fox, NBCUniversal, Paramount, TelevisaUnivision, and Warner Bros. Discovery, with the goal of pushing alternatives to Nielsen numbers. In an announcement, the committee said the goal is…

Netflix had four titles with over 1B viewing minutes for the week of December 5 to December 12, according to Nielsen’s U.S. streaming charts. Unsurprisingly, Wednesday was the top title of the week with another 3.3B minutes viewed. It far surpassed Firefly Lane, which was No. 2 on the list for the…