Top research, analytics and tracking company Nielsen has released its expanded streaming charts for the US, for the New Year week. And the top spot has been bagged by none other than Netflix’s super successful Shonda Rhimes show, Bridgerton.
Bridgerton clocked in a massive 2.648 billion minutes of viewing between 28th December to 3rd January. The series was followed by Cobra Kai and Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina for the next two spots with 2.606 billion minutes and 961 million minutes of viewing. Both are Netflix originals. Netflix dominated the Top Ten list, in which The Mandalorian is the only non-Netflix show to get a spot – it is at the 5th place, with 707 million minutes of viewing.
For the first time in its short span of tracking streaming content in the US, Nielsen has released three separate lists – one for Originals, one for movies and one for acquired shows. It will continue to track and rank streaming content according to the aforementioned three lists.
Here are all the three Nielsen’s Top Ten lists in full (Source: Deadline) –
TOP 10 ORIGINALS
Bridgerton – 8 episodes, 2.648 billion minutes
Cobra Kai – 30 eps., 2.606B min.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina – 36 eps., 961M min.
The Crown – 40 eps, 797M min.
The Mandalorian (Disney+) – 16 eps., 707M min.
Virgin River – 20 eps., 662M min.
The Queen’s Gambit – 7 eps., 607M min.
Death to 2020 – special, 519M min.
The Great British Baking Show – 65 eps., 445M min.
Designated Survivor – 53 eps., 241M min.
TOP 10 ACQUIRED TITLES
The Office – 192 eps., 937M min.
Grey’s Anatomy – 366 eps., 835M min.
Schitt’s Creek – 80 eps., 816M min.
New Girl – 146 eps., 728M min.
Criminal Minds – 278 eps., 711M min.
NCIS – 353 eps., 553M min.
Supernatural – 327 eps., 526M min.
Shameless – 122 eps., 329M min.
The Blacklist – 152 eps., 291M min.
Imposters – 20 eps., 279M min.
TOP 10 MOVIES
Soul (Disney+) – 1.343B min.
We Can Be Heroes – 626M min.
The Midnight Sky – 491M min.
Unknown – 307M min.
Frozen II (Disney+) – 238M min.
Mulan (Disney+) – 219M min.
The Croods – 185M min.
Rango (Amazon Prime Video) – 161M min.
17 Again – 155M min.
Moana (Disney+) – 144M min.