July 15, 2022

Film & TV

Netflix hit Stranger Things leads Nielsen streaming chart for fourth week

Netflix's biggest hit Stranger Things consecutively tops the Nielsen weekly chart for fourth time, Peaky Blinders ranks second

By Ellen James July 15, 2022
Stranger Things secures top spot on Nielsen weekly US streaming chart

Netflix itself has pronounced the show, Stranger Things as the biggest global hit - the show could not be brought down from the top spot in Nielsen's weekly US streaming rankings.

The show garnered a total of 2.95 billion minutes of watch time on Netflix for the week of June 13 to 19.

Nielsen reports U.S. streaming numbers released after a month’s delay for Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max and Apple TV+ - much before the streaming giant has already claimed the series huge.

Peaky Blinders also returned to Netflix with its sixth and final season, pulling 904 million minutes of viewing.

Prime Video’s The Boys and Disney’s Obi-Wan Kenobi each streamed for 795 and 733 million minutes of viewing time respectively.

Let's have a look on the chart's top 10:

Stranger Things (Netflix) – 32 episodes, 2.95 billion minutes of viewing

Peaky Blinders (Netflix) – 36 eps., 904 million min

NCIS (Netflix) – 354 eps., 817M min

The Boys (Prime Video) – 21 eps., 795M min

All American (Netflix) – 71 eps., 767M min

Hustle (Netflix) – film, 737M min

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+) – 5 eps., 733M min

Criminal Minds (Netflix) – 321 eps., 679M min

God’s Favorite Idiot (Netflix) – 8 eps., 652M min

Cocomelon (Netflix) – 18 eps., 600M min