Overview
- Nielsen’s midyear report shows Stranger Things set a single-week streaming record with 8.65 billion minutes in the week of Dec. 29, 2025 and totaled 23.26 billion minutes from Dec. 29, 2025 to June 28, 2026.
- Children’s series Bluey was a close second with 22.81 billion minutes and HBO Max’s The Pitt reached 21.12 billion minutes after a large season‑two lift that Warner Bros. Discovery corroborated.
- The Top 10 list is dominated by library and linear‑first shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and The Big Bang Theory, which benefit from long runs and repeated availability on multiple platforms.
- Unscripted series and kids content also drove big viewing totals with Peacock’s The Traitors at 7.74 billion minutes, Love Island USA at 7.62 billion minutes, and Zootopia 2 leading movie viewing at 6.54 billion minutes on Disney+.
- Nielsen’s minutes‑based window favors big events and longstanding catalog titles and can diverge from multiplatform L+35 metrics that industry players use to weigh production costs and renewal decisions.