Stranger Things Dominates Nielsen Streaming Ratings for Week of June 6

By Rebecca Theodore-Vachon 

Once again, Stranger Things dominated the Nielsen Streaming Top 10 list. According to the June 6 report, the horror-fantasy series was the most-streamed program with 4.2 billion viewing minutes. Stranger Things has held three of the top five weeks recorded by Nielsen.

Hustle, starring Adam Sandler and Queen Latifah, came in second and took the No.1 spot on the Top 10 Streaming Movies list with 1.2 billion viewing minutes. Of the viewing demographic, 23% came from Hispanic homes and were split evenly among 18-64-year-olds and a high concentration in the 35-49 age group.

The CW sports series All American took the No.3 spot, pulling in 1.2 billion viewing minutes and took the top spot on the Top 10 Streaming Acquired Programs list. All American has the second-highest concentration of African-American viewers, skewed to the 18-34 age group.

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The Amazon superhero series The Boys was the fourth most-streamed program with 919 million viewing minutes and came in second on the Top 10 Streaming Original Programs list. Meanwhile, Disney+’s Ms. Marvel came in tenth with 249 million viewing minutes.

Obi-Wan Kenobi consistently performs for Disney+ with 683 million viewing minutes. In addition, Encanto had 348 million viewing minutes, and Turning Red had 198 million viewing minutes for the streaming platform.

HBO Max cracked the Nielsen charts with Fantastic Beasts: The Secret of Dumbledore and the comedy series Friends and The Big Bang Theory. Fantastic Beasts was the fifth most-streamed movie with 273 million viewing minutes. Friends and The Big Bang Theory made the Top 10 Streaming Acquired Programs list with 433 million and 305 million viewing minutes, respectively.

 

Top 10 Streaming Programs 

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. Stranger Things Netflix 4,226 32
2. Hustle Netflix 1,218 1
3. All American Netflix 1,149 71
4. The Boys Amazon 919 20
5. NCIS Netflix 848 354
6. Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey Netflix 720 4
7. The Lincoln Lawyer Netflix 683 10
8. Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ 682 4
9. Cocomelon Netflix 664 18
10. Peaky Blinder Netflix 635 36

 

Top 10 Streaming Original Programs 

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. Stranger Things Netflix 4,226 32
2. The Boys Amazon 919 20
3. Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey Netflix 720 4
4. The Lincoln Lawyer Netflix 683 10
5. Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ 682 4
6. Peaky Blinders Netflix 635 36
7. Ozark Netflix 568 44
8. Floor is Lava Netflix 350 15
9. First Kill Netflix 331 8
10. Ms. Marvel Disney+ 249 1

 

Top 10 Streaming Acquired Programs 

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. All American Netflix 1,149 71
2. NCIS Netflix 848 354
3. Cocomelon Netflix 664 18
4. Criminal Minds Netflix 626 321
5. Friends HBO Max 433 236
6. Heartland Netflix 400 223
7. Grey’s Anatomy Netflix 399 392
8. Outlander Netflix 326 67
9. Bluey Disney+ 306 87
10. The Big Bang Theory HBO Max 305 279

 

Top 10 Streaming Movies 

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. Hustle Netflix 1,218 1
2. Interceptor (2022) Netflix 413 1
3. Encanto Disney+ 348 1
4. The Amazing Spider-Man Netflix 302 1
5. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore HBO Max 273 1
6. Top Gun (1986) Amazon 244 1
7. Turning Red Disney+ 198 1
8. Titanic (1997) Netflix 149 1
9. 10,000 BC Netflix 131 1
10. Mission: Impossible Netflix 130 1

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