For a second week in a row, The Watcher was the most streamed program for the week of October 17 according to the Nielsen Streaming Top 10 list.
The mystery thriller from executive producer Ryan Murphy, pulled in 2.6 billion viewing minutes, up +10% over the previous week.
The School For Good and Evil was the second most streamed program of the week with 1.06 billion viewing minutes, attracting a younger audience than The Watcher, with 12% falling into the 2-11 years old category. House of The Dragon came in third place with 1.01 billion viewing minutes, driven by an audience that was 38% aged 18-34. In comparison Lord of The Rings: Rings of Power pulled in 570 million viewing minutes. While Rings of Power didn’t make the Top 10 Streaming Programs list it landed on the Top 10 Streaming Original Programs list at No. 5.
Disney+’s Andor, a prequel to Star Wars: Rogue One captured an audience that was 37% aged 35-49 and 63% male, with 418 million viewing minutes.
Top 10 Streaming Programs
| Rank | Program | Platform | Minutes Viewed (Millions) |
# of Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Watcher | Netflix | 2,595 | 7 |
| 2. | The School for Good and Evil | Netflix | 1,058 | 1 |
| 3. | House of The Dragon | HBO Max | 1,013 | 10 |
| 4. | The Sinner | Netflix | 935 | 31 |
| 5. | The Blacklist | Netflix | 807 | 196 |
| 6. | NCIS | Netflix | 796 | 339 |
| 7. | Gilmore Girls | Netflix | 792 | 153 |
| 8. | Cocomelon | Netflix | 757 | 18 |
| 9. | Love is Blind | Netflix | 683 | 31 |
| 10. | Unsolved Mysteries (2020) | Netflix | 672 | 17 |
Top 10 Streaming Original Programs
| Rank | Program | Platform | Minutes Viewed (Millions) |
# of Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Watcher | Netflix | 2,595 | 7 |
| 2. | Love is Blind | Netflix | 683 | 31 |
| 3. | Unsolved Mysteries | Netflix | 672 | 17 |
| 4. | Dahmer (2022) | Netflix | 599 | 10 |
| 5. | The Lord of The Rings: Rings of Power | Prime Video | 570 | 8 |
| 6. | From Scratch (2022) | Netflix | 522 | 8 |
| 7. | Great British Baking Show | Netflix | 471 | 81 |
| 8. | The Midnight Club | Netflix | 418 | 10 |
| 9. | Andor | Disney+ | 418 | 7 |
| 10. | The Handmaid’s Tale | Hulu | 398 | 53 |
Top 10 Streaming Acquired Programs
| Rank | Program | Platform | Minutes Viewed (Millions) |
# of Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | House of The Dragon | HBO Max | 1,013 | 10 |
| 2. | The Sinner | Netflix | 935 | 31 |
| 3. | The Blacklist | Netflix | 807 | 196 |
| 4. | NCIS | Netflix | 796 | 339 |
| 5. | Gilmore Girls | Netflix | 792 | 153 |
| 6. | Cocomelon | Netflix | 757 | 18 |
| 7. | Grey’s Anatomy | Netflix | 563 | 396 |
| 8. | Bluey | Disney+ | 493 | 114 |
| 9. | The Simpsons | Disney+ | 452 | 667 |
| 10. | The Big Bang Theory | HBO Max | 450 | 265 |
Top 10 Streaming Movies
| Rank | Program | Platform | Minutes Viewed (Millions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The School for Good and Evil | Netflix | 1,058 |
| 2. | The Curse of Bridge Hollow | Netflix | 514 |
| 3. | Halloween Ends | Peacock | 389 |
| 4. | Hocus Pocus 2 | Disney+ | 386 |
| 5. | Luckiest Girl Alive (2022) | Netflix | 252 |
| 6. | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Disney+ | 224 |
| 7. | Sing 2 | Netflix | 216 |
| 8. | Dracula Untold (2014) | Netflix | 197 |
| 9. | Blackout (2018) | Netflix | 192 |
| 10. | Encanto | Disney+ | 189 |