Wednesday Wins Nielsen Streaming Top 10, Week of Nov. 28

By Rebecca Theodore-Vachon 

For a second week, Wednesday was the most streamed program, according to Nielsen streaming Top 10 list.

The mystery teen thriller pulled in 5.3 billion minutes viewed. It is the seventh time that a streaming program has surpassed over 5 billion minutes of viewing. With the news, Wednesday joins Netflix royalty, including Stranger Things, Tiger King and Ozark. One-third of the viewing audience was in the 18-34 age range, and 25% of viewers were Hispanic.

The Norwegian horror film Troll was the most streamed movie of the week with 880 million minutes viewed, with the viewing demographic 23% Black and 27% Hispanic.

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Prime Video’s Peripheral made the Top 10 Streaming Originals list with 394 million minutes viewed thanks to a mostly male-skewing audience aged 35-64.

Yellowstone made the Top 10 Streaming Acquired list, drawing in 652 million minutes viewed, one-third of viewers from the 50-64 age group.

 

Top 10 Streaming Programs

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. Wednesday Netflix 5,326 8
2. Firefly Lane Netflix 967 19
3. Dead To Me Netflix 898 30
4. Troll Netflix 880 1
5. Cocomelon Netflix 873 18
6. The Crown Netflix 814 50
7. Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields Netflix 737 3
8. NCIS Netflix 705 339
9. Bullet Train Netflix 701 1
10. Manifest Netflix 680 52

 

Top 10 Streaming Original Programs

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. Wednesday Netflix 5,326 8
2. Firefly Lane Netflix 967 19
3. Dead To Me Netflix 898 30
4. The Crown Netflix 814 50
5. Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields Netflix 737 3
6. Manifest Netflix 680 52
7. 1899 Netflix 566 8
8. The Peripheral Prime Video 394 8
9. The Unbroken Voice Netflix 379 61
10. The Santa Clauses Disney+ 349 4

 

Top 10 Streaming Acquired Programs

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. Cocomelon Netflix 873 18
2. NCIS Netflix 705 339
3. Yellowstone Peacock 652 38
4. Friends HBO Max 652 235
5. Gilmore Girls Netflix 619 153
6. Grey’s Anatomy Netflix 575 396
7. The White Lotus HBO Max 548 12
8. Bluey Disney+ 535 114
9. Criminal Minds Hulu 528 326
10. The Big Bang Theory HBO Max 493 265

 

Top 10 Streaming Movies

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
1. Troll Netflix 880
2. Bullet Train Netflix 701
3. The Noel Diary Netflix 517
4. Home Alone Disney+ 480
5. Slumberland Netflix 333
6. My Name is Vendetta Netflix 316
7. How The Grinch Stole Christmas HBO Max 269
8. Elf HBO Max 257
9. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Disney+ 256
10. The Swimmers Netflix 245

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