Week of April 18 Nielsen Streaming Ratings: Better Call Saul Is Most-Streamed Program

By Rebecca Theodore-Vachon 

According to Nielsen streaming content data for the week of April 18, Better Call Saul on Netflix was the most-streamed program with 821 million viewing minutes, which coincided with the Season 6 premiere on AMC. Breaking Bad also landed on the Top 10 Streaming Acquired Programs list with 310 million minutes viewed.

Moon Knight continues to be a consistent performer for Disney+ pulling in 630 million minutes. Of interest, it is the most male-skewed across all that titles at 60%, with the highest concentration of viewing from Asian households (9%).

Bridgerton moved back into the No.1 spot on the Top 10 Streaming Original Programs list with 734 million minutes viewed, followed by the legal thriller Anatomy of a Scandal with 690 million minutes and in third place the Netflix docu-series The John Wayne Gacy Tapes with 684 million minutes. The Ultimatum, which finished No. 1 for the week of April 11, fell to No. 5. Netflix’s five-part docuseries Our Great National Parks, narrated by former President Barack Obama, earns a spot in the top 10 streaming originals at No. 10.

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All 10 of the top 10 acquired programs for the week are from Netflix.

On the film side, the Disney+ animated film Encanto continues to attract the masses and earned the top spot for the week of April 18 with 444 million minutes viewed. Fellow Disney+ offering Turning Red came in second with 378 million minutes and in third place White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch with 294 million minutes viewed on Netflix.

Nielsen Weekly Top 10 Streaming (Week of April 18, 2022)

Top 10 Streaming Programs

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. Better Call Saul Netflix 821 50
2. Bridgerton Netflix 734 16
3. CoComelon Netflix 730 18
4. Anatomy of a Scandal Netflix 960 6
5. The John Wayne Gacy Tapes Netflix 684 3
6. Heartland Netflix 631 225
7. Moon Knight Disney+ 630 4
8. NCIS Netflix 617 355
9. Criminal Minds Netflix 614 321
10. The Ultimatum: Marry or Move on Netflix 482 10

Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, AppleTV+ and Netflix), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television

Top 10 Streaming Original Programs

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. Bridgerton Netflix 734 16
2. Anatomy of a Scandal Netflix 690 6
3. The John Wayne Gacy Tapes Netflix 684 3
4. Moon Knight Disney+ 630 4
5. The Ultimatum: Marry or Move on Netflix 482 10
6. Selling Sunset Netflix 385 44
7. Outer Range Prime Video 384 8
8. Russian Doll Netflix 308 15
9. The Last Kingdom Netflix 278 46
10. Our Great National Parks Netflix 218 4

Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, AppleTV+ and Netflix), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television

Top 10 Streaming Acquired Programs

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. Better Call Saul Netflix 821 50
2. CoComelon Netflix 730 18
3. Heartland Netflix 631 225
4. NCIS Netflix 617 355
5. Criminal Minds Netflix 614 321
6. Queen of the South Netflix 473 62
7. Married at First Sight Netflix 466 50
8. The Fairly Oddparents Netflix 415 38
9. Grey’s Anatomy Netflix 346 386
10. Breaking Bad Netflix 310 62

Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, AppleTV+ and Netflix), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television

Top 10 Streaming Movies

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
1. Encanto Disney+ 444
2. Turning Red Disney+ 378
3. White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch Netflix 294
4. Cleaner Netflix 204
5. Moana Disney+ 150
6. Luca (2021) Disney+ 150
7. The Adam Project Netflix 138
8. How It Ends Netflix 137
9. Choose or Die Netflix 134
10. Sonic the Hedgehog Prime Video 127

Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, AppleTV+ and Netflix), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television

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