Week of April 4 Nielsen Streaming Ratings: Bridgerton Is Most-Streamed Program

By Rebecca Theodore-Vachon 

Netflix’s Bridgerton was the most viewed program on both the Top 10 Streaming Programs and Top 10 Original Programs lists, pulling in over 1.6 billion viewing minutes. According to Nielsen, Bridgerton’s viewing audience spans adults 18-64 and is 75% female.

Better Call Saul came in second with 915 million minutes, and also took the No.1 spot on the Top 10 Streaming Acquired Programs list.  The Netflix dating reality series The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On came in third with 838 million viewing minutes.

Disney+’s Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac, came in third on the Top 10 Streaming Original Programming list with 608 million viewing minutes. It was the top show this week for male viewers with 61% of its audience being male, and also skewed slightly younger with nearly two-thirds of the audience falling in the 18-49 demo.

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On the film side, the Disney+ animated feature Encanto came in first with 611 million viewing minutes, followed by Turning Red (564 million minutes) and in third place, Shrek Forever After with 323 million viewing minutes.

Nielsen Weekly Top 10 Streaming (Week of April 4, 2022)

Top 10 Streaming Programs

Rank Program Platform Minutes Viewed
(Millions)
# of Episodes
1. Bridgerton Netflix 1,621 16
2. Better Call Saul Netflix 915 50
3. The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On Netflix 838 8
4. Heartland Netflix 793 225
5. Cocomelon Netflix 771 18
6. NCIS Netflix 674 355
7. Encanto Disney+ 611 1
8. Moon Knight Disney+ 608 2
9. Turning Red Disney+ 564 1
10 Criminal Minds Netflix 538 321

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 1,621 16
2. The Ultimatum: Marry Or Move On Netflix 838 8
3. Moon Knight Disney+ 608 2
4. The Last Kingdom Netflix 487 46
5. Inventing Anna Netflix 339 9
6. Is It Cake? Netflix 338 8
7. Get Organized With The Home Edit Netflix 300 16
8. The Outlaws (2021) Prime Video 240 6
9. The Dropout (2022) Hulu 232 8
10 Ozark Netflix 227 37

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 915 50
2. Heartland Netflix 793 225
3. Cocomelon Netflix 771 18
4. NCIS Netflix 674 355
5. Criminal Minds Netflix 538 321
6. Queen of The South Netflix 476 62
7. Grey’s Anatomy Netflix 457 386
8. Seinfeld Netflix 355 166
9. Bluey Disney+ 326 87
10. Supernatural Netflix 305 328

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+ 611
2. Turning Red Disney+ 564
3. Shrek Forever After Netflix 323
4. Sing 2 Prime Video 226
5. All The Old Knives Prime Video 208
6. The Bubble (2022) Netflix 196
7. The Adam Project Netflix 191
8. Catch And Release (2006) Netflix 185
9. Without A Paddle Netflix 185
10. Moana Disney+ 177

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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