Amazon’s “Reacher” returned to Nielsen’s streaming top 10 at No. 2 during the Dec. 11-17 viewing window following the release of the first three episodes in Season 2 on Dec. 15. In its first three days of availability, the series snagged 1.7 billion viewing minutes. According to Nielsen, two-thirds of that audience belong to the ages 50+ demographic and 58% of the show’s viewers are male — a stat that has been carried over from Season 1.
For comparison, “Reacher” made its Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 debut during the January 31 – February 6, 2022 interval as the No. 2 overall title and totaled 1.84 billion viewing minutes following its Feb. 4 premiere. Since the first Season saw a binge release with all eight episodes available for streaming same day, the title racked up 1.8 billion minutes viewed for all eight episodes in just three days as opposed to Season 2’s initial drop of three episodes.
After cracking the chart last week at No. 1 with nearly 2 billion minutes viewed, “Leave the World Behind” remains at the top of Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings. In its first full week of availability, the film earned another impressive 1.95 billion minutes watched.
It was followed by “Young Sheldon,” which landed on Nielsen’s streaming chart three weeks ago after debuting on Netflix, despite it already being available on Max. Across both streamers from during the interval, the CBS comedy was watched for 1.43 billion minutes.
Also marking its return to Nielsen’s chart is “The Crown” which landed in fourth place following the Dec. 14 of the royal drama’s final episodes. The series earned 1.22 billion minutes viewed over the course of four days. It lands just ahead of “My Life With the Walter Boys,” which racked up 1.1 billion minutes viewed in its first week of availability following its Dec. 7 debut.
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” dropped to No. 7 on the chart with 898 million minutes watched after previously ranking third in the previous interval. Netflix’s “Obliterated” moved to No. 9 on this week’s rankings with 729 million minutes viewed after making its debut on the overall chart last week at No. 5 with 917 million minutes watched.
It’s also worth noting that “Barbie,” which landed on Max during this interval on Dec. 15, didn’t manage to land on the overall streaming chart, but opened at No. 3 on the movies chart with 518 million minutes viewed in its first three days of streaming.
Elsewhere on the list is “Grey’s Anatomy” (969 million), “Bluey” (818 million), and “NCIS” (722 million).
See Nielsen’s list of overall streaming rankings for Dec. 11-17 first, followed by original streaming titles, acquired titles and then films.
