“Suits” had its second week in the No. 1 position on Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings thanks to its recent debut on Netflix. During the June 26-July 2 viewing window, the legal drama became the most-watched acquired title every recorded by Nielsen, with 3.1 billion minutes watched across both Netflix and Peacock. This also marks an improvement of 36% from last week’s 2.3 billion minutes.
Second place went to “The Witcher” after Netflix released the first five episodes of Season 3. The fantasy series brought in 1.3 billion viewing minutes this window, during which the new episodes were available for four days. Season 3 was highly anticipated, as it marks Henry Cavill’s final outing as Geralt of Rivia, the lead character — in Season 4, Liam Hemsworth will play the role. “The Witcher” will likely remain on the Top 10 for weeks to come, as the final three episodes of Season 3 were released on July 27.
After taking fifth place last week, “The Bear” rose to No. 2 with just over one billion minutes watched from June 26 to July 2, an 18% improvement from the 853 million minutes it clocked the week before. This viewing window marked the first full week of availability of Season 2.
In its seventh week in a row on the Streaming Top 10, “S.W.A.T.” was watched for 891 million minutes across Hulu, Netflix and Paramount+, prompted by the ending of Season 6 and CBS’ cancellation of the series before deciding to reverse the decision and renew it for a seventh and final installation.
At No. 6 with 803 million minutes watched was “Bluey,” the preschool animated series that makes the chart most weeks. Other frequently watched titles on this week’s chart include “Grey’s Anatomy” at No. 8 with 734 million minutes, “The Big Bang Theory” at No. 9 with 602 million and “NCIS” at No. 10 with 579 million.
The No. 7 spot went to “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” the Amazon Prime Video series that released the first two episodes of its fourth and final season on June 30. The series was watched for 778 million minutes during this viewing window.
See Nielsen’s list of overall streaming rankings for June 26-July 2 first, followed by original streaming titles, acquired titles and then films.
