Nielsen Streaming Top 10: ‘The Bear’ Cooks Up Over 1.2 Billion Minutes Watched With Season 3 Premiere
“The Bear” hit the Nielsen Streaming Top 10 charts with the launch of the hit show’s third season. For the week of June 24, the show pulled in 1.23 billion minutes watched which put it at No. 3 for the week.
The ranking is the latest good news for the culinary dramedy. The series recently broke the record for the most Emmy nominations for a comedy in a single year with 23.
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Seven of the 10 shows in the overall top 10 chart for the week had over 1 billion minutes watched. The others were: No. 1-“Your Honor” (1.58 billion); No. 2-“Dexter” (1.48 billion); No. 4-“The Boys” (1.18 billion); No. 5-“Bridgerton” (1.14 billion); No. 6-“Bluey” (1.1 billion); and “House of the Dragon” (1.05 billion).
With the billion minutes mark becoming more and more common, shows are having to pull in larger and larger viewership just to crack the top 10. According to Nielsen, 10th ranked “Family Guy,” with 892 million minute streamed on Hulu, was the most minutes streamed for a program in the number 10 spot in the history of the Nielsen streaming rankings.
Both “Dexter” and “Your Honor’s” streaming home is Paramount+, but both shows have rocketed up the rankings since becoming available on Netflix as well. Per Nielsen data, “Dexter” jumped 84% over its past performance after becoming available on Netflix beginning June 19. “Bluey” also remains a streaming powerhouse, hitting over 1 billion minutes for the 13th week in a row.
See Nielsen’s list of overall streaming rankings for June 24-30 first, followed by original streaming titles, acquired titles and then films.
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