Two shows at the opposite ends of the entertainment spectrum topped the list of the most streamed shows last year, but it was a kid’s show that dominated streaming services.
That kid’s show was the hit cartoon from Australia, “Bluey,” which aired on Disney+ and had 55.62 billion viewing minutes, according to data compiled by Nielsen.
Nielsen counted the times that shows were streamed and found that “Bluey” blew the others out of the streaming waters.
It was followed by “Grey’s Anatomy” which had 47.85 billion minutes between Hulu and Netflix.
Here is the complete list of shows and how many minutes each were streamed:
- “Bluey” - 55.62 billion minutes
- “Grey’s Anatomy” - 47.85 billion minutes
- “Family Guy” - 42.44 billion minutes
- “Bob’s Burgers” - 36.8 billion minutes
- “NCIS” - 35.91 billion minutes
- “Young Sheldon” - 32.08 billion minutes
- “The Big Bang Theory” - 29.12 billion minutes
- “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” - 28.72 billion minutes
- “Criminal Minds” - 28.40 billion minutes
- “SpongeBob SquarePants” - 27.87 billion minutes
“The Big Bang Theory” was also the most binged, according to Nielsen. It had 265.5 episodes streamed per viewer on Max.
No original programming was among the top 10. “Bridgerton” was the highest original show with 21.42 billion viewing minutes.
The most popular new original drama was “Fallout” with 11.95 billion viewing minutes. It was followed by “Fool Me Once,” Nielsen found.
As for documentaries and unscripted programming, “American Nightmare” from Netflix had the most viewing with 3.57 billion minutes.
For films, “Moana” had the most with 13.03 billion minutes viewed.
Here’s the rest of the movies’ Top 10 list:
- “Moana”
- “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”
- “Red One”
- “Trolls Band Together”
- “Minions”
- “Encanto”
- “Frozen”
- “Paw Patrol: The Movie”
- “Inside Out”
- “Boss Baby”
Nielsen found that streaming increased by about 10% from 2023. More than 12 trillion minutes were streamed over 2024.
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