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Prime Video’s “Reacher” topped Nielsen’s streaming chart for the second time to date with nearly 1.5 billion viewing minutes.
“Reacher” scored 1.49 billion viewing minutes during the week of Feb. 24, surpassing viewership for Netflix’s “Zero Day,” which came in just below “Reacher” with 1.48 billion viewing minutes during the same interval. With the slight lead over “Zero Day,” “Reacher” took the No. 1 spot on Nielsen’s top 10 most-watched streaming charts, marking the second time the Prime Video has landed in the top spot.
Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” came next in third place on the list with 1.22 billion viewing minutes, marking the 34th time the show has made it into the overall streaming top 10. With this interval, “Love Is Blind” became the most-watched unscripted streaming show of all time and most-watched streaming original when it comes to the total times the show has appeared on Nielsen’s streaming top 10.
“Love Is Blind” was followed by “Running Point,” which debuted on Feb. 27 to 1.05 billion viewing minutes in its first several days on the streamer, landing in the No. 4 spot on the overall list. Usual Nielsen heavy hitters “Family Guy” and “Bluey” came next with 957 and 927 million viewing minutes, respectively.
“The White Lotus,” which aired its third episode during the interval, made it into the overall top 10 list with 807 million views on Max, surpassing the 622 million views brought in by “Severance” on Apple TV+, which landed No. 6 on the streaming originals list. “Severance” also spent its seventh week in a row on the top 10 originals since its Season 2 premiere on Jan. 17.
Meanwhile Hulu’s “Paradise” scored 566 million viewing minutes during the interval, landing in the No. 8 spot on the streaming originals list, while “Yellowjackets” garnered 583 million viewing minutes on Paramount+, ranking as the No. 10 most-watched acquired program.
And on the film front, “Despicable Me 4” and “Venom: The Last Dance” by far led the charge with 921 and 913 million viewing minutes, respectively, more than doubling the No. 3 movie on the list, “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” which logged 439 million viewing minutes on Netflix and Paramount+.
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