Only Murders in the Building, the popular comedy series, had its third-season premiere and achieved its highest viewership yet. The show, which premiered on Hulu on August 8, garnered 719 million minutes of watch time for the week of August 7-13. This marked a 24 percent increase from its previous best of 578 million minutes during the week of its season two finale in August 2022. Among original series, Only Murders in the Building ranked third and placed ninth overall in Nielsen’s rankings.
Another show that continued to dominate the streaming charts was Suits. The legal drama accumulated an impressive 3.01 billion minutes of viewing on both Netflix and Peacock. This accomplishment set a record in Nielsen’s weekly charts as the first show to record 3 billion or more minutes in seven consecutive weeks. Previous hits such as Stranger Things and Wednesday had higher peaks in viewership, but they weren’t able to sustain over 3 billion minutes for more than three weeks in a row.
On Netflix, the debut of the opioid-crisis drama Painkiller attracted significant attention, amassing 990 million minutes of viewing. Meanwhile, The Lincoln Lawyer maintained its position as the top original series for the second week in a row with 1.42 billion minutes watched. Netflix also had a successful movie premiere with Heart of Stone, starring Gal Gadot, which garnered 966 million minutes of watch time over its first three days.
The Summer I Turned Pretty, available on Prime Video, maintained its presence in the streaming charts for the fifth consecutive week with 457 million minutes viewed.
It’s important to note that Nielsen’s streaming ratings only cover viewing on TV sets and do not include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices. Additionally, the ratings reflect U.S. audiences and do not include viewership from other countries.
The top streaming titles for the week of August 7-13 are as follows:
Overall Rankings:
1. Suits (Netflix/Peacock) – 3.01 billion minutes viewed
2. The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix) – 1.42 billion minutes
3. Bluey (Disney+) – 1.07 billion minutes
4. Painkiller (Netflix) – 990 million minutes
5. Heart of Stone (Netflix) – 966 million minutes
6. Grey’s Anatomy (Netflix) – 849 million minutes
7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney+) – 811 million minutes
8. NCIS (Netflix/Paramount+) – 771 million minutes
9. Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) – 719 million minutes
10. Cocomelon (Netflix) – 654 million minutes
Top Original Series:
1. The Lincoln Lawyer – 1.42 billion minutes
2. Painkiller – 990 million minutes
3. Only Murders in the Building – 719 million minutes
4. Sweet Magnolias (Netflix) – 531 million minutes
5. The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video) – 457 million minutes
6. Gabby’s Dollhouse (Netflix) – 436 million minutes
7. The Witcher (Netflix) – 421 million minutes
8. Untold (Netflix) – 418 million minutes
9. Futurama (Hulu) – 363 million minutes
10. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) – 304 million minutes
Top Acquired Series:
1. Suits – 3.01 billion minutes
2. Bluey – 1.07 billion minutes
3. Grey’s Anatomy – 849 million minutes
4. NCIS – 771 million minutes
5. Cocomelon – 654 million minutes
6. The Big Bang Theory (Max) – 522 million minutes
7. SpongeBob SquarePants (Paramount+/Prime Video) – 519 million minutes
8. Heartland (Hulu/Netflix/Peacock) – 494 million minutes
9. SWAT (Hulu/Netflix/Paramount+) – 462 million minutes
10. Supernatural (Netflix) – 455 million minutes
Top Movies:
1. Heart of Stone – 966 million minutes
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – 811 million minutes
3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Peacock) – 598 million minutes
4. Despicable Me 2 (Netflix/Peacock) – 443 million minutes
5. Fatale (Netflix) – 316 million minutes
6. River Wild (2023) (Netflix) – 300 million minutes
7. Rio 2 (Disney+/Hulu/Prime Video) – 265 million minutes
8. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Paramount+) – 253 million minutes
9. Safe (2012) (Netflix) – 252 million minutes
10. Fast Five (Netflix) – 218 million minutes
