Top 10 Most Watched Shows on Streaming Services in the United States According to Nielsen Ranking

What do Americans like to watch right now? To find out, you have to take a look at the audiences of the programs broadcast on the various streaming services in the United States, which host the programs viewed around the world. Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Paramount+… The options are numerous, subscriptions too, but you still have to be able to make the right choice. According to the weekly Nielsen ranking of the most watched series of the moment, the platform with the red logo takes the lead in the click race with 7 programs in the top 10, ahead of Disney+ (2) then Apple TV+ (1). As much to warn you, the most watched series are perhaps not the ones you imagine, enough to allow you to form an opinion on the consumption habits of American spectators.

A political series and a torrid reality TV in mind

In the first place of the most popular programs of the moment in the United States with more than 21.7 million hours of viewing, we find The Diplomat, the Netflix series of the moment that mixes action and political intrigue against a backdrop of international crisis. After the attack on a British aircraft carrier that claims many victims, the English Prime Minister played by Rory Kinnear is jostling for justice. In his quest for revenge, he obtains the support of the embrace of the United States, which joins with the British intelligence services to bring down the designated culprit: Russia, the big villain par excellence of Hollywood films. In a diametrically opposed register, season 4 of reality TV Love is Blind imposes itself just behind with a small audience gap. On the menu of this program curtailed for its deplorable filming conditions, complete strangers who agree to marry.

Netflix series crush the competition

If Netflix presented declining figures in its latest report, it seems to have pulled out all the stops to make up for the loss of its subscribers. From the producers of A24, winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture with Everyone Everywhere All At Oncethe excellent series relentlessin which the American spectators take pleasure in finding the actor Steven Yeun discovered in The Walking Dead, grabbed fourth place in the rankings with nearly 15 million hours of viewing. Comes next Better Call Sallthe spin-off of Breaking Badwhich ended in 2022 at the end of its sixth season, just ahead of (surprise) the series for young children CoComelon et The Night Agentthe American spy series recently revealed on the platform which occupies the 7th place of the top with nearly 12 million hours of views in the last 7 days.

The fine performance of The Mandalorian south disney+

After a promotion with great fanfare, carried by a three-star cast, the Disney+ phenomenon series The Mandalorian rises to the top of the standings in second place. Season 2 of the spin-off from the Star Wars universe continues to rally fans around the world, with an estimated budget for each episode of $12.5 million. The audience success continues for one of the most expensive series in history, but above all, the very first live action series in the cinematographic universe of Georges Lucas. The ranking continues Apple TV+, which temporarily opens its catalog to Canal+ subscribers, does not admit defeat by managing to rally the American public around Ted Lasso, the sporty and addictive comedy that reaches 9th place. For the second time in this ranking, children’s programs seduce the American public, as evidenced by the popular success of Bluey, an Australian-first animated series that follows the high-energy adventures of a family of Australian cowherds. With all this, you have enough to relax and enrich your list of programs to discover soon, whatever your age and your tastes.

Article written in collaboration with 6Médias