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The 10 Most Watched Shows Of 2025 per Nielsen Ratings (www.forbes.com)
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[–] memfree@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Wait. Yesterday the OP, @Skavau@piefed.social, posted this that says Bluey topped Nielson with 25 billion minutes:

Six out of the top 20 most-streamed titles from January through June fell into the animation category (No. 1 “Bluey,” No. 4 “Family Guy,” No. 5 “Bob’s Burgers,” No. 6 “SpongeBob SquarePants,” No. 12 “American Dad!” and No. 20 “South Park”).

“Grey’s Anatomy” came in at No. 2 overall with more than 22 billion minutes streamed across 449 episodes on Hulu and Netflix, while “NCIS” topped 19 billion minutes across 488 episodes on Paramount+, Hulu and Netflix and charted at No. 3 overall.

A number of series with smaller libraries of episodes punched above their weight on the overall list.

“Squid Game” on Netflix accrued more than 15 billion viewing minutes across just 22 total episodes, securing the No. 9 spot overall and No. 1 among original series.

... so even though the Forbes article doesn't SAY it, perhaps Forbes is only counting streaming-only original series rather than streaming-and-broadcast?

Yes. Looking at Hollywood Reporter, we have more lists that explain the breakdown of Original Series versus Overall. They also list Acquired Series and Movies. Overall:

Overall

Bonus! Here's the most recent 35 day I found -- from Variety:

    1. Squid Game (Netflix) 27.1 million
    1. Adolescence (Netflix) 19.0 million
    1. Reacher (Amazon Prime) 18.1 million
    1. Tracker (CBS) 17.5 million
    1. Matlock (CBS) 16.1 million
  • tie High Potential (ABC) 16.1 million
    1. Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story (Netflix) 15.7 million
  • tie Zero Day (Netflix) 15.7 million
    1. Nobody Wants This (Netflix) 15.2 million
    1. Landman (Paramount+) 15.0 million
    1. The Night Agent (Netflix) 14.8 million
    1. American Primeval (Netflix) 13.8 million
    1. Running Point (Netflix) 13.1 million
    1. A Man on the Inside (Netflix) 12.4 million
    1. Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (CBS) 12.1 million
  • tie Ghosts (CBS) 12.1 million
    1. Will Trent (ABC) 11.6 million
    1. Elsbeth (CBS) 11.5 million
  • tie Watson (CBS) 11.5 million
  • tie 1923 (Paramount+) 11.5 million
  • tie Ms. Rachel (Netflix/YouTube) 11.5 million

Source: Nielsen panel-only P2+ prime AA, Live+35, 9/15/24-3/15/25 +Nielsen SCR, 35 Day Total Flight for streaming. Excludes sports, specials and repeat programs Note: Regularly scheduled programs with fewer than four episodes in a completed season are not included in this program ranking.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Amazing that “Will Trent” scores that high.