The summer of streaming has been heating up big time for the last several weeks and now the numbers are in to prove it.Nielsen has reported its streaming numbersfor the week from the Fourth of July, 7/01-7/07, and for the first time in recorded history, every show in the top 10 has over 1 billion minutes viewed. At the start of June, beforeThe Boys,The Acolyte,House of the Dragon, andThe Bearpremiered, everyone knew it was going to be a busy summer, and althoughThe Acolytedidn’t make it onto the list in the top 10, the rest of its competitors flourished. However, taking the #1 spot during the week of the Fourth of July isBeverly Hills Cop: Axel F, the Netflix legacy sequel starringEddie Murphy, which finished the week with more than 2.1 billion minutes viewed.
Landing in the number two spot in the Nielsen top 10 isSuits, which is streaming on both Netflix andPeacockand racked up nearly 1.5 billion minutes viewed despite being on streaming for more than a year now. Soaring to the third spot on the list is the HBO original seriesHouse of the Dragon, which had aired its fourth episode in Season 2 to that point and finished the week just shy of 1.3 billion minutes viewed. In the fourth and fifth spots, respectively, areYour Honor(1.2 billion minutes viewed), currently streaming on Netflix andParamount+, andThe Bear(1.2 billion minutes viewed), streaming exclusively on Hulu.
‘The Boys’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Round Out the Nielsen Top 10
Rounding out the bottom five spots in the Nielsen top 10 for the week of July Fourth isDexter, which can be found on Netflix and Paramount+ with 1.2 billion minutes viewed,Prime Video’sThe Boyshauling in over 1.1 billion minutes viewed, and evenBlueyonDisney+falling just short of 1.1 billion minutes viewed. In the last two spots areFamily Affair, the Netflix original age gap romantic comedy with 1 billion minutes viewed, and the medical proceduralGrey’s Anatomyclawing narrowly into the top 10 with just over 1 billion minutes viewed as well. The power ofNetflixis on full display, claiming the home to six projects in the Nielsen top 10 and hauling in more than 7 billion views.
All projects on the Nielsen top 10 can be found on the streaming services listed in the chart above. Stay tuned to Collider for future streaming updates and watchHouse of the Dragonexclusively onMax.
House of the Dragon
The reign of House Targaryen begins with this prequel to the popular HBO seriesGame of Thrones.Based on George R.R. Martin’sFire & Blood,House of the Dragonis set nearly 200 years beforeGame of Thrones, telling the story of the Targaryen civil war with King Viserys.
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