Netflix might need reported a drop in subscribers for the primary time ever final yr, however that didn’t cease the streamer from dominating the Nielsen U.S. streaming charts for 2022.
Stranger Things did a lot of the heavy lifting, with a reported 52 billion minutes considered throughout all of its 4 seasons — the present’s fourth season premiered final yr in two separate elements. As a end result, the favored sci-fi horror drama took the primary spot on each the Overall Streaming checklist and the Streaming Originals checklist.
It wasn’t simply Stranger Things, although, as Netflix applications took up 11 of the 15 prime spots on the Overall Streaming checklist and 13 on the Streaming Originals. This included Ozark, which landed at No. 2 on the originals chart and No. 4 on the general chart with 31.3 billion minutes considered. And current hit Wednesday, which positioned at No. 3 on the originals checklist (and No. 12 general) with 18.6 billion viewing minutes.
Other Netflix originals featured within the checklist embrace Bridgerton, Cobra Kai, Dahmer, Love Is Blind, Virgin River, Inventing Anna, and The Crown.
Meanwhile, Prime Video landed two spots within the originals chart with The Boys (at No. 11) and The Rings of Power (at No. 15), whereas Disney+ appeared 3 times within the general chart with Encanto, Bluey, and The Simpsons.
Long-running procedural NCIS additionally got here in at No. 2 on the general checklist, whereas the kids’s present Cocomelon secured the No. 3 spot. Other traditional exhibits corresponding to Seinfeld, Gilmore Girls, and Grey’s Anatomy additionally appeared on the chart.
Check out the total charts under.
