‘Virgin River’ Dethrones ‘Fits’ in Streaming Rankings

Fits‘ three-month stranglehold on the highest of the Nielsen streaming charts has come to an finish.

Netflix’s Virgin River moved forward of Fits and claimed the No. 1 general spot for the week of Sept. 11-17. The drama, whose fifth season premiered Sept. 7, improved by 7 p.c from the earlier week with 2.05 billion minutes of viewing. Fits, in the meantime, slipped by 19.5 p.c to a nonetheless very robust 1.9 billion minutes and was second general. The previous USA Community sequence had spent the earlier 12 weeks at No. 1.

The Morning Present turned the third Apple TV+ sequence (after Ted Lasso and Hijack) to make the streaming rankings. It completed eighth amongst unique sequence for the week of its season three premiere with 350 million minutes of viewing. Netflix’s German thriller Expensive Baby moved as much as second amongst originals with 720 million minutes.

On the film charts, Elemental scored a giant streaming debut on Disney+ with 1.73 billion minutes of viewing. That’s the equal of virtually 17.1 million full showings — or what’s now labeled as a streaming “view” — of the Pixar movie. The Nielsen determine represents about 65 p.c of the 26.4 million worldwide views Disney+ reported for the movie’s first 5 days on the platform. Prime Video’s documentary Kelce drew 179 million minutes of viewing; the streamer had earlier stated it was probably the most watched documentary characteristic ever on the platform in the US.

Nielsen’s streaming rankings cowl viewing on TV units solely and don’t embody minutes watched on computer systems or cell units. The rankings solely measure U.S. audiences, not these in different international locations. The highest streaming titles for Sept. 11-17 are beneath.

General

1. Virgin River (Netflix), 2.05 billion minutes seen
2. Fits (Netflix/Peacock), 1.9 billion
3. Elemental (Disney+), 1.73 billion
4. Bluey (Disney+), 835 million
5. Gray’s Anatomy (Netflix), 834 million
6. SWAT (Hulu/Netflix/Paramount+), 798 million
7. Expensive Baby (Netflix), 720 million
8. Cocomelon (Netflix), 666 million
9. One Piece (Netflix), 663 million
10. NCIS (Netflix/Paramount+), 603 million

Authentic Sequence

1. Virgin River, 2.05 billion minutes
2. Expensive Baby, 720 million
3. One Piece, 663 million
4. Ahsoka (Disney+), 577 million
5. Solely Murders within the Constructing (Hulu), 456 million
6. The Wheel of Time (Prime Video), 423 million
7. Glow Up (Netflix), 399 million
8. The Morning Present (Apple TV+), 350 million
9. Futurama (Hulu), 349 million
10. Spy Ops (Netflix), 288 million

Acquired Sequence

1. Fits, 1.9 billion minutes
2. Bluey, 835 million
3. Gray’s Anatomy, 834 million
4. SWAT, 798 million
5. Cocomelon, 666 million
6. NCIS, 603 million
7. Gilmore Ladies (Netflix), 549 million
8. The Huge Bang Concept (Max), 460 million
9. Heartland (Hulu/Netflix/Peacock), 428 million
10. Associates (Max), 400 million

Films

1. Elemental, 1.73 billion minutes
2. The Little Mermaid (Disney+), 588 million
3. Quick X (Peacock), 272 million
4. Woody Woodpecker (Netflix), 260 million
5. Love at First Sight (Netflix), 233 million
6. Moana (Disney+), 219 million
7. A Million Miles Away (Prime Video), 216 million
8. The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film (Peacock), 196 million
9. Kelce (Prime Video), 179 million
10. The Wolf of Wall Avenue (Netflix/Paramount+), 160 million