Streaming Ratings: ‘Prison Break’ Absconds With No. 1 Overall Ranking
In its second week on Netflix, Prison Break rocketed to the top of Nielsen’s streaming rankings.
The former Fox series, which also streams on Hulu, was added to Netflix on July 29 and made its streaming chart debut that week. For the week of Aug. 5-11, it more than doubled the previous frame’s viewing time, rising from 758 million to 1.6 billion minutes. (Hulu, incidentally, is developing a new version of Prison Break with Mayans MC showrunner Elgin James.)
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Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy — whose final season premiered Aug. 8 — was the top original series for the week, coming in at 1.46 billion minutes of viewing. That’s a strong showing, but also down a good amount from the 2.45 billion minutes the show recorded the week of its season three premiere in June 2022.
The Umbrella Academy was the only original title to make the overall top 10; none did in the previous week, the first time that’s happened in four years of Nielsen rankings. The Olympics likely played a part; the games concluded on Aug. 11 having racked up 23.5 billion minutes of viewing on Peacock and other NBCUniversal digital platforms over their two-plus weeks.
Bluey (1.03 billion minutes on Disney+) was the only other show to get more than a billion minutes of viewing for the week. House of the Dragon (935 million minutes on Max) saw its streak of seven straight weeks above 1 billion end the week after its season two finale. CBS’ Fire Country (765 million minutes) made its first appearance on the charts; its two seasons stream on Netflix and Paramount+.
Also, one of the the longest streaks in the history of the Nielsen rankings ended: NCIS fell out of the top 10 for the first time since December 2020, closing a string of 188 weeks on the charts.
Nielsen’s streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don’t include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices. The ratings only measure U.S. audiences, not those in other countries. The top streaming titles for Aug. 5-11, 2024, are below.
Overall
1. Prison Break (Hulu/Netflix), 1.6 billion minutes viewed
2. The Umbrella Academy (Netflix), 1.46 billion
3. Bluey (Disney+), 1.03 billion
4. Grey’s Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix), 940 million
5. House of the Dragon (Max), 935 million
6. Family Guy (Hulu), 881 million
7. Fire Country (Netflix/Paramount+), 765 million
8. Bob’s Burgers (Hulu), 705 million
9. Game of Thrones (Max), 689 million
10. Dexter (Netflix/Paramount+), 673 million
Original Series
1. The Umbrella Academy, 1.46 billion minutes
2. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (Netflix), 578 million
3. The Boys (Prime Video), 457 million
4. Love Island (Hulu/Netflix/Peacock), 437 million
5. Evil (Netflix/Paramount+), 413 million
6. Gabby’s Dollhouse (Netflix), 410 million
7. Unsolved Mysteries (Netflix), 408 million
8. Futurama (Hulu), 348 million
9. Cobra Kai (Netflix), 295 million
10. Love of My Life (Netflix), 282 million
Acquired Series
1. Prison Break, 1.6 billion minutes
2. Bluey, 1.03 billion
3. Grey’s Anatomy, 940 million
4. House of the Dragon, 935 million
5. Family Guy, 881 million
6. Fire Country, 765 million
7. Bob’s Burgers, 705 million
8. Game of Thrones, 689 million
9. Dexter, 673 million
10. SpongeBob SquarePants (Paramount+), 649 million
Movies
1. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (Netflix/Paramount+), 612 million minutes
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Hulu), 435 million
3. Jack Reacher (2012) (Netflix/Paramount+), 374 million
4. Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (Netflix), 354 million
5. Trolls Band Together (Netflix), 338 million
6. Red (2010) (Netflix), 251 million
7. Moana (Disney+), 229 million
8. White Chicks (Netflix), 217 million
9. Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat (2003) (Netflix), 203 million
10. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Netflix), 199 million
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