Sirens continued its reign atop Nielsen‘s streaming rankings for the week of May 26 through June 1, raking in another 1.5B minutes viewed.
That’s pretty on par with its premiere week performance, increasing just slightly from 1.4B. Per Nielsen, the Netflix series’ audience broadened a bit this week with adults 18-34 comprising 20% of the audience, compared to 15% over its first few days.
Sirens was the only title to surpass 1B viewing minutes during this interval, but there were still other success stories on the chart, including The Big Bang Theory‘s No. 2 spot on the overall charts. With 905M minutes viewed, this marks the first time that the series as reached the top of the acquired list, too.
Third place went to The Handmaid’s Tale, which ended its six-season run on May 27. The series generated 900M minutes viewed within the week the finale aired on Hulu, and it was the second most-streamed show of the week among women 18+ as well as the third most-streamed among adults 18-49 and 25-54.
Nielsen says that The Handmaid’s Tale tallied 2.6B minutes viewed from the Season 6 premiere on April 8 through the end of this interval.
Jon Hamm’s Your Friends and Neighbors made its Top 10 debut, finally cracking into the streaming originals rankings with the Season 1 finale launch on May 30. The series drew 392M minutes viewed. Nielsen reports that the core audience was adults 35-64, which made up 64% of the watch time, but interestingly the series had a rare 50/50 male-female audience split in its final week. The series was already been renewed for a second season months ahead of its premiere.
Netflix also seems to be seeing success with the Scottish original series Dept. Q. That hit the platform May 29 and quickly managed 749M minutes viewed, placing it at No. 9 on the overall streaming list. The 50+ crowd accounted for 76% of that.
In tenth place was Prime Video’s The Better Sister with 731M minutes viewed after a May 29 debut. It attracted a slightly younger audience with 62% falling into the 35-64 age range.
While The Last of Us didn’t crack the overall Top 10 during the week following its Season 2 finale, it did still generate 691M minutes viewed, putting it at No. 6 on the acquired list. Nielsen considers The Last of Us an acquired title, since it also airs on HBO and therefore Nielsen’s streaming measurement doesn’t fully capture the viewing for each episode.
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