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“Reacher” Season 2 hit Amazon Prime Video in its premiere week, according to the latest Nielsen metrics.
In the week from December 18th to 24th, the action drama achieved a total of 1.2 billion minutes of viewing time. “Reacher” ranked 2nd in the period and 1st in the streaming original rankings. At this point, only his first three episodes of the Amazon series had premiered. It’s also worth noting that this measurement includes all episodes of “Reacher,” not just season 2.
The top-ranked title on Nielsen’s list is “Young Sheldon,” which recently became available to stream on Netflix and is now available to stream on Max. The Big Bang Theory spin-off achieved 1.4 billion minutes of viewing time during the week.
Following “Young Sheldon” and “Reacher,” Netflix’s “The Crown” (1.14 billion minutes watched) released its final batch of episodes during the week. This was followed by Netflix’s Sam Esmail’s dramatic film Leave the World Behind (983 million viewers) and Netflix’s Zack Snyder’s sci-fi blockbuster Rebel Moon: Part 1 (900 million viewers). (66 million views) followed in fourth and fifth place on the overall list.
Aside from “Reacher” and “Young Sheldon,” the only non-Netflix titles on the overall list were Disney+’s “Bluey” (925 million minutes watched) and the Will Ferrell-starring Christmas comedy “Elf.” (862 million minutes of viewing time). will be available on Hulu and Max in late 2023, along with Disney+’s “Home Alone” (836 million views).
“Reacher” wasn’t the only impressive debut in the new series. “Percy Jackson” was watched for 572 million minutes, ranking him fourth on the list of top 10 streaming originals. Additionally, Netflix’s “The Crown” ranks second on the streaming originals list with approximately 1.14 billion minutes watched, while Netflix’s “My Life with the Walter Boys” ranks second on the streaming originals list with approximately 1.14 billion minutes watched. It came in third place for him in terms of viewing time.
Nielsen’s Top 10 is based on total hours watched that week, so “Percy Jackson’s” ranking on this list is notable. During this period, the Disney+ original only released two episodes of her, totaling 80 minutes.
This is a list that had significantly more episodes available for viewing that week, including Amazon Prime Video’s “Reacher” (11 episodes), Netflix’s “The Crown” (63 episodes), and Netflix’s “My Life with the Walter.” Comparing with other titles within. Boys” (10 episodes in total).
Other titles on the top 10 streaming originals list include Netflix’s action comedy “Obliterated” at No. 5, Netflix’s documentary series “Car Masters: Last to Riches” at No. 6, and the short-lived Paramount+ original ” Includes “School Spirits.” Available to stream on Netflix, No. 7, with Peacock’s Dr. Death at No. 8. Netflix’s “Virgin River” and “Gabby’s Dollhouse” came in at 9th and 10th place, respectively.