The Nielsen Annual Global Marketing Report is clear: Stranger Things was the most watched series in streaming in 2022 in America.
Stranger Things it turned out to be the show most viewed in streamingin America, during the entirety of 2022. To report this incredible result was the Nielsen Annual Global Marketing Reportnoting that the show’s fourth season projected its numbers to skyrocket.
Based on the data reported, it appears that Stranger Things recorded a whopping 52 billion minutes viewed in streaming in 2022, surpassing the 57.1 billion minutes achieved by The Office in 2020, despite having far fewer seasons and episodes to offer.
Netflix itself (via Variety) reported that Stranger Things 4 maintains its title as the most-watched British TV series in its first four weeks of release, with season four collecting 1.35 billion hours worldwide in its first 28 days. Following it is Wednesday with 1.24 billion hours watched in a similar time period.
Always based on the data of the Nielsen Annual Global Marketing Reportthe second most-watched program in America in 2022 was NCIS Crime Unit, whose 356 episodes on Netflix totaled 38.1 billion minutes viewed, followed by Cocomelon (popular children’s program from Moonbug Entertainment) and the fourth season of Ozarks.
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In total, Americans streamed more than 19.4 million years of content last year, up 27 percent from about 15 million years in 2021, according to Nielsen.
