‘Ahsoka’ Debuts At No. 2 Among Nielsen’s Streaming Originals; ‘Suits’ Still Going Strong Atop Overall List

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Disney+ managed to break through the streaming noise with another title on Nielsen’s charts for the week of August 21 to August 27.

The latest Star Wars spinoff Ahsoka fought its way to No. 5 on the overall list and No. 2 among streaming originals with the Tuesday release of the series’ first two episodes.

With just under a week of viewing, the episodes tallied 829M viewing minutes. Nielsen credits Disney’s strategy to revive appointment viewing among streaming audiences, since new episodes of Ahsoka launched on Tuesday evenings, a time when many viewers would be able to tune in sooner rather than later to avoid spoilers.

HBO’s sports dramedy Ballers is also still finding success since it launched on Netflix. After making it onto the Top 10 overall list in its first week on the streamer, Ballers moved up to No.