One of Netflix’s biggest draws, Ozark, returned with Part 2 of its fourth season and the re-up put the show back atop Nielsen’s weekly streaming chart for the week of April 25 to May 1.The series drew 2.575 billion total minutes of streaming from its 44 episodes.
It figures to put up a comparable or even higher number in the following week given that the current period captured only three days of its release on April 29.Last January, Part 1 of the latest season hit Netflix and led a spree of record-setting streaming activity, as measured by total viewing time.
Streaming’s percentage of overall viewing time on TV sets has also hit a new high, breaking the 30% barrier according to Nielsen.
Since the firm began officially tracking streaming in 2020, Ozark has now tallied 18 weeks with 1 billion or more minutes of viewing, putting it into an elite class.Another milestone for Netflix this spring has involved Grace and Frankie, the company’s longest-running original.
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