‘Stranger Things’ Smashes Nielsen Streaming Records With More Than 7.2 Billion Minutes Watched in One Week
variety.comSelome Hailu Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things” has broken the Nielsen streaming record for most-viewed program in a single week, according to the measurement company’s newly released streaming Top 10 records.
The science fiction drama was viewed for 7.2 billion minutes between May 30 and June 5, which was Season 4 Volume 1’s first full week of availability, easily landing in the No.
1 position on the chart. Previously, “Tiger King” and “Ozark” were the only titles to have crossed 5 billion minutes viewed in one week, both reaching that milestone in March 2020.The premiere weekend of Season 4 Volume 1 also landed at No.
1. Between the May 27 debut and the end of the viewing window on May 29, the series brought in 5.1 billion minutes viewed. Netflix’s self-reported numbers for the premiere weekend indicate that “Stranger Things” Season 4 Volume 1, which consists of seven episodes clocking in at roughly nine hours, was viewed for 286.8 million hours — or roughly 17.2 billion minutes.
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