In 2022, Americans watched the time equivalent of 19.4 million years of content. And as much to say that this impressive figure has largely benefited Netflix, which has been able to impose its many original creations at the top of the ranking of the most watched series last year.
“In total, Americans streamed over 19.4 million years of content in 2022, up 27% from approximately 15 million years in 2021,” the Nielsen Institute said. A prosperous year, especially for Netflix. The American giant imposes itself with the most watched programs in streaming in 2022, all platforms combined.
And this is the series Stranger Things which wins the Palme d’Or with 52 billion minutes watched in the United States in 2022. The biggest audience since the COVID-19 pandemic which saw the advent of The Officewith 57.1 billion minutes watched in 2020. And yet, the success of the Duffer brothers’ series is almost more impressive than that of NBC’s cult series given the number of episodes: 34 for the supernatural series, against 192 for comedy.
Stranger Things had already made Netflix happy with its fourth season by becoming the platform’s most watched English series, four weeks after its broadcast, with 1.35 billion hours watched. Series Wednesday, based on the story of the Addams family, also made a big splash in 2022, thanks in particular to the performance of Jenna Ortega. With 18.6 billion cumulative minutes, the novelty has also become the third most watched original series on all platforms (Netflix, but also Prime Video, Disney +, Apple TV +, Hulu, HBO Max or Peacock) .
Among the multitude of original creations signed Netflix, Prime Video saves the honor thanks to The Boyshis series on terrifying superheroes (11th place with 10.6 billion minutes viewed) and the first season of his blockbuster The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (15th with 9.4 billion minutes).
Top 15 shows in streaming in 2022 (originals)
1) Stranger Things – Netflix – 34 episodes – 52.0 billion minutes watched
2) ozark – Netflix – 44 episodes – 31.3 billion minutes watched
3) Wednesday – Netflix – 8 episodes – 18.6 billion minutes watched
4) Cobra Kai – Netflix – 50 episodes – 16.7 billion minutes watched
5) The Bridgerton Chronicle – Netflix – 16 episodes – 14.0 billion minutes watched
6) Virgin River – Netflix – 42 episodes – 13.6 billion minutes watched
7) Monster – The Jeffrey Dahmer Story – Netflix – 10 episodes – 13.4 billion minutes watched
8) love is blind – Netflix – 40 episodes – 13.1 billion minutes watched
9) Inventing Anna – Netflix – 9 episodes – 12.9 billion minutes watched
10) The Crown – Netflix – 50 episodes – 12.7 billion minutes watched
11) The Boys – Prime Video – 24 episodes – 10.6 billion minutes watched
12) Great British Baking Show – Netflix – 85 episodes – 10.6 billion minutes watched
13) The Umbrella Academy – Netflix – 30 episodes – 10.5 billion minutes watched
14) The Last Kingdom – Netflix – 46 episodes – 10.4 billion minutes watched
15) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Prime Video – 8 episodes – 9.4 billion minutes watched
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