Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday did its Thing, taking the No. 1 spot in Nielsen’s Top 10 Overall Streaming chart during the first week of September.
With four new episodes from its current season available, Wednesday continues to set new milestones. Earning 3.338 billion viewing minutes, the Netflix original title had more eyeballs watching it than the next three titles in the chart combined.
Furthermore, the week of September 1 marked the third-best week for a single title so far this year, with Wednesday surpassing its own record. It also owns the second-best streaming week of the year, set during the week of August 4. Overall, 69% of Wednesday’s audience watched the first four episodes of the new season, with more than half of the total audience, +53%, comprising the Adults 18-49 demo.
According to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings, Netflix maintained a strong presence on the chart with six titles, owning all four titles that garnered over a billion viewing minutes.
Moving to second place from third was My Life With the Walter Boys, which had 1.134 billion minutes viewed. Older audiences are embracing the series as the Adults 50+ demo accounted for 39% of watch time, up from 21% the week prior.
In the No. 3 position was Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, as the documentary managed to pull in 1.102 billion viewing minutes. It was followed by the previous week’s No. 1 title, KPop Demon Hunters, which dropped to fourth place with 1.088 billion minutes viewed.
Rounding out the top five is Disney+’s Bluey, which jumped up one spot with 845 million viewing minutes.
The lower half of the chart was led by Netflix’s Orphan Black, accumulating 832 million minutes viewed. It was followed by the streaming premiere of Disney’s Lilo & Stitch, with the animated feature bringing in 803 million viewing minutes.
Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty remained in the No. 8 position with 736 million minutes viewed. Taking ninth place was Paramount+’s SpongeBob SquarePants, dropping two positions with 725 million viewing minutes.
Last week’s runner-up, Netflix’s The Thursday Murder Club, occupies the final position with the movie netting 711 million minutes viewed.
See Nielsen’s Top 10 Overall Streaming chart below:

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