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Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) maintained a robust place in capturing streaming eyeballs, nevertheless it wanted a extremely anticipated new season to carry off a hard-charging hit movie from Disney (NYSE:DIS).
The fourth-season premiere of crime thriller Ozark (NFLX) pushed that present to the highest of Nielsen’s most up-to-date weekly streaming ratings (for Jan. 17-Jan. 23), with a hefty 2.904 billion minutes streamed.
That was practically double a (nonetheless fairly excessive) whole from Disney+ (DIS) movie Encanto, which streamed 1.511 billion minutes in its (uncommon) second straight week constructing its viewers. And Netflix additionally had the third-most streamed program: Its supernatural podcast adaptation Archive 81 additionally surpassed a billion minutes streamed, at 1.035 billion.
The subsequent 5 titles included Netflix standbys (NCIS, CoComelon, Cobra Kai, Legal Minds and Cheer) earlier than Amazon Prime Video (NASDAQ:AMZN) positioned the No. 9 title, the movie Resort Transylvania: Transformania, which streamed 595 million minutes. And with 4 episodes below its belt, Disney’s (DIS) The E-book of Boba Fett was tenth with 580 million minutes streamed.
Netflix had eight of the highest 10 acquired sequence, led by NCIS and CoComelon, although the record had intrusions by Disney+ at No. 7 with Bluey (385 million minutes), and by Hulu (DIS, CMCSA) at No. 8 with How I Met Your Mom (321 million minutes).
Netflix additionally positioned 9 of the highest 10 authentic sequence, led by Ozark, and with The E-book of Boba Fett (DIS) interrupting on the fifth spot.
The streaming films record once more offered different streamers with their largest foothold, shutting Netflix out of the highest three – held by Disney+ and Encanto (1.511 billion minutes), Amazon and Resort Transylvania: Transformania (595 million) and Disney’s Eternals (557 million). Disney+ additionally positioned Moana there, with 216 million minutes.
(A reminder that Nielsen streaming rankings incorporate viewing from 5 main streamers: Amazon Prime Video (AMZN), Apple TV+ (NASDAQ:AAPL), Disney+ (DIS), Hulu (DIS, CMCSA) and Netflix (NFLX).)
On Friday, J.P. Morgan mentioned that Netflix’s knowledge was monitoring forward of schedule, suggesting the corporate may beat its own subscriber guidance for the first quarter.
