Nielsen said that people are mainly streaming old Internet programs, not new versions

These figures show that people are looking for familiar, escapist entertainment, rather than challenging new shows, which is not shocking considering the continued flood of bad news in 2020. However, those earlier web series also have many episodes, totaling 830 episodes, which will also increase the total number of views per hour. If viewed in this way, the Tiger King’s 260 million hours of viewing time is impressive considering that only eight episodes have been produced.

At the same time, most of the most popular movies are watched through Disney+, including Frozen II, Moana, forwardwith Hamilton.Global The Secret Life of Pets 2 with Dr. Seuss̵

7;s GrinchPlayed on Netflix ranked third and fifth respectively. Most of these shows are aimed at children, so parents are likely to try to make their children (and themselves) happy during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Nielsen (Nielsen) for the first time in 2020 began to publish the number of weekly streaming service viewers. These numbers only apply to U.S. programs watched on TV, not to mobile phones, tablets, or computers, but Nielsen plans to adjust its system to work on these devices. For this year’s ranking, it reports viewers of Netflix, Disney+, Hulu and Amazon, but no viewers of Apple TV+, HBO Max or Peacock.since office Now broadcast on NBC’s Peacock instead of Netflix, the huge popularity of the show may mean that Netflix’s ratings data in 2021 will be hit hard.