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Nielsen: Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Returned Atop Weekly U.S. Household TV Streaming Through Jan. 25
February 19, 2026
The Netflix original sci-fi drama “Stranger Things” returned to No. 1 overall on the weekly Nielsen U.S. household TV streaming charts with 1.66 billion minutes streamed through Jan. 25 — three weeks after the series finale aired on Dec. 31, 2025.
“Landman” on Paramount+ (1.62 billion minutes, No. 2 overall) celebrated a 10th consecutive week in the overall top three following the conclusion of its second season on Jan. 18.
The Netflix original crime movie The Rip, starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, rounded out the top three with 1.38 billion minutes. For the second week in a row, the film secured No. 1 on the movie chart, holding steady in its second week of availability.
Netflix’s mystery series “His & Hers” finished at No. 4 overall (1.37 billion minutes) after hitting its third consecutive billion-minute week since its premiere on Jan. 8.
Both titles had similar audience profiles from an age perspective, with adults 35-64 being the core demo (57% for The Rip, 56% for “His & Hers”), though the latter skewed considerably more female (62%). The Rip viewership was evenly split between male and female viewers.
HBO Max’s ER drama “The Pitt” continued to move the needle on its weekly performance. The third episode of the new season dropped on Jan. 22 and contributed 27% of the show’s 1.19 billion minute total (No. 5 overall, No. 4 among originals). The three available episodes of season two represented 49% of the program’s viewership. In other words, half of viewing went to the first season, suggesting that viewers may be going back to older episodes, or perhaps digging into the show for the first time.
Netflix’s romantic drama “Bridgerton” returned to the originals chart (421 million minutes at No. 9) for the first time since July 20, as fans of the show anticipated the fourth season release on Jan. 29.
Following it at No. 10 was the Netflix comedy “The Upshaws” with 416 million minutes, which dropped its fifth and final season on Jan. 15. Black viewers accounted for 73% of its watch time, the most of any other top 10 title this week.
On the acquired chart, “Southland” (930 million minutes, No. 1) and “Rizzoli & Isles” (817 million minutes, No. 5) joined “The Closer” (911 million minutes, No. 2) as the latest former-TNT dramas to benefit from streaming on Netflix.
With the 2026 Oscar nominees announced during this weekly interval, Warner’s Sinners, which scored a record 16 nominations, returned to the top 10 movie chart with 297 million minutes on HBO Max.
The movie was joined by fellow Max title and Best Picture nominee One Battle After Another (215 million minutes, No. 10), which charted for a fourth consecutive week.
Finally, Netflix began licensing the James Bond movie catalog from Amazon MGM Studios, and the 2021 film No Time to Die became the latest top 10 entry from the franchise, hitting No. 2 on the movie chart with 460 million minutes.
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