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Nielsen: Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ Returned Atop Weekly U.S. Household TVs Through Feb. 1

Six streaming titles exceeded the billion-minute mark across U.S. household televisions during the week ended Feb. 1 — the most in a single week since the July 13, 2025, according to new Nielsen data.

The new season of Netflix’s “Bridgerton” racked up 3.03 billion viewing minutes to rank No. 1 overall. Netflix released the first four episodes of the fourth season on Jan. 29. While the viewing total is based on all available episodes (28), the four new additions contributed 74% of the viewership total. Adult women (18+) were the biggest drivers of viewership, accounting for 72% of total watch time.

Prime Video owned three titles on the charts this interval. The action-comedy film The Wrecking Crew topped the movie chart with 1.26 billion minutes and placed No. 3 overall. The original series “Fallout” trailed at No. 5 overall with 1.1 billion minutes (No. 4 original), having added the penultimate episode of its second season Jan. 27. The sci-fi series consistently draws the largest share of 18-49 year-old viewers among top 10 originals, representing 61% of its audience for the week.

Lastly, Prime Video’s British series “Steal” made the originals chart at No. 10 with 378 million minutes.

Disney+ released all eight episodes of its newest Marvel series “Wonder Man” Jan. 27. The series drew 618 million minutes in its opening week to place No. 8 on the originals chart. About 41% of the show’s viewing total came from adults 35-49, more than any other top 10 title for the week. The series also led originals in the concentration of black viewers (33%).

HBO Max’s “The Pitt” reached yet another weekly high with 1.21 billion minutes, landing at No. 3 among originals and No. 4 overall (also its highest placements to date).

The Peacock original series “The Traitors” (811 million minutes, No. 7 originals) landed on the originals chart for the fourth-consecutive week. The competition show captured a large contingent of 18- to 34-year-old viewers, which represented 33% of its audience.

The catalog cop drama “Rizzoli & Isles” generated 1.02 billion minutes to top the acquired chart (No. 6 overall) as the series continues to reap the benefits of streaming on Netflix.

New among top 10 movies was the unrated version of the sci-fi horror film M3GAN 2.0 (483 million minutes, No. 3) on Netflix, and the documentary Secret Mall Apartment (288 million minutes, No. 6), also on Netflix.

Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters notably made its 31st appearance on the movie chart since being released in June 2025.

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‘Bridgerton’ Season 4, Part 1, Remains Atop Netflix Weekly Streaming Charts Through Feb. 8

Part one of the fourth season of “Bridgerton” maintained its No. 1 spot overall and on the English-language TV chart with 23.4 million views on Netflix’s weekly streaming chart through Feb. 8.

Part two of the season is set to arrive on Feb. 26. In the meantime, audiences caught up on previous seasons, putting season one in the No. 5 spot with 3.5 million views and season three at No. 8 with 3 million views.

The Investigation of Lucy Letby ranked No. 1 on the English-language movie chart with 12.9 million views. The film cracks open the divisive 2023 case of a neonatal nurse in the United Kingdom convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more.

The German spy thriller “Unfamiliar” ranked No. 1 on the foreign-language TV chart with 4.9 million views. The six-part series follows former undercover spies Simon (Felix Kramer) and Meret Schäfer (Susanne Wolff), who run a safe house in Berlin with their daughter. They’re forced to confront the secrets of their past when a mysterious man arrives needing their help.

Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) is back in the courtroom, but in season four of “The Lincoln Lawyer” the dedicated defense lawyer is the one on trial. The new season of the hit drama series took the No. 2 spot on the English-language TV list with 9 million views. The series has been renewed and will return with season five. Maintaining a strong hold on the English-language film list at No. 2 with 7.4 million views was Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s suspense thriller The Rip, about a tactical narcotics team that uncovers a large cartel cash haul, threatening the team’s integrity.

The Hindi movie Dhurandhar ranked No. 1 on the foreign-language movie chart with 8.2 million views. In the film, as part of a covert counterterrorism operation, Indian undercover spy Hamza (Ranveer Singh) infiltrates the criminal underworld of Karachi, earning the trust of the gangs and gaining power in a master plan to take them all down.

Elsewhere, former TV chart polesitter “His & Hers” ranked No. 3 on the English-language TV chart with 6.2 million views. The mystery thriller stars Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal as an estranged couple — she’s a reporter, he’s a detective — forced back together following a murder in their small Georgia town.

The baking competition show “Is It Cake? Valentines” ranked No. 4 on the English-language  TV chart with 4.3 million views.

The Korean drama Even If This Love Disappears Tonight bowed at No. 2 on the foreign-language movie chart with 7.8 million views. The movie centers on a high school girl who wakes up each morning with no memory of the prior day — and the shy classmate who steadfastly pursues her.

The South African romantic comedy Yoh! Bestie debuted at No. 5 on the foreign-language movie chart with 1.9 million views. The movie follow-up to the 2023 series “Yoh! Christmas” zooms in on longtime friends who get into a love triangle ahead of a destination wedding.

Korea’s “Single Inferno” remained No. 2 on the foreign-language TV chart with 3.1 million views. The fifth season of the Korean dating series offers a new group of singles on the deserted “Inferno Island” the chance to escape to Paradise.

The new French dramedy “Cash Queens” bowed at No. 5 on the foreign-language TV chart with 1.3 million views. The series follows five ordinary women who, in an attempt to get out of a tricky situation, join forces to become amateur criminals and rob a bank — while disguised as men.

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‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Debut Tops Netflix Weekly Streaming With 39.7 Million Views

Part one of the fourth season of “Bridgerton” ranked No. 1 on Netflix’s overall and English-language TV charts with 39.7 million views, appearing in the top 10 in 91 countries the week ended Feb. 1.

Season one of show creator Shonda Rhimes’s alternative look at British Regency era society took No. 10 on the chart with 2.7 million views, and season three landed at No. 8, also with 2.7 million views.

The Ben Affleck/Matt Damon heist actioner The Rip remained No. 1 on the English-language movie chart for the second-consecutive week with 14.6 million views.

The Hindi spy thriller Dhurandhar ranked No. 1 on the foreign-language movie chart with 7.6 million views. The storyline centers on an undercover operative who infiltrates the criminal underbelly of Karachi and rises through its ranks, only to dismantle it from within.

The Korean series “Can This Love Be Translated?” stayed No. 1 on the foreign-language TV chart with 4.3 million views. The series follows a multilingual interpreter who takes a job on a global travel dating show featuring two celebrities, one of whom he met years before she grew famous.

Meanwhile, the Georgia homicide drama “His & Hers,” starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal, dropped to No. 2 on the English-language TV chart with 11 million views.

The young adult romance series “Finding Her Edge” moved up to No. 3 on the English-language TV chart with 6.7 million views. Based on the book by Jennifer Iacopelli, the series is about a retired ice dancer who returns to save the family skating rink.

At No. 2 for a second week on the English-language movie chart was  Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart with 9.6 million views. The documentary highlights details surrounding of one of America’s most publicized kidnappings from the victim herself.

The animated KPop Demon Hunters took No. 3 on the English-language movie chart with 6.8 million views in its 33rd week in the top 10.

The Italian crime drama The Big Fake held onto the No. 2 spot on the foreign-language movie chart with 6.6 million views. Based on true events, the Italian crime drama takes place in 1970s Rome and follows an aspiring artist who becomes the greatest forger of all time.

Alex Honnold’s live ascent of Taipai 101 in Taiwan, Skyscraper Live, took No. 4 on the English-language TV chart with 5.3 million views. The special, which was streamed live Jan. 24, follows free solo climber Honnold as he scales one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers.

The standup special Mike Epps: Delusional debuted at No. 5 on the English-language TV chart with 3.8 million views. In his fifth Netflix stand-up special, the comedian shares unfiltered stories of how a little delusion and a lot of hustle made him a star.

Finally, the fifth season of “Single’s Inferno” remained No. 2 on the foreign-language TV chart with 3.9 million views. The Korean dating show introduces a new batch of singles on the deserted Inferno island, offering couples the chance to escape to paradise.

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Netflix Upfront: Becoming the ‘Center of Attention’ With New and Returning Movies, Shows and Live Events

With the slogan “The Center of Attention,” Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria May 14 gave the streamer’s Upfront presentation to advertisers at New York’s Perelman Performing Arts Center a taste of what’s to come in the content pipeline — buoyed by a lineup of stars that included Jason Bateman, Jude Law, Charlize Theron, and “Stranger Things” cast members Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp and Gaten Matarazzo.

Bajaria said she is “programming a slate, not slots. That means that my team is thinking about all the titles we release all year — across many countries and languages. And we’re making sure we have shows and films for everyone and every mood. 

“Our audiences expect us to have the best of everything,” she said. “And we try to keep them on their toes with some unexpected surprises too. That’s why when we have the opportunity to take big, bold swings and get the NFL on Christmas Day, a surprise boxing match, or the WWE every week, we move quickly and we make it happen.” 

In addition to the WWE every week, Bajaria discussed new live events coming to Netflix, including the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano rematch fight on July 11. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell unveiled this year’s two NFL Christmas Day matchups: the Dallas Cowboys at the Washington Commanders, and the Detroit Lions at the Minnesota Vikings. 

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Bajaria announced new seasons of “The Diplomat,” “Forever,” “The Four Seasons,” “Love on the Spectrum,” “Million Dollar Secret,” “My Life With the Walter Boys,” “Survival of the Thickest,” and “Bridgerton” (seasons five and six). She also revealed several new shows and movies, including:

  • “The Body ” — A coming-of-age drama created by Quinn Shepherd, following a group of badly behaved girls who begin having prophetic visions and set off mass hysteria in their town.
  • “All the Sinners Bleed” — In this series, the first Black sheriff in a small Bible Belt community must lead the hunt for a serial killer.
  • Untitled Dan Levy Project — A new comedy series starring Dan Levy, Laurie Metcalf and Taylor Ortega.
  • “Star Search” — A reboot of the iconic talent competition series is officially returning — live, reimagined, and supercharged for today’s audience.
  • Prime Time — A new documentary series about NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders.
  • Here Comes the Flood — Starring Denzel Washington and Daisy Edgar-Jones, this new film chronicles a bank guard plotting with a master thief to steal, the rise and fall of his relationship with a bank teller and a series of twists that unveil the con game at the center of it all.
  • Fight for ’84 — After the U.S. Olympic boxing team is tragically killed in a plane crash in 1980, a new coach (Jamie Foxx) is brought in to rebuild the team and leads them to victory in the 1984 Olympics.

 

Nielsen: Netflix Ups June Total TV Market Share, Still Trails NBCUniversal, YouTube, Disney

Netflix may be a streaming video behemoth, but when factoring in legacy television, the streamer doesn’t make the podium when it comes to entertainment market share. Still, the SVOD pioneer is making a run for the top.

As covered in Nielsen’s report of The Gauge, 40.3% of time spent watching TV in June was attributable to streaming. Streamers like Netflix and YouTube saw the most benefit from a big streaming month. Time spent watching YouTube on television was up 4.2% in June to push the Google-owned social media video platform to nearly 10% of total household TV usage — the second largest share of TV among media distributors.

 Nielsen tabulated its data from May 27 through June 30.

While eight of the 14 companies ranked by Nielsen saw usage increases in June, affiliate streaming platforms helped rebalance the viewing share for multi-platform distributors across the board.

With 10.8% of June’s TV viewing time, Disney maintained the top spot among media distributors, driven by a 15% increase in Disney+ usage. Tubi, which notched 2% of TV in June and a 15% bump in usage, climbed the ranks among its fellow Fox affiliates and was the company’s second best performer behind Fox News Channel, helping Fox jump to 6.6% of TV (+0.2%).

NBCUniversal retained its podium spot as the third ranking media distributor in June with 8.5% of TV market share, despite a loss of half a share point. The Olympics will put the spotlight on NBCU throughout July and August as their coverage of the biennial event has historically drawn large audiences to all of its platforms, according to Nielsen.

The lack of sports and drama content on broadcast networks was, however, beneficial to cable entrants A&E, AMC and Hallmark whose affiliates helped fill the gaps by riding increases in viewing across feature film and drama genres.

A&E Network’s 1.4% share of TV was up 11.1%; Hallmark’s 1.2% share of TV was up 6.1%, and AMC Networks’ 1.1% share of TV finished up 7%. The measurement interval for June 2024 was May 27 through June 30.

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Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ Remained Atop Weekly Nielsen Household TV Streaming Chart Through June 23

The Netflix original period drama “Bridgerton” continued its top 10 reign with 2.5 billion viewing minutes across 24 episodes for the week ended June 23, according to new data from Nielsen. Almost 1.5 billion minutes of the show’s weekly total was be attributed to the four new episodes that dropped on June 13.

The previous chart topper, the Bryan Cranston series “Your Honor” (Netflix and Paramount+), continues to gain steam since becoming available on Netflix May 31. At No. 2 overall again, the series bested the previous week’s viewing total by 3% with just under 2 billion minutes streamed. While viewing has begun to equalize across episodes, viewing is still highest among the first four episodes of season one, which are the only episodes across all 20 to exceed 100 million viewing minutes each this week, suggesting that the 2020 Showtime series is still drawing new viewers.

Prime Video released another episode of “The Boys,” adding 100 million minutes to the previous week’s total for 1.291 billion to rank No. 3 overall for the week. The show about villainous superheroes had the highest concentration of male viewers of any title at 64% of its audience. It was followed closely by another superhero title — The Lego Batman Movie (No. 8 movie with 250 million minutes on Max and Netflix) — with 63% male viewership.

Max’s “House of the Dragon” saw viewership skyrocket 65% to 1.2 billion viewing minutes to finish No. 4 overall for the week.

Peacock began releasing new episodes of its reality dating series “Love Island” at the beginning of June, and the show was able to rank No. 5 with 382 million viewing minutes.

The Paramount+ original series “Mayor of Kingstown” continued to gain momentum, upping viewership 18% to 353 million viewing minutes, driven in particular by a 50- to 64-year-old audience.

Finally, while the Disney+ original “The Acolyte” fell off the charts, it only just missed the originals chart with 291 million viewing minutes. The show’s weekly total was partially impacted by the new shorter episode at 32 minutes.

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Nielsen: June Saw All-Time Record Streaming Video Consumption

June set a single-month record for market share of household TV consumption. According to Nielsen’s June 2024 report of The Gauge, time spent streaming climbed to 40.3% of total TV usage, topping the previous single category record set by cable in June 2021 (40.1%) and notching the highest share of TV usage ever reported by Nielsen.

Across streaming platforms, four notched double-digit usage growth, including Disney+ (+14.8%), Tubi (+14.7%), Netflix (+11.8%) and Max (+11.0%), all with 20% or more attributable to younger viewers.

Additionally, most streaming services exhibited market shares that were near or equal to previous platform bests, while YouTube and Tubi both set high watermarks with 9.9% and 2% of TV viewing, respectively.

The beginning of the summer school break for most kids and teens and the additional free time led viewers 17 and younger to exhibit the largest upticks in TV usage across age demographics. Younger audiences also helped drive a slight monthly increase in overall TV usage in June (+2.1%), which was also fairly flat compared with June 2023 (+1.3%).

Streaming viewership increased 6% compared with May and the category added 1.5 share points. As streaming makes up a larger share of younger viewers’ television time, the category received a disproportionate bump from the 2- to 17-year-old age demographic, including a 16% increase in viewing from kids ages 2-11.

Netflix added almost a full share point in June (+0.8 pts.), and jumped to 8.4% of total TV usage, just a tenth of a share point below its platform best 8.5%, which it set in July 2023.

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The streamer capitalized on viewership from June’s top-two streaming titles: “Bridgerton,” which led the way with 9.3 billion viewing minutes, and former Showtime original series “Your Honor,” starring Bryan Cranston and simultaneously streaming on Paramount+ and Netflix, which had the second highest total with 7.5 billion minutes.

High-profile content from other platforms also garnered notable viewership in June, including Prime Video’s original series “The Boys,” with a new season that helped drive 4 billion viewing minutes, and Max’s “House of the Dragon,” which totaled 3.4 billion minutes on the streamer.

Broadcast claimed 20.5% of total TV time in June, seeing some benefit from 26% viewing increases in sports and 5% in news. This comes as a result of the top seven most watched broadcast telecasts this month — all of which aired on ABC — including the NBA Finals covering the top five, followed by ABC’s simulcast of CNN’s Presidential Debate, and game seven of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals.

NBC’s Sunday night broadcast of the women’s gymnastics Olympic Trials settled into the 8th slot among top telecasts with 7.4 million viewers, foreshadowing one of the summer’s biggest TV events.

The cable category, which totaled 27.2% of TV usage, also saw big viewership numbers from the CNN Presidential Debate. The simulcasted debate claimed the top two cable telecasts of the month, with CNN leading the pack with more than 10 million viewers, followed by the Fox News Channel with 9.5 million. Cable’s “general drama” and “feature film” genres were each up about 6% from last month, but viewing in the cable sports genre declined 35% as both the NBA and NHL concluded their seasons with broadcast televised events.

It’s typical for traditional linear TV to exhibit a lull in viewership during the summer months, and both broadcast and cable recorded fairly sharp declines in their share of TV usage. The broadcast category lost 1.8 share points and cable fell by one point, bringing the two to a combined 47.7% of overall TV this month. The wildcard for traditional TV will be the Summer Olympics, which have historically drawn sizable audiences across both broadcast and cable networks.

Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ Topped Third Straight Weekly Nielsen Streaming Chart Through June 2

Netflix’s original period series “Bridgerton” topped Nielsen’s overall streaming chart for a third consecutive week with 1.38 billion viewing minutes across 20 episodes on household televisions through June 2 — down 37% from the May 20-26 week interval.

The separate spinoff series “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” returned onto the originals chart at No. 9 with 274 million viewing minutes. When including “Grey’s Anatomy,” which ranked No. 3 overall with 1.197 billion viewing minutes, the titles of “Shondaland” (producer Shonda Rhimes’ company) stood out from the rest of the top 10 this week with audiences that were all at least three-quarters female, according to Nielsen.

As acquired titles with multi-season/multi-platform libraries continue to accumulate massive viewer time and attention, it has become increasingly challenging for original titles with a much smaller episode count to achieve consecutive weekly viewing minute totals in the billions.

To put it into further perspective, top 10 mainstays “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Family Guy” and “NCIS” each have libraries with more than 430 episodes and — benefiting from their large streaming catalogs — combined for the week to total nearly 3 billion viewing minutes.

Since implementing a technical enhancement to Nielsen’s streaming content ratings service in March, which allows the tracking company to capture viewing of new network-aired episodes once they’ve hit the affiliated streaming service, this week’s two most recent “Grey’s” episodes (S20:E9, S20:E10) accounted for nearly 10% of the show’s viewing total through June 2, which is especially impressive when you consider they only represent 0.5% of the entire “Grey’s” episode catalog.

Netflix added two new original shows in the week, including three-episode docuseries “Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult,” and six-episode limited series “Eric.” Both titles netted almost identical viewing minutes (673 million and 672 million, respectively), however the TikTok doc skewed much younger, with viewers twice as likely to be 18-34-years old vs. “Eric,” which had three times as many viewers over 65.

Prime Video’s “Fallout” (No. 6 with 369 million minutes)  and “Outer Range” (No. 8 with 314 million minutes) tracked on the originals chart. While “Outer Range” viewing dropped by a third from last week, “Fallout” was up by 15% despite being released back in April.

Hulu released the finale episode of its original series, “Under the Bridge,” and saw a 57% jump from the previous week to 345 million viewing minutes to notch No. 8 among originals.

Paramount+ launched the season five finale episode of “Star Trek: Discovery,” which charted at No. 10 among originals with 269 million viewing minutes, two-thirds of which were driven by viewers over 50.

New to the charts during the week was “Your Honor,” which generated 544 million viewing minutes across Netflix and Paramount+ (following being added to Netflix on Friday of this interval). With two seasons available to binge, over half of its 544 million total was generated by the first four (of 20) episodes released.

Movie About Fictional Shark Terrorizing Paris Continues to Top Netflix Weekly Streaming

Netflix’s “Bridgerton” and indie comedy Hit Man may be getting the headlines, but a movie about a shark in the River Seine terrorizing Paris is attracting the most streaming eyeballs.

The French CGI action thriller Under Paris for the second consecutive week not only remained No. 1 on the non-English-language movie chart with 28.7 million views for the week ended June 16, it also remained the most-streamed content overall — again topping the higher-profile “Bridgerton” season three, part two, debut at 28 million views.

Under Paris also entered the Most Popular Non-English List at No. 5 with 69.6 million views.

Meanwhile, showrunner Shonda Rhimes’ “Bridgerton” scored another triple crown for the week, with season one claiming No. 6  on the English-language TV chart with 2.7 million views, and season two taking the No. 9 spot with 2.3 million views. 

Director Richard Linklater’s critically acclaimed Hit Man held onto the top spot on the English-language movie chart with 13.7 million views. Documentaries took two spots on the chart with Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors at No. 4 (5.2 million views) and How to Rob a Bank (4.2 million views) at No. 9. The animated Ultraman: Rising debuted in eighth place with 4.4 million views, while the Jennifer Lopez sci-fi action thriller Atlas landed in 10th place with 4 million views. 

The third and final season of the fantasy adventure series “Sweet Tooth” moved up the English-language TV chart to second place with 6 million views,  and season two of the reality dating competition series “Perfect Match” took third place with 5.1 million views. The offbeat drama “Eric” claimed the fourth spot with 4.9 million views.

The quirky, feel-good series “Geek Girl” came in fifth place with 3.8 million views. Docuseries took two spots on the list for the week, with “Hitler and the Nazis: Evil On Trial” in seventh (2.7 million views) and “Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult” in eighth place with 2.4 million views. 

The Polish drama Colors of Evil: Red finished at No. 3 on the non-English-language movie chart with 4.7 million views. The Italian comedy The Price of Nonna’s Inheritance remained at No. 5 (3.3 million views), and the Japanese anime Baki Hanma vs Kengan Ashura claimed the No. 6 spot with 3.2 million views.

Korean dramas dominated the non-English-language TV chart for the week, led by the romantic drama “Hierarchy” with 6.3 million views; the time-travel limited series “The Atypical Family” at No. 3 (1.7 million views); the dark comedy “The 8 Show” at No. 6 (900,000 views), and the comedy “Queen of Tears” at No. 8 (700,000 views).

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Making their non-English-language TV chart debuts were the second season of the cycling docuseries “Tour de France: Unchained” in fifth place with 1.1 million views, and Indonesia’s “Joko Anwar’s Nightmare and Daydreams” in seventh place with 800,000 views.

Shonda Rhimes Opens London Stock Exchange With Release of Part 2 of ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3

Shondaland CEO Shonda Rhimes opened markets for trading at the London Stock Exchange June 14 to celebrate the “Bridgerton” universe’s boost to the U.K. economy and to coincide with the release of part two of “Bridgerton’s” third season.

Netflix and Shondaland announced that the “Bridgerton” universe has boosted the U.K. economy by more than a quarter of a billion pounds, supporting almost 5,000 businesses over the past five years. 

“The ‘Bridgerton’ universe occupies a special space in culture, resonating with young and old alike, creating conversation, starting trends and influencing everything from baby names to weddings,” Rhimes said in a statement. “The shows have also had a seismic impact on the U.K. economy, boosting it by a quarter of a billion pounds over the last five years and supporting thousands of jobs and businesses. It is clear that the business of art and culture can make a huge economic contribution to local communities. I could not be prouder.”

“The ‘Bridgerton’ universe is another example of Shonda Rhimes’ genius as a storyteller and her global influence,” Anna Mallett, VP of production for EMEA at Netflix, said in a statement. “We’re so excited about the part we’ve played in bringing these stories to the world. As well as an economic boost, the shows have had a huge cultural impact. The U.K. is our home and this is one part of our huge investment in creating stories our members will love.”

The series, and its Regency-era aesthetic, has also had a profound influence on culture, both  in the U.K and globally, according to Netflix:

  • Visit West reported a boost in visits to the region where much of the show is set, contributing more than £5 million to the local economy in Bath, Bristol, and surrounding areas. 
  • Kiddies Kingdom saw a surge in new baby names inspired by the show, including a 51% increase in the name Daphne, a 27% increase in the name Eloise and a 26% increase in Colin from 2020-2021.
  • Vitamin String Quartet shared that fortnightly streams of its songs increased by 350% after “Bridgerton’s” season one premiere in 2020.

 

“We are delighted to welcome Shonda Rhimes and Netflix to open trading at the London Stock Exchange,” Julia Hoggett, CEO of London Stock Exchange plc, said in a statement. “The Exchange was given its formal structure at the start of the 1800s — the same period in which ‘Bridgerton’ is set — and now as then we continue to help companies raise the capital they need to grow and thrive. Our film and creative industries bring enormous benefits to the U.K. economy, creating jobs, driving innovation and building communities, and we are thrilled to celebrate the significant economic and cultural impact of their work.”

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“The ‘Bridgerton’ Universe is a very exciting example of best-in-class storytelling showcasing a huge range of British talent behind and in front of the screen,” Theresa Wise, CEO of the Royal Television Society, said in a statement. “It is remarkable how this has resonated with audiences worldwide. But it has done more than that. It has provided jobs in the local area where it is shot and delivered  over quarter of a billion pounds to the U.K. economy.”

Part two of season three of “Bridgerton” is available to stream on Netflix now with all previous seasons.

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