Most Watched TV Series and Movies on Digital Platforms in 2022

Nielsen, one of the world’s largest research companies, announced the most watched productions on cinema and TV series platforms in 2022. The data covering the USA was created by considering the minutes watched for the content.

Nielsen has published four lists for its data for 2022. The lists consist of original productions, all productions, rights and other films of the platforms.

Netflix dominated three different lists, while Disney+ dominated the movie list

Netflix, which is the most popular digital platform in the world, dominated most of the lists. The platform had 11 of the content in the list of all productions and 13 of the originals.

On the movie side, we see that Disney+ dominates the list with 10 productions. Netflix was able to enter here with 5 movies. No other platform could enter the list of movies other than these two. On the other hand, the list that covers the originals only consists of Netflix and Prime Video, while the general list consists of only Netflix and Disney+.

Netflix’s popular series, which broke records in itself, was at the top of both lists. On the other hand, popular productions Ozark and Wednesday also managed to enter the charts. Another notable part was that NCIS, which came out in 2003, ranked high. On the list of movies, we see that Disney+’s successful animation Encanto is at the top. Let’s take a look at the full lists.

Here are the most watched productions of 2022 in the USA

Most watched productions

1. Stranger Things (Netflix) – 52 billion minutes
2. NCIS (Netflix) – 38.1 billion minutes
3. Cocomelon (Netflix) – 37.8 billion minutes
4. Ozark (Netflix) – 31.3 billion minutes
5. Encanto (Disney+) – 27.4 billion minutes
6. Grey’s Anatomy (Netflix) – 26.8 billion minutes
7. Criminal Minds (Multiple platforms) – 24.9 billion minutes
8. Bluey (Disney+) – 21.1 billion minutes
9. Gilmore Girls (Netflix) – 20.8 billion minutes
10. Seinfeld (Netflix) – 19.3 billion minutes

Most watched original productions

1. Stranger Things (Netflix) – 52 billion minutes
2. Ozark (Netflix) – 31.3 billion minutes
3. Wednesday (Netflix) – 18.6 billion minutes
4. Cobra Kai (Netflix) – 16.7 billion minutes
5. Bridgerton (Netflix) – 14 billion minutes
6. Virgin River (Netflix) – 13.6 billion minutes
7. Dahmer (Netflix) – 13.4 billion minutes
8. Love is Blind (Netflix) – 13.1 billion minutes
9. Inventing Anna (Netflix) – 12.9 billion minutes
10. The Crown (Netflix) – 12.7 billion minutes

Most watched productions (rights taken by platforms)

1. NCIS (Netflix) – 38.09 billion minutes
2. Cocomelon (Netflix) – 26.78 billion minutes
3. Grey’s Anatomy (Netflix) – 26.78 billion minutes
4. Criminal Minds (Multiple platforms) – 24.87 billion minutes
5. Bluey (Disney+) – 21.10 billion minutes
6. Gilmore Girls (Netflix) – 20.80 billion minutes
7. Seinfeld (Netflix) – 19.3 billion minutes
8. Supernatural (Netflix) – 18.78 billion minutes
9. Heratland (Netflix) – 17.95 billion minutes
10. The Simpsons (Disney+) – 15.87 billion minutes

Most watched movies

1. Encanto (Disney+) – 27.4 billion minutes
2. Turning Red (Disney+) – 11.4 billion minutes
3. Sing 2 (Netflix) – 11.3 billion minutes
4. Moana (Disney+) – 8.6 billion minutes
5. The Adam Project (Netflix) – 6.1 billion minutes
6. Hocus Pocus 2 (Disney+) – 5.6 billion minutes
7. Don’t Look Up (Netflix) – 5.14 billion minutes
8. Frozen (Disney+) – 5.13 billion minutes
9. Luca (Disney+) 4.974 billion minutes
10. The Gray Man (Netflix) – 4.972 billion minutes