Netflix's Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez led the Nielsen streaming ratings for the second week in a row and has grown significantly since its debut.
The series produced by Ryan Murphy was the top title of the week from September 23 to 29 with just under 2.4 billion minutes of viewing. This is a 40% improvement over the series' opening week (it premiered on September 19), which had 1.72 billion minutes of viewing time and the highest total for any streaming series in the Nielsen rankings since At that time. Bridgerton reached 2.47 billion minutes in June.
Two other Netflix series had strong opening weeks: Rom-coms Nobody wants it premiered to 1.04 billion minutes of viewing time and the docuseries Mr. McMahonon World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon, had 908 million minutes.
In the film ranking, Inside out 2 debuted on Disney+ with 1.82 billion minutes of viewing time, the second-highest weekly total for any film this year, behind only Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2.05 billion minutes) in early July. Bob's Burgers (844 million minutes on Hulu) led the top 10 in acquired series for the first time, and Friends (496 million minutes on Max) re-entered the rankings for the first time since January.
Nielsen's streaming ratings only cover viewing on televisions and do not include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices. The ratings only measure U.S. audiences, not those in other countries. Below are the top titles streaming from September 23-29, 2024.
Overall
1. Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez (Netflix), 2.4 billion minutes viewed
2. Inside out 2 (Disney+), 1.82 billion
3. Nobody wants it (Netflix), 1.04 billion
4. Mr. McMahon (Netflix), 908 million
5. Bob's Burgers (Hulu), 844 million
6. Bluy (Disney+), 813 million
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video), 733 million
8. Family Guy (Hulu), 713 million
9. The Garfield Movie (Netflix), 694 million
10. Grey's Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix), 665 million
Original series
1. Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez2.4 billion minutes
2. Nobody wants it1.04 billion
3. Mr. McMahon908 million
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power733 million
5. The perfect couple (Netflix), 556 million
6. Only murders in the building (Hulu), 429 million
7. King of Tulsa (Paramount+), 419 million
8. Emily in Paris (Netflix), 405 million
9. The Circle (Netflix), 395 million
10. Agata always (Disney+), 365 million
Series acquired
1. Bob's Burgers844 million minutes
2. Bluy813 million
3. Family Guy713 million
4. Grey's Anatomy665 million
5. Gilmore Girls (Netflix), 623 million
6. SpongeBob SquarePants (Paramount+), 532 million
7. Cocomelon (Netflix), 511 million
8. Evasion (Hulu/Netflix), 510 million
9. The Big Bang Theory (Maximum), 497 million
10. Friends (Maximum), 496 million
Movies
1. Inside out 21.82 billion minutes
2. The Garfield Movie694 million
3. Rebel crest (Netflix), 330 million
4. Wolves (Apple TV+), 302 million
5. Jailbreak: love on the run (Netflix), 295 million
6. Ugly (Netflix), 187 million
7. Will and Harper (Netflix), 171 million
8. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Netflix), 163 million
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Max/Pavone), 158 million
10. American gangster (Netflix), 148 million