Erik Gruenwedel
January 22, 2021
The debut of Disney/Pixar’s Soul on Christmas made the animated movie No. 1 on Nielsen’s weekly Top 10 streaming chart Dec. 21 to 27, 2020. The movie generated 1.67 billion minutes streamed on televisions, topping Netflix’s final week exclusively streaming “The Office,” with 1.43 billion minutes across 192 episodes. Netflix’s original series, “Bridergton,” tracked 1.2 billion minutes across eight episodes.
Disney made additional news by placing two programs on the chart, the first SVOD to do so in the Netflix-dominated era. The week also saw four movies in the Top 10 for the first time.
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| Persons 2+ Total Minutes Viewed – Week of 12/21/20 – 12/27/20 |
| 1 |
Disney+ |
Soul (2020) |
1 |
1,660 |
| 2 |
Netflix |
“The Office” |
192 |
1,430 |
| 3 |
Netflix |
“Bridgerton” |
8 |
1,200 |
| 4 |
Netflix |
The Midnight Sky (2020) |
1 |
1,110
|
| 5 |
Disney+ |
“The Mandalorian” |
16 |
1,000
|
| 6 |
Netflix |
How the Grinch Stole Xmas |
1 |
705 |
| 7 |
Netflix |
“The Crown” |
40 |
700 |
| 8 |
Netflix |
“Grey’s Anatomy” |
366 |
691 |
| 9 |
Netflix |
Christmas Chronicles 2
|
1 |
660 |
| 10 |
Netflix |
“Criminal Minds” |
277 |
648 |
Source: Nielsen SVOD Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, and Netflix), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.
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