"The Falcon and the Winter Soldier"
Nielsen: Disney’s ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Bumps Netflix From Atop Weekly TV Streaming Chart
April 22, 2021
The new Disney+ Marvel series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” succeeded where “WandaVision” failed: removing Netflix from the No. 1 spot on Nielsen’s weekly chart of the Top 10 programs and movies streaming on household televisions.
The first and second episodes of the series starring Anthony Mackie and Sabastian Stan generated 628 million minutes from March 22-28, besting Netflix’s “The Irregulars” with 424 million minutes across eight episodes. Disney+, unlike binge-themed Netflix, bows original content episodes on a weekly basis.
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Netflix’s perennial chart topper, “Ginny & Georgia,” finished No. 3 with 390 million minutes across 10 episodes.
Netflix dominated Top 10 licensed programming with “NCIS” displacing long-running leader, “Criminal Minds” with 725 million minutes to 656 million minutes, respectively. The streamer’s original movie, Bad Trip, led all feature-length movies with 308 million minutes.
Source: Nielsen SVOD Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, and Netflix), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.
Licensed Programming:
| Rank |
SVOD Provider |
Program Name |
Number of Episodes |
Minutes Streamed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netflix | “NCIS” | 353 | 725 |
| 2 | Netflix | “Criminal Minds” | 307 | 656 |
| 3 | Netflix | “Grey’s Anatomy” | 368 | 610 |
| 4 | Netflix | “Cocomelon” | 6 | 599 |
| 5 | Netflix | “Heartland” | 158 | 453 |
| 6 | Netflix | “Schitt’s Creek” | 80 | 402 |
| 7 | Netflix | “Gilmore Girls” | 153 | 352 |
| 8 | Netflix | “Supernatural” | 328 | 343 |
| 9 | Netflix | “Good Girls” | 37 | 282 |
| 10 | Netflix | “Henry Danger” | 65 | 281 |
Movies:
| Rank |
SVOD Provider |
Program Name |
Number |
Minutes Streamed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netflix | Bad Trip (2021) | 1 | 308 |
| 2 | Netflix | Yes Day | 1 | 264 |
| 3 | Netflix | Deadly Illusions (2021) | 1 | 240 |
| 4 | Netflix | Operation Varsity Blues | 1 | 227 |
| 5 | Disney+ | Moana | 1 | 207 |
| 6 | Netflix | Secret Magic Control Agency | 1 | 201 |
| 7 | Disney+ | Raya and the Last Dragon | 1 | 194 |
| 8 | Netflix | Savages | 1 | 162 |
| 9 | Amazon | Coming 2 America | 1 | 154 |
| 10 | Netflix | Jiu Jitsu (2020) | 1 | 139 |