"Bridgerton" (photo by Liam Daniel/Netflix)
Nielsen: Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Cobra-Kai’ Again Swap Spots Atop Weekly Original Content Streaming Chart
February 14, 2021
Netflix’s original series “Bridgerton” and “Cobra-Kai” continued their musical chairs atop Nielsen’s delayed weekly (Jan. 11-17) Top 10 Chart of original episodic streaming content viewed in the United States.
“Bridgerton,” from Shonda Rhymes’ production company, tracked 1.38 billion minutes viewed across eight episodes, followed by “Cobra Kai” with 1 billion across 30 episodes. The latter tracked 2.1 billion minutes to “Bridgerton” totaling 1.67 billion minutes the previous week. And the period drama topped “Cobra Kai” the week before that with 2.64 billion minutes.
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“We’ve had ‘Cobra-Kai’ and ‘Bridgerton’ swapping the lead more than a NASCAR race over the past couple of weeks,” Brian Fuhrer, SVP of product strategy, said in a video post. Fuhrer said the week marked the debut of Disney Plus’ “WandaVision” on the chart, tracking 434 million minutes across two episodes — besting “The Mandalorian” with 339 million across 16 episodes.
The week the saw the arrival Netflix original movie, Outside the Wire, which lead all feature films with 556 million minutes streamed.
“It was by far the most-streamed movie of the week,” Fuhrer said.
Source: Nielsen SVOD Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, and Netflix), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.