Streaming Ratings: ‘3 Body Problem’ Repeats as Overall No. 1

Rick Porter
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Netflix’s 3 Body Problem delivered its second straight No. 1 showing among streaming titles, leading the rankings for the last week of March. The acquired series top 10 had several new entrants, thanks in part to a change in how Nielsen reports the numbers.

The ratings service says it made an “enhancement” to its Streaming Content Ratings, which is the basis for the weekly top 10 lists, that results in a number of programs being added to the SCR product. (They weren’t previously “due to business agreements which preceded the rankings, coupled with the associated technical aspects of measurement.”) The affected programs stream mostly on Hulu and Peacock after airing on linear networks.

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The upshot is that former Fox series The Resident (1.48 billion minutes on Hulu and Netflix) and animated mainstays Family Guy (837 million minutes on Hulu) and American Dad (619 million on Hulu) all made their first appearance in the top 10. Law & Order: SVU (663 million minutes on Hulu and Peacock) is also part of the expanded SCR pool, although it’s made the top 10 a couple of times in the past.

The new entries also pushed Suits out of the top 10, ending the show’s run of 40 consecutive weeks in the rankings.

At the top of the list, 3 Body Problem had 1.79 billion minutes of viewing for March 25-31, up 30 percent from the previous week. One other show — Netflix’s Testament: The Story of Moses — also reached a billion minutes of viewing. Hulu’s FX-produced Shogun (422 million minutes) was the only original series not from Netflix to make the top 10 for the week.

Prime Video’s remake of Road House was the top movie for the second week in a row, though it fell off by about 39 percent to 812 million minutes of viewing.

Nielsen’s streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don’t include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices. The ratings only measure U.S. audiences, not those in other countries. The top streaming titles for March 25-31, 2024 are below.

Overall

1. 3 Body Problem (Netflix), 1.79 billion minutes viewed
2. The Resident (Hulu/Netflix), 1.48 billion
3. Testament: The Story of Moses (Netflix), 1 billion
4. Bluey (Disney+), 963 million
5. NCIS (Netflix/Paramount+), 912 million
6. Family Guy (Hulu), 837 million
7. Road House (2024) (Prime Video), 812 million
8. Grey’s Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix), 778 million
9. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Netflix/Peacock), 714 million
10. Homicide: New York (Netflix), 680 million

Original Series

1. 3 Body Problem, 1.79 billion minutes
2. Testament: The Story of Moses, 1 billion
3. Homicide: New York, 680 million
4. The Gentlemen (Netflix), 639 million
5. Shogun (Hulu), 422 million
6. Gabby’s Dollhouse (Netflix), 419 million
7. Physical: 100 Underground (Netflix), 401 million
8. Buying Beverly Hills (Netflix), 393 million
9. Love Is Blind (Netflix), 360 million
10. Is It Cake? (Netflix), 346 million

Acquired Series

1. The Resident, 1.48 billion minutes
2. Bluey, 963 million
3. NCIS, 912 million
4. Family Guy, 837 million
5. Grey’s Anatomy, 778 million
6. Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 714 million
7. Law & Order: SVU (Hulu/Peacock), 663 million
8. The Big Bang Theory (Max), 629 million
9. American Dad (Hulu), 619 million
10. Young Sheldon (Max/Netflix), 590 million

Movies

1. Road House (2024), 812 million minutes
2. The Accountant (Netflix), 679 million
3. Mending the Line (2022) (Netflix), 353 million
4. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Netflix), 338 million
5. On the Line (2022) (Netflix), 331 million
6. Moana (Disney+), 322 million
7. Wonka (Max), 258 million
8. The Wages of Fear (2024) (Netflix), 246 million
9. Damsel (Netflix), 239 million
10. The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) (Disney+), 234 million

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