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The second part of “House of the Dragon” has already reached the highest number of viewers of the season on HBO and Max, but the halfway point of the second season is breaking all Nielsen records.
After the explosive fourth episode of the spin-off series “Game of Thrones” premiered on Sunday, July 7, “House of the Dragon” recorded 1.27 billion minutes of viewing during the period from July 8 to 14, according to Nielsen. For the first time ever, “House of the Dragon” was ranked as the most-watched streaming series after slowly gaining momentum in the first half of the second season.
House of the Dragon’s viewership for the week of July 8 surpassed Bluey, which ranked second on the list of most-streamed programs with 1.08 billion minutes watched on Disney+, and Suits, which continues to see a streaming surge with 1.07 billion minutes watched on Peacock and Netflix. Prime Video’s The Boys ranked fourth on the list with 1.05 billion minutes watched, with six of the eight episodes of the fourth season released.
As excitement grew for Peacock’s “Love Island USA,” the “Love Island” franchise — which also includes the U.K. version on Hulu and one on Netflix — brought in 1.03 billion minutes of viewing. This week, “Love Island” surpassed 1 billion minutes of streaming for the first time, making it into Nielsen’s top 10 streaming shows overall for the first time. Notably, about half of the reality dating show’s audience comes from its core 18-34 streaming demo.
“Love Island” surpassed “Dexter” in streaming viewers, which reached 982 million minutes of viewing on Netflix and Paramount+, and “Grey’s Anatomy,” which came in at No. 7 on the list with 957 million minutes of viewing on Hulu and Netflix. “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” the most-watched streaming program of the previous week, slipped to No. 8 on the list with 917 million views on Netflix.
Still, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” was the most-watched streaming movie of the week, followed by “If” on Paramount+ with 607 million views and Prime Video’s “Divorce in the Black,” which brought in 498 million views.
