Streaming Ratings: ‘Sirens’ Premieres at No. 1 Overall
Netflix’s Sirens had a splashy premiere, claiming the top overall spot on Nielsen’s streaming charts for its debut week.
The series starring Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock and Julianne Moore was the only title to clock more than a billion minutes of viewing time for the week of May 19-25, coming in at 1.36 billion minutes. Sirens also recorded the highest weekly viewing time since You’s 1.78 billion minutes from April 28-May 4.
A pair of Hulu series showed improvement week to week. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives drew 810 million viewing minutes, a 19 percent improvement over the previous week, when its second season premiered. The Handmaid’s Tale (637 million minutes), meanwhile, grew by 30 percent a week before its series finale.
The Last of Us recorded 707 million minutes of watch time on Max for the week leading up to its season two finale (along with a few hours of viewing for the final episode), continuing a down season in the ratings. It did, however, still make the overall top 10. The previous week’s leader, Andor, remained in the top 10 originals with 527 million viewing minutes a week after its series finale.
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In the movie rankings, the 2018 movie Instant Family hit No. 1 with 484 million minutes of viewing on Netflix (it was added to the service on May 16) and Paramount+. The Wild Robot (440 million minutes) got a boost from joining Netflix as well (it also streams on Peacock), and Lilo & Stitch (350 million) got a bump on Disney+ as its live-action/CGI remake opened to huge box office numbers.
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 May 19-25, 2025, are below.
