A new Nielsen report has just been published, analysing the way in which audiences streamed their television last year. It’s a long and complex report that requires an advanced level of close reading, in order to fully parse all its numerous clauses and complexities. However, the primary takeaway seems to be that you people watch way too much Suits.
By some distance, Suits was the most streamed programme in the US last year, racking up 57.7bn viewed minutes. And, yes, there are some qualifications to make here. In America, Suits streams on two platforms – Netflix and Peacock – and it has an archive of 141 45-minute-long episodes. Compare this to say, Netflix’s The Night Agent (which has only aired 10 episodes in total), then of course Suits is going to rack up more minutes viewed. There is an argument here to say that “minutes viewed” shouldn’t always equate to “most popular”.
