The success of The Night Agent is apparently not a one-season phenomenon.
The Netflix thriller recorded its biggest week to date with the opening of its second season. The show amassed 3.11 billion minutes of viewing for the week of Jan. 20-26 (season two premiered Jan. 23), according to Nielsen’s streaming ratings, topping its previous best of 3.06 billion minutes in March 2023.
Nielsen says viewing of season two accounted for 76 percent of the weekly total, which works out to about 2.36 billion minutes.
After making its debut on the streaming charts a week earlier, Apple TV+’s Severance improved a little on that performance with 622 million minutes of viewing (a gain of about 6 percent week to week). That’s the highest weekly total for any Apple TV+ show since Ted Lasso in 2023.
The previous week’s overall No. 1, Netflix’s movie Back in Action, came down a little bit but still had a very solid 1.4 billion minutes of viewing time. Younger (1.39 billion minutes on Netflix) and Bluey (1.31 billion on Disney+) also had more than a billion viewing minutes and led the acquired series rankings.
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 Jan. 20-26, 2025, are below.
Overall
1. The Night Agent (Netflix), 3.11 billion minutes viewed
2. Back in Action (Netflix), 1.4 billion
3. Younger (Netflix), 1.39 billion
4. Bluey (Disney+), 1.31 billion
5. Bob’s Burgers (Hulu), 953 million
6. Grey’s Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix), 918 million
7. Squid Game (Netflix), 822 million
8. Dexter (Netflix/Paramount+), 783 million
9. The Rookie (Hulu), 746 million
10. American Primeval (Netflix), 713 million
Original Series
1. The Night Agent, 3.11 billion minutes
2. Squid Game, 822 million
3. American Primeval, 713 million
4. Landman (Paramount+), 623 million
5. Severance (Apple TV+), 622 million
6. XO, Kitty (Netflix), 464 million
7. The Traitors (Peacock), 416 million
8. Beast Games (Prime Video), 414 million
9. Virgin River (Netflix), 362 million
10. On Call (Prime Video), 297 million
Acquired Series
1. Younger, 1.39 billion minutes
2. Bluey, 1.31 billion
3. Bob’s Burgers, 953 million
4. Grey’s Anatomy, 918 million
5. Dexter, 786 million
6. The Rookie, 746 million
7. Family Guy (Hulu), 691 million
8. Law & Order: SVU (Hulu/Peacock), 669 million
9. NCIS (Hulu/Netflix/Paramount+), 663 million
10. The Walking Dead (Netflix), 649 million
Movies
1. Back in Action, 1.4 billion minutes
2. You Gotta Believe (Netflix), 331 million
3. The Wild Robot (Peacock), 324 million
4. Despicable Me 2 (Netflix/Peacock), 256 million
5. Moana (Disney+), 252 million
6. Despicable Me (Netflix/Peacock), 192 million
7. Unstoppable (2025) (Prime Video), 178 million
8. Star Trek Section 31 (Paramount+), 170 million
9. Frozen (Disney+), 168 million
10. Dune Part Two (Max/Netflix), 153 million
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