“Love Is Blind” has once again returned to the Nielsen Streaming Top 10. The series re-debuted in third place with 1.1 billion viewing minutes from September 30 to October 6, during which the first six episodes of Season 7 were available for five days, although it should be noted that this total also includes any viewership of all previous seasons during the viewing period. The unscripted dating show is a regular heavyweight for Netflix and is expected to remain on the charts for several weeks as new episodes of Season 7 continue to roll out through October 30.
During the period from September 30 to October. 6 window, however, it fell behind two other Netflix titles: “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” in first place for the third week in a row, this time with 1.4 billion minutes watched out of 2.4 billion minutes viewed in the week before; and “Nobody Wants This,” which jumped to No. 2 with 1.2 billion minutes watched after last week’s third billion-minute debut.
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“Inside Out 2” continued to score big numbers after debuting at No. 2 with 1.8 billion minutes watched; in its second week on the chart, the Pixar film took fourth place with 908 million minutes. The film’s success on Disney+ should come as no surprise, as it became the highest-grossing animated film of all time when it hit theaters earlier this year. Additionally, Disney reported that it had surpassed 30.5 million streaming views in its first five days of availability. Still, the film’s ability to compete on the charts with popular TV titles, which have much longer running times, is remarkable.
The rest of the chart was populated by a mix of Nielsen mainstays and other long-running popular titles: “Bluey,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Family Guy” and “Grey’s Anatomy” all spent the most weeks on the chart, finishing at fifth place. respectively to eighth place during the viewing period from September 30 to October 6. Ninth place went to “Spongebob Squarepants,” which had 580 million minutes watched on Paramount+, while the bottom spot went to “Gilmore Girls,” which often regains popularity during the fall months and reached 565 million minutes watched on Netflix.
First, check out Nielsen’s list of overall streaming rankings for August 26 to September 1, followed by original streaming titles, acquired titles, and then movies.
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