Streaming Ratings: ‘Ginny & Georgia' Has Its Biggest Week Ever With Season 3 Premiere
The mother-daughter series racked up 2.88 billion minutes of viewing (inclusive of the two previous seasons as well) for the week of June 2-8; season three of debuted on June 5. That's the highest weekly total in the show's history so far, beating 2.73 billion minutes in January 2023, a week after the premiere of season two.
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Ginny & Georgia also had the fourth-biggest week of any title so far this year on Nielsen's streaming charts, behind Squid Game (4.6 billion minutes) in early January and two weeks for The Night Agent (3.11 billion and 2.92 billion) in January and February. (Nielsen figures for Squid Game's third and final season, which opened to huge viewing worldwide, according to Netflix, won't be available for a few weeks.)
Love Island USA also got off to a strong start for Peacock, with 772 million minutes of viewing for the week of its season seven premiere (and with new episodes almost every day). That's more than double the viewing time for last year's premiere week (382 million minutes). Netflix's crime drama Dept. Q (1.1 billion minutes) and Prime Video's The Better Sister (776 million) each improved on their opening-week totals. Stranger Things (441 million minutes) also reappeared in the top 10 originals a few days after Netflix revealed the release schedule for the show's upcoming final season.
The former TNT series Animal Kingdom popped after begin added to Netflix, leading the acquired series rankings with 1.14 billion viewing minutes.
The Accountant 2 led the movie charts with its streaming premiere on Prime Video. The action flim starring Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal had 1.38 billion minutes of viewing, finishing second overall for the week. Tyler Perry's Straw (881 million minutes), starring Taraji P. Henson, also put up big 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 June 2-8, 2025, are below.
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