Streaming Ratings: ‘Severance’ Continues Strong Run on Apple TV+

Season two of Severance is shaping up as one of Apple TV+’s most watched series to date.

The series ranked fourth among original streaming shows for the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2, according to Nielsen, with 557 million minutes of viewing. Though that’s down a little from the first two weeks of season two (which recorded 589 million and 622 million minutes), Severance has had the best three-week run for any Apple TV+ show since Ted Lasso’s third season in 2023.

The Night Agent topped the charts for the second straight week, drawing 2.92 billion minutes of viewing on Netflix — a scant 6 percent drop from its debut a week earlier. Another Netflix spy drama, The Recruit, opened in second place overall with 1.19 billion minutes with its season two debut, up from 925 million for its series premiere in December 2022.

Netflix’s four-episode doc series American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (723 million minutes) and Hulu’s drama Paradise (550 million) also made the top 10 original series chart. Bluey (1.01 billion minutes) recorded its 50th week of a billion viewing minutes or more, becoming the first show to do that in the more than four-year history of Nielsen’s streaming charts. (No other show has more than 30 weeks with that much watch time.)

Prime Video’s Reese Witherspoon-Will Ferrell comedy You’re Cordially Invited led the movie rankings with 827 million minutes of viewing for its premiere weekend.

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. 27-Feb. 2, 2025, are below.

Overall

1. The Night Agent (Netflix), 2.92 billion minutes viewed
2. The Recruit (Netflix), 1.19 billion
3. Younger (Netflix), 1.04 billion
4. Bluey (Disney+), 1.01 billion
5. Bob’s Burgers (Hulu), 866 million
6. You’re Cordially Invited (Prime Video), 827 million
7. NCIS (Hulu/Netflix/Paramount+), 818 million
8. Grey’s Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix), 754 million
9. American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (Netflix), 723 million
10. Law & Order: SVU (Hulu/Peacock), 710 million

Original Series

1. The Night Agent, 2.92 billion minutes
2. The Recruit, 1.19 billion
3. American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson, 723 million
4. Severance (Apple TV+), 557 million
5. Paradise (Hulu), 550 million
6. Squid Game (Netflix), 496 million
7. Beast Games (Prime Video), 465 million
8. Landman (Paramount+), 429 million
9. The Traitors (Peacock), 411 million
10. American Primeval (Netflix), 354 million

Acquired Series

1. Younger, 1.04 billion minutes
2. Bluey, 1.01 billion
3. Bob’s Burgers, 866 million
4. NCIS, 818 million
5. Grey’s Anatomy, 754 million
6. Law & Order: SVU, 710 million
7. The Big Bang Theory (Max), 701 million
8. Family Guy (Hulu), 652 million
9. Dexter (Netflix/Paramount+), 644 million
10. SpongeBob SquarePants (Paramount+), 592 million

Movies

1. You’re Cordially Invited, 827 million minutes
2. Back in Action (Netflix), 532 million
3. The Wild Robot (Peacock), 330 million
4. Moana (Disney+), 225 million
4 (tie). Here (2024) (Netflix), 225 million
6. The Menu (Netflix), 211 million
7. Saturday Night (Netflix), 185 million
8. Blink Twice (Prime Video), 176 million
9. Scream VI (Netflix/Paramount+), 147 million
10. The Boss Baby (Netflix), 140 million