The most watched series in streaming in 2023 is not what you think!

This is a record held by The Office since 2020 that Suits has just beaten:

It is an edifying study that Nielsen, an organization which analyzes audiences in the United States (a bit like Médiamétrie in France) has just published, and which has just released its annual report on streaming in 2023.

We discover that the series which was the most watched in North America last year was none other than Suits !

Yes, the old legal drama with Meghan Markle, finished in 2019, has been available on Netflix since June (in France too), but also on Peacock (the Universal streaming platform which does not exist here). Taking full advantage of this double effect, Suits has compiled 57.7 billion minutes viewed across its 134 episodes, Nielsen reports. The series largely dominates the competition and even beats an old record held by The Office since 2020 (it had accumulated 57.1 billion minutes viewed during confinement).

To compare, Friends and its 236 episodes total 25 billion minutes viewed (but the series is no longer on Netflix in the USA, only on Max, the Warner Bros. platform)

And to find traces of an original series, you have to go low, far from the annual top 10. Ted Lasso has totaled 16.9 billion minutes viewed across 34 episodes, thanks to its final season in 2023.

The ranking of the 10 most viewed series in the USA in streaming in 2023:

Suits (Netflix/Peacock) — 57.7 billion minutes watched, 141 episodes
Blueycartoon (Disney+) — 43.9 billion minutes viewed, 154 episodes
NCIS (Netflix/Paramount+) — 39.4 billion minutes watched, 443 episodes
Grey’s Anatomy (Netflix) — 38.6 billion minutes watched, 421 episodes
Cocomelon (Netflix) — 36.3 billion minutes watched, (just!) 22 episodes
The Big Bang Theory (Max) — 27.8 billion minutes watched, 281 episodes
Gilmore Girls (Netflix) — 25.2 billion minutes watched, 153 episodes
Friends (Max) – 25 billion minutes watched, 236 episodes
Heartland (Hulu/Netflix/Peacock) — 22.8 billion minutes watched, 223 episodes
supernatural (Netflix) — 22.8 billion minutes watched, 328 episodes

The Top 10 most viewed original series in the USA in streaming in 2023:

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) — 16.9 billion minutes watched, 34 episodes
The Night Agent (Netflix) — 14.4 billion minutes watched, 10 episodes
Ginny & Georgia (Netflix) — 13.8 billion minutes watched, 20 episodes
Virgin River (Netflix) — 13.7 billion minutes watched, 54 episodes
Love Is Blind (Netflix) — 13.1 billion minutes watched, 70 episodes
Jack Ryan (Prime Video) — 12.8 billion minutes watched, 30 episodes
Gabby’s Dollhouse (Netflix) — 12.8 billion minutes watched, 58 episodes
The Mandalorian (Disney+) — 12.3 billion minutes viewed, 27 episodes
Outer Banks (Netflix) — 12 billion minutes watched, 30 episodes
The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix) – 11.8 billion minutes watched, 20 episodes

At the conclusion of his study, Nielsen puts forward two particularly crazy statistics:

The equivalent of 21 million years of streaming content was watched in 2023, an increase of 21% year-on-year!