Streaming Ratings: ‘Wednesday’ Holds at No. 1

Wednesday stayed at the top of the streaming charts in the second week after season two’s premiere, but it wasn’t as dominant as it was for its opening frame. FX’s Alien: Earth also joined the rankings with its debut on Hulu.

After logging the second-largest weekly total of 2025, Wednesday fell by about 43 percent for the week of Aug. 11-17 — though it still drew a strong 2.14 billion minutes of watch time in the United States, according to Nielsen. The CTV/CW drama Sullivan’s Crossing moved back up the charts a week after its third season debuted on Netflix, logging 1.59 billion minutes for second place overall. KPop Demon Hunters continued its huge summer with 1.02 billion viewing minutes.

Alien: Earth premiered to 464 million minutes of watch time on Hulu for its first two episodes. That was good for seventh place among originals, just behind another debut: Prime Video’s spy thriller Butterfly (491 million minutes), starring Daniel Dae Kim.

The previous week’s second- and third-ranked original series, King of the Hill and The Hunting Wives, swapped spots. The Hunting Wives scored 761 million minutes of watch time for Netflix, while King of the Hill had 714 million minutes for Hulu.

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 Aug. 11-17, 2025, are below.