‘Bluey,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘The Pitt’: Here are Nielsen’s most-watched streaming titles of 2025

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Nielsen on Wednesday revealed the winners of its second annual ARTEY Awards. The company is handing out awards “to the streaming title that generated the most viewing minutes throughout the year within a given category,” according to Release Nielsen. According to the media audience measurement company, audiences spent about 16.7 trillion minutes streaming in 2025, up 19% year-over-year.

The hit Australian animated film Bluey was ranked as the top streaming title overall and Nielsen’s highest grossing series, with 45.2 billion minutes viewed. It was also the most watched broadcast title of 2024.

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Stranger Things is ranked as the top streaming original of 2025 with 40 billion minutes. Separate ARTEY awards for Best Children’s Movie and Best General Audience Streaming Movie went to K-Pop Demon Hunters and Happy Gilmore 2, which received 20.6 billion and 7.1 billion viewing minutes, respectively.

The Pitt (11.4 billion minutes) received an ARTEY rating for Best New Original Drama Series. Running Point ($5.1 billion) took home the award for new comedy. Sean Combs: The Reckoning ($4.8 billion) won Best New Original Unscripted.

Gunsmoke topped Nielsen’s Most-Binged titles category — which focused on shows with 50 or more episode libraries. Seth MacFarlane won the Streaming Icon of the Year award for a body of work that “attracts significant and sustained viewership across platforms.”