Most Watched Movies and TV Series in the USA in 2023

Giant research firm Nielsen shared its analysis about content platforms this year, as every year. Only covering the USA The data generated by viewing minutes shows the most watched movies and TV series of 2023.

Four tables were published for the data. The tables include all TV series, TV series with acquired rights, original TV series and movies. Nielsen reports that views increased by 21% compared to 2022, and that US users will increase their total in 2023. He spent the equivalent of 21 years on film and TV series platforms. says.

This year, Netflix added the most productions to the lists.

Netflix dominated most of the charts, just like last year. Netflix, The platform that adds the most productions to all TV series lists appears as. There are 6 Netflix productions in the “Most Watched TV Series” list. It appears in 7 series in original and rights-acquired productions.

The only list where Netflix was surpassed was movies. Disney+ was the dominant platform on this list with 6 movies. Netflix was able to upload 4 movies. Disney+ was at the top in movies last year as well.

The most watched TV series of the year in the USA was Suits and the movie was Moana.

This year’s surprising statistics appeared in TV series. Suits, the law-themed series broadcast between 2011 and 2019, ranked first with 57.7 billion minutes of viewing. With this number, the production, which is available on Netflix and Peacock, broke the record of 57.1 billion minutes set by The Office in 2020 and became the most watched series in a year. On the movie side, Disney’s animation Moana, released in 2016, ranked first.

Here are the most watched productions of 2023 in the USA

Most watched TV series

1. Suits (Netflix / Peacock) – 57.7 billion minutes
2. Bluey (Disney+) – 43.9 billion minutes
3. NCIS (Netflix / Paramount) – 39.4 billion minutes
4. Grey’s Anatomy (Netflix) – 38.6 billion minutes
5. Cocomelon (Netflix) – 36.3 billion minutes
6. The Big Bang Theory (Max) – 27.8 billion minutes
7. Gilmore Girls (Netflix) – 25.2 billion minutes
8. Friends (Max) – 25.0 billion minutes
9. Heartland (Hulu / Netflix / Peacock) – 22.8 billion minutes
10. Supernatural (Netflix) – 22.8 billion minutes

Most watched original TV series

1. Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) – 16.9 billion minutes
2. The Night Agent (Netflix) – 14.4 billion minutes
3. Ginny & Georgia (Netflix) – 13.8 billion minutes
4. Virgin River (Netflix) – 13.7 billion minutes
5. Love is Blind (Netflix) – 13.1 billion minutes
6. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Prime Video) – 12.8 billion
7. Gabby’s Dollhouse (Netflix) – 12.8 billion minutes
8. The Mandalorian (Disney+) – 12.3 billion minutes
9. Outer Banks (Netflix) – 12 billion minutes
10. The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix) – 11.8 billion minutes

Most watched TV series (broadcast rights acquired by the platform)

1. Suits (Netflix / Peacock) – 57.7 billion minutes
2. Bluey (Disney+) – 43.9 billion minutes
3. NCIS (Netflix / Paramount) – 39.4 billion minutes
4. Grey’s Anatomy (Netflix) – 38.6 billion minutes
5. Cocomelon (Netflix) – 36.3 billion minutes
6. The Big Bang Theory (Max) – 27.8 billion minutes
7. Gilmore Girls (Netflix) – 25.2 billion minutes
8. Friends (Max) – 25.0 billion minutes
9. Heartland (Hulu / Netflix / Peacock) – 22.8 billion minutes
10. Supernatural (Netflix) – 22.8 billion minutes

Most watched movies

1. Mmoana (Disney+) – 11.6 billion minutes
2. Encanto (Disney+) – 9.7 billion minutes
3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Netflix / Peacock) – 8.8 billion minutes
4. Elemental (Disney+) – 8.6 billion minutes
5. Minions: The Rise of Gru (Netflix) – 7.1 billion minutes
6. Sing 2 (Netflix) – 6.7 billion minutes
7. Frozen (Disney+) – 6.5 billion minutes
8. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney+) – 6.4 billion minutes
9. Avatar: The Way of Water (Disney+ / Max) – 6.4 billion minutes
10. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – 6.3 billion minutes