Clickbait dominates the latest Nielsens — but is that the only story? It’s another great week for Clickbait as it breaks through the billion minute barrier in the latest Nielsens, but are there any other stories lurking in the numbers? [If you can’t get your head behind one billion minutes, our guide will help] We dig deeper … >
The latest Nielsens are out and Clickbait is the new #1 — we dig deeper into the data We’ve been absorbing the Nielsen ratings for August 23-29 and Clickbait is the clear viewer’s choice (despite very mixed critical response), but as ever we’ve taken a deeper look into all the figures, then produced a narrative to … >
The Nielsens for August 16-22 are out and Outer Banks retains the #1 spot (just), Nine Perfect Strangers debuts and What If…? finally appears Outer Banks has held on to the top of the latest Nielsens, but not by much. There’s plenty more to cover, but first let’s remind ourselves of last week’s predictions: If Outer … >
Outer Banks holds the #1 in the Nielsens for the third week running, but we notice who isn’t there… We tried to come up with a clever reference to the Sherlock Holmes Dog in the Night, and failed. Instead we’ve just stuck to looking at the Nielsen data for the week Aug 9-15. First, let’s revisit … >
The Shang-Chi movie Legend of the Ten Rings launched this weekend and broke some box-office records in the US It’s widely reported (eg Entertainment Week) the new Marvel movie Shang-Chi Legend of the Ten Rings has had a good first weekend, exceeding expectations. While we’ve no official Disney statement (yet), the scale of the numbers is clear. At … >
Outer Banks owns the latest Nielsens as the top 10 looks fairly flat Last week’s Nielsens had Outer Banks charging straight in at #1, and for this week we predicted: Outer Banks looks good for the win, Virgin River should begin a downward drift, and we expect more churn, with Bosch in the firing line. General interest in … >
Outer Banks is a clear winner in the latest Nielsens, pushing recent champions Virgin River back into second place We have the Nielsen ratings for Jul 26 – Aug 1, and they have a few surprises. As a reminder, last week we predicted: Surely Virgin River has another week at the top, based on what we’ve seen, … >
Three weeks since the drop of season 3, the unstoppable Virgin River has over a billion minutes viewed again The Nielsens are out for the week July 19 – 25, and Virgin River maintains what looks to be an unstoppable lead over all other shows. Last week our prediction was: Virgin River must, surely, hold the top, and … >
Top of last week’s Nielsens, Virgin River rockets further ahead this time round Breaking through the two billion minutes barrier on its second week, the story seems clear — Virgin River rockets ahead of the pack. Is it really that simple, or is there more in the data? We take our weekly wander through the numbers. … >
Tokyo 2020 may only just be over, but BBC Sport is already keen to tells us of its own record making and breaking BBC Sport’s coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games saw a record-breaking 104 million requests to watch the action online throughout the duration of the competition, beating the Rio 2016 figure of … >