The newest Star Wars series on Disney+, Ahsoka, delivered a sizable viewing audience during its opening week. Suits continued its summer-long run as the top overall title.
The first two episodes of Ahsoka, starring Rosario Dawson as the title character, had 829 million minutes of viewing in the United States for the week of Aug. 21-27. With a total running time of 100 minutes over the two installments, that translates to about 8.29 million complete showings of the two. (Disney+ said the first episode alone gathered the equivalent of 14 million complete plays worldwide over its first five days.)
Ahsoka’s 829 million minutes of viewing ranks second among Disney+ Star Wars shows for their series premiere weeks, behind the 1.03 billion for Obi-Wan Kenobi in May 2022. It was the No. 2 original series for the week behind Netflix’s British import Who Is Erin Carter?, which drew 1.04 billion minutes of viewing. New seasons of The Ultimatum and Ragnarok on Netflix also pushed those two back into the top 10 originals.
Suits was the top overall title for the 10th week in a row with 2.66 billion minutes of viewing — just a 6 percent decline from the previous week. Kids’ favorite Bluey (1.03 billion minutes on Disney+) also topped a billion minutes for the seventh straight week, despite the fact that a large number of its core viewers went back to school in late August.
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. 21-27 are below.
Overall
1. Suits (Netflix/Peacock), 2.66 billion minutes viewed
2. Who Is Erin Carter? (Netflix), 1.04 billion
3. Bluey (Disney+), 1.03 billion
4. Grey’s Anatomy (Netflix), 932 million
5. Ahsoka (Disney+), 829 million
6. NCIS (Netflix/Paramount+), 784 million
7. Ballers (Max/Netflix), 656 million
8. Cocomelon (Netflix), 644 million
9. Untold (Netflix), 632 million
10. The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix), 587 million
Original Series
1. Who Is Erin Carter?, 1.04 billion minutes
2. Ahsoka, 829 million
3. Untold, 63 million
4. The Lincoln Lawyer, 587 million
5. Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), 559 million
6. Painkiller (Netflix), 551 million
7. The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On (Netflix), 489 million
8. Ragnarok (Netflix), 471 million
9. Gabby’s Dollhouse (Netflix), 347 million
10. Futurama (Hulu) 335 million
Acquired Series
1. Suits, 2.66 billion
2. Bluey, 1.03 billion
3. Grey’s Anatomy, 932 million
4. NCIS, 784 million
5. Ballers, 656 million
6. Cocomelon, 644 million
7. The Big Bang Theory (Max), 497 million
8. Gilmore Girls (Netflix), 490 million
9. Supernatural (Netflix), 488 million
10. SpongeBob SquarePants (Paramount+/Prime Video), 431 million
Movies
1. You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (Netflix), 495 million minutes
2. The Flash (Max), 392 million
3. The Monkey King (Netflix), 387 million
4. The Pope’s Exorcist (Netflix), 345 million
5. Heart of Stone (Netflix), 328 million
6. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Peacock), 322 million
7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney+), 300 million
8. Vacation Friends 2 (Hulu), 246 million
9. Moana (Disney+), 245 million
10. The Black Demon (Prime Video), 237 million
