Podcast #1186: 2024 Nielsen ARTEY Awards

On this week's show we run down the Nielsen ARTEY Awards which measures and rams shows based on total viewing minutes. We also read your emails and take a look at the week's news.

News:

• Matter will be better in 2025
• Apple's new HomePod with iPad-like display reportedly launching this year
• Netflix Ads To Hit $4B

Other:

• TCL 98" Class - Q672 Series - 4K UHD QLED LCD TV - Allstate 3-Year Protection Plan Bundle Included for 5 Years of Total Coverage*

The Nielsen ARTEY Awards

For the 2024 ARTEYS, we focused solely on streaming programs, which are measured and ranked based on total viewing minutes. Within streaming, there are many different content types. We recognized the following:

• Top New Streaming Original Series
• Top Overall Streaming Programs
• Most Binged Streaming Title
• ARTEY Legacy Award

Top New Streaming Original Series of 2024

The ARTEY Awards for Top New Streaming Original Series recognize streaming titles in drama, comedy and unscripted genres that were introduced in 2024 and received the most viewing.

Top New Original Drama Series

ARTEY WINNER: Fallout, Prime Video, 11.95 billion minutes (8.3/10 IMDB)

Prime Video's sci-fi-action-drama Fallout debuted on the platform in April and racked up 2.9 billion viewing minutes in its first few days of release. It accumulated nearly 12 billion total viewing minutes throughout the rest of the year, ultimately placing fifth among all streaming originals in 2024. Fallout, which only has eight episodes in its first season, was also the fifth most-watched streaming original among adults 18-34.

RUNNER-UP: Fool Me Once, Netflix, 10.89 billion minutes (6.8/10 IMDB)

Top New Original Comedy Series

ARTEY WINNER: Nobody Wants This, Netflix, 4.90 billion minutes (7.9/10 IMDB)

Netflix rom-com Nobody Wants This enjoyed three weeks atop Nielsen's streaming charts following its release in late September, and went on to accumulate nearly 5 billion minutes through the end of year. While the show's audience skewed toward women (69%), it was fairly balanced from an age perspective, coming in at 51% adults 18-49 and 43% adults 50+.

RUNNER UP: A Man on the Inside, Netflix, 2.94 billion minutes (7.9/10 IMDB)

Top New Original Unscripted / Documentary Series

ARTEY WINNER: American Nightmare, Netflix, 3.57 billion minutes (7.5/10 IMDB)

This Netflix true-crime docuseries premiered on the platform with three episodes in January 2024. American Nightmare drove more than 1 billion viewing minutes in its opening week, and its viewing total reached over 3.5 billion throughout the year. The docuseries resonated most with women who made up 62% of the audience, as well as younger adult viewers, as 56% of the audience fell into the 18-49 age range.

RUNNER UP: Unlocked: A Jail Experiment, Netflix, 2.50 billion minutes (7.1/10 IMDB)

2024 Top Overall Streaming Programs

These ARTEY Awards recognize the most-watched streaming titles of the year across original series, acquired series, movies and overall.

Top Overall Streaming Title & Top Acquired Series

ARTEY WINNER: Bluey, 55.62 billion viewing minutes on Disney+ (9.3/10 IMDB)

The ARTEY for Top Overall Streaming Title of 2024 goes to the Australian animated series Bluey, which put up over 55.6 billion minutes of watch time on Disney+, with 43% of its massive viewing total attributable to kids 2-11.

RUNNER UP: Grey's Anatomy, 47.85 billion viewing minutes on Hulu and Netflix (7.6/10 IMDB)

Top Streaming Original Series

ARTEY WINNER: Bridgerton, Netflix, 21.42 billion viewing minutes (7.6/10 IMDB)

The ARTEY for Top Streaming Original Series in 2024 goes to Netflix's Bridgerton, which posted over 21 billion viewing minutes in 2024. Netflix released eight new episodes between May and June, which accounted for 56% of Bridgerton's viewing total. In terms of its performance in Nielsen's Streaming Top 10, Bridgerton has 11 appearances at No. 1 overall, tying fellow Netflix original series Ozark for the most first place weeks for any streaming original.

RUNNER UP: Love Is Blind, Netflix, 16.45 billion viewing minutes (6.2/10 IMDB)

Top Streaming Movie

ARTEY WINNER: Moana, 13.03 billion minutes viewed on Disney+ (7.6/10 IMDB)

With over 13 billion viewing minutes accumulated on Disney+ in 2024, Moana finished as the most-watched streaming movie for a second consecutive year. The Disney favorite exhibited a bump in viewership towards the end of the year that coincided with the theatrical release of its sequel, Moana 2. This marks Moana's most-streamed year ever and solidifies it as the most-streamed movie since 2020.

RUNNER UP: The Super Mario Bros. Movie, 11.72 billion minutes viewed on Netflix (7.0/10 IMDB)

Most-Binged Title

For this category, we examined streaming titles with extensive libraries (50+ episodes) and limited the calculations to viewers who had spent at least one episode's worth of time with the show (20 min. or longer). While half-hour programs tend to be more binge-able, the level of dedication from audiences in viewing to programs across the board was astonishing.

ARTEY WINNER: The Big Bang Theory, 265.5 episodes per viewer on Max (8.1/10 IMDB)

The Big Bang Theory has a total of 281 episodes available on Max, and dedicated viewers averaged just over 265 episodes each over the course of the year! (Note, this does not mean they watched 265 unique episodes, just that they spent the equivalent of 265 episodes worth of time). This put the show head and shoulders above the competition for the bingeing crown. Coming in at No. 7 overall among this year's top streaming titles, Big Bang tallied 29.1 billion minutes in 2024, 58% of which were driven by adults 18-49.

RUNNER UP: American Dad!, 175.3 episodes per viewer on Hulu (7.4/10 IMDB)

Legacy Award

The ARTEY Legacy Award recognizes enduring, timeless programs that continue to entertain and captivate audiences today.

ARTEY WINNER: Little House on the Prairie, 13.25 billion minutes on Peacock (7.5/10 IMDB)

Little House on the Prairie celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024, having aired on NBC from 1974 to 1983. Whether it was nostalgia surrounding the anniversary milestone or the appeal of westerns among TV viewers, the show earned 13.3 billion minutes of viewing time on Peacock across the year. Adults 35-64 accounted for 63% of Little House's overall viewing total, and it over-indexed among Black viewers, which comprised over 17% of its total viewership.

ARTEY WINNER: Gunsmoke, 10.23 billion minutes on Peacock / Paramount+ (8.1/10 IMDB)