Dept. Q Makes Nielsen Streaming Top 10 Debut — And With A Decidedly Older Audience

Netflix's Sirens continued to sing a happy tune, once again topping Nielsen's U.S. ranking of streaming originals.

Sirens for the week of May 26 racked up 1.5 billion minutes viewed for its five episodes, easily holding onto the No. 1 slot. Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale placed a distant second with 900 million minutes viewed/66 episodes, followed by the chart debuts of Netflix's Dept. Q and Prime Video's The Better Sister.

Dept. Q, Nielsen notes, "resonated with the over 50 crowd," which accounted for 76% of the series' 749 million minutes viewed. Better Sister (731 million minutes/eight episodes) attracted a younger audience, with 62% falling into the 35-64 range.

Netflix's Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders closed out the Top 5 with 646 million minutes/three episodes.

Rounding out Nielsen's Top 10 streaming originals for the week of May 26 were Paramount+'s MobLand, Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Netflix's Big Mouth, Apple TV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors (making its Top 10 debut), and Disney+'s Andor.

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