'Lost in Space' maintains Netflix's streaming lead while rivals make movie moves
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A sci-fi reboot helped maintain Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) dominance, and the arrival of Christmas movies and more Marvel episodes was a boon for Disney (NYSE:DIS), in the latest Nielsen streaming program ratings.
Netflix's Lost In Space repeated at the top of the most recent list (for the period of Dec. 6-Dec. 12), serving as the only program to stream more than a billion minutes for the week. (A week ago the arrival of its third season led it to 1.207 billion minutes streamed, vs. 1.018 billion this week.)

That came in ahead of a bloc of Netflix library standbys that racked up minutes: CoComelon at No. 2 with 835 million minutes; NCIS at No. 3 with 597 million; Criminal Minds at No. 4 with 572 million; and Seinfeld at No. 5 with 556 million.
That's where rivals entered the overall-program picture: Disney+ (DIS) came in at No. 6 after the fourth episode of Hawkeye (527 million minutes), and Amazon Prime Video (NASDAQ:AMZN) at No. 7 with The Wheel of Time (509 million). Those two series marked original-program wins for their providers, as they were the second and third-best original programs in the ratings behind Lost in Space.

Netflix typically sweeps the top 10 acquired series, but behind the aforementioned library title topping the chart, rivals made some dents there too: Disney+ acquired series Bluey was eighth-best with 304 million minutes streamed. And Netflix shares access to The Thundermans with Hulu (DIS, CMCSA); it was No. 10 with 297 million minutes.
And Disney topped the movie charts with the help of holiday spirits. Home Alone on Disney+ was best with 307 million minutes, followed by Hulu's Elf with 296 million, both ahead of Netflix's (NFLX) Red Notice at 280 million and A Boy Called Christmas with 241 million.
Disney+ made two more entries on the movie chart, with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings at No. 5 (233 million), and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York at No. 10 (184 million).
(Nielsen's figures now incorporate viewing from five major streamers: Amazon Prime Video (AMZN
-0.7%), Apple TV+ (AAPL
-1.2%), Disney+ (DIS
+1.3%), Hulu (DIS
+1.3%, CMCSA
+1.1%) and Netflix (NFLX
-2.4%).)