Ever wondered how many people view the streaming series that obtain buzz in the media and on the various award shows? The newly-formed research company Symphony Advanced Media gathers data by detecting programs via its panelists’ mobile devices’ microphones. Its list of top shows were first reported at TheWrap.
Netflix has been critical of Symphony data but NBC’s ratings guru Alan Wurtzel has publicly accepted Symphony as valid.
Here are the Top 25 streaming series of the past year (thru June 21, 2016), based on Symphony’s figures of total viewership (aged 18 years or older) on the first 3 days of each series’ launch on their respective service. (Source: TheWrap)
| * Viewers in millions | ||||
| RANK | PROGRAM | SERVICE | SEASON | VIEWERS* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuller House | Netflix | 1 | 8.793 |
| 2 | Orange is the New Black | Netflix | 4 | 7.179 |
| 3 | Marvel’s Daredevil | Netflix | 2 | 3.600 |
| 4 | House of Cards | Netflix | 4 | 3.260 |
| 5 | Marvel’s Jessica Jones | Netflix | 1 | 2.830 |
| 6 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix | 2 | 2.790 |
| 7 | 11.22.63 | Hulu | 1 | 2.270 |
| 8 | F is for Family | Netflix | 1 | 1.810 |
| 9 | Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp | Netflix | 1 | 1.660 |
| 10 | Master of None | Netflix | 1 | 1.270 |
| 11 | Narcos | Netflix | 1 | 1.140 |
| 12 | Grace and Frankie | Netflix | 2 | 1.090 |
| 13 | Love | Netflix | 1 | 1.080 |
| 14 | The Path | Hulu | 1 | 0.907 |
| 15 | Making a Murderer | Netflix | 1 | 0.875 |
| 16 | The Man in the High Castle | Amazon | 1 | 0.840 |
| 17 | The Mindy Project | Hulu | 4 | 0.813 |
| 18 | Bloodline | Netflix | 2 | 0.752 |
| 19 | Mad Dogs | Amazon | 1 | 0.558 |
| 20 | Flaked | Netflix | 1 | 0.418 |
| 21 | Catastrophe | Amazon | 2 | 0.411 |
| 22 | Hemlock Grove | Netflix | 3 | 0.340 |
| 23 | With Bob & David | Netflix | 1 | 0.335 |
| 24 | Casual | Hulu | 2 | 0.300 |
| 25 | The Peabody and Mr. Sherman Show | Netflix | 1 | 0.260 |
