Our new H2’23 US State of Viewership Report is here! Get key insights into
#viewership
consumption
#trends
, including how
#streamers
are bundling, the growth of live streaming
#sports
, and the impact of the strikes on available content. Download here👉:
720k US households watched Robert Pattinson suit up in
#TheBatman
on the day of its
#HBOMax
release, while 389k watched Ben Affleck don the cowl in Zack Snyder’s
#JusticeLeague
on the first day of its premiere last March.
Which begs the question – Battinson or Batfleck? 🦇
We made one. According to our data, only 36% of US households who watched
#ZackSnydersJusticeLeague
in its first week finished it. We imagine the experience went something like this.
29M US households watched the iconic
#SuperBowlHalftimeShow
featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and 50 Cent – up 19% from last year's halftime show.
More stats on the
#SuperBowl
Halftime Show below. (1/3)
Loki is burdened with glorious purpose – and high viewership. Here's a look at how
#Loki
stacked up with WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on release day and after 5 days on Disney+.
#LokiWednesdays
#Marvel
#DisneyPlus
Want a closer look at how viewership stacked up for the
#Loki
series premiere compared to previous
#Marvel
series on
#DisneyPlus
? Here's the breakdown of premiere day viewership:
Raise your hand if you want to join
@SteveMartinToGo
,
@selenagomez
, and Martin Short's murder-solving crew. 🔎
948k US households watched the premiere of
#OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding
during its first week on Hulu. It aired on Disney+ in the UK, where 33k households tuned in.
Curious how
#TheBatman
fared compared to other
#HBOMax
movie releases? Here's a look at US viewership for some of the streamer's biggest films in the first week of release.
#SambaTVInsights
775k US households watched the premiere of
#MsMarvel
. While less than other MCU series, it was a hit with
#GenZ
. Viewers age 20-24 watched at the highest rate of any MCU show, and it drew a more diverse audience with Black, Hispanic and Asian households watching at a higher rate.
We took a longer look at viewership of 6 HBO Max releases in their first 18 days streaming, including
#TheSuicideSquad
.
While 5 are
#HBOMax
Same-Day Premieres - on the platform 31 days from the theatrical release -
#ZackSnydersJusticeLeague
was not limited to this window.
The latest new
#StarWars
series,
#Ahsoka
finally hit screens with 1.2M US households watching over its first six days. This is similar to viewership of
#Andor
's premiere season and slightly lower than
#TheMandalorian
's third season premiere over its first six days.
#ReservationDogs
is the first show to feature all-Indigenous writers, directors and main cast. And the 5 states that watched the finale at the highest rate are also 5 of the states with the highest % of Native American population. Representation matters.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay2021
HBO's
@HouseofDragon
delivered 2.6 million U.S. households tuning into the premiere episode in its initial six hours on both traditional linear TV and streaming. The
@GameOfThrones
spinoff generated the highest viewership for any premium cable or streaming premiere in 2022.
📺
@disneyplus
delivered hulk-sized viewership with the premiere of its latest
@Marvel
program
@SheHulkOfficial
, with 1.5 million U.S. households streaming in its first four days available.
“While a lot of folks felt like digital was the extinction of TV, we’ve seen the opposite," Samba TV's CEO
@ashwinnavin
talks with
@martyswant
from
@ForbesCMO
. Read the full story on
@Forbes
:
1.5M US households watched Clint Barton and Kate Bishop meet in the premiere of
#Hawkeye
on Disney+ during its first 5 days streaming.
1.3M US households watched the second episode during the same period. Are you watching?
#HawkeyeSeries
#KateBishop
#SambaTVInsights
The
#EmmyNoms
are in, but some of the shows you can't even watch 😕. Nominated for 2 Emmys,
#GreaseRiseOfThePinkLadies
debuted on Paramount+ with 301k US households watching over the first few days but was canceled shortly after and all episodes wiped from the platform.
📺 1.8 million U.S. households watched the debut episode of
@LOTRonPrime
during its first four days available to stream, scoring the largest
@PrimeVideo
premiere of the year.
#TheRingsOfPower
Our Q4'21 State of Viewership Report is HERE! 📺 From the oversaturation of a shrinking linear audience to a look at how Netflix dominated streaming...
Dig into the trends that defined the quarter and score insights to guide 2022 planning. 👇
1.8M US households watched the premiere of Marvel Studio's
#MoonKnight
in its first 5 days streaming on
#DisneyPlus
. What did you think of the first episode?
124k UK households watched the premiere of
#Loki
on the day of its release.
Wondering how it compared to previous
#MCU
series? Premiere day viewership was higher than The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (117k) or WandaVision (86k).
Calling all Arconiacs! 🔎 Are you already missing
#OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding
? You’re not alone. We dug into our data to find out how viewership of the first season stacked up - from how many households tuned in week-to-week to how many are already rewatching.
A thread ⬇️
1.7M US households watched
#ShangChi
on Disney+ during its first weekend streaming. Households with Asian viewers watched at a higher rate (+47%) compared to the US overall.
Did you watch this weekend?
#ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings
1.1M U.S. households and 100k U.K. households tuned in for
#Mandalorian
's Season 2 finale.
#Portland
(+56%) and
#Seattle
(+44%) over-indexed the most on viewership. In the U.K., South West (+20%) and Wales (+20%) over-indexed on viewership the most.
#SambaTVInsights
#DisneyPlus
Recently,
@imdb
shared their Top 10 Movies of 2021 based on user popularity. We turned to our data to see how streaming viewership of the films stacked up in the US.🍿
What was your favorite film of 2021? 🤔
#GodzillaVsKong
#MortalKombat
#TheSuicideSquad
Demand for
#GameofThrones
content drove more than half of all viewers to watch
#HouseoftheDragon
premiere within the first six hours of its initial L+3 day release window. Buzz from the premiere helped boost overall viewership to 4.8 million households in the first few days.
The latest
@JLo
movie,
#TheMother
, on Netflix was a hit this Mother's Day weekend with 2.8M US households tuning in to watch!
The movie beat out recent fan favorites, Glass Onion and Murder Mystery 2.
#SambaTVInsights
#Netflix
693k US households watched
#InTheHeights
on
#HBOMax
during its first weekend streaming on the platform.
New York City over-indexed by +72% compared to the US overall, and households with Hispanic viewers over-indexed by +30%.
#InTheHeightsMovie
#GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3
made a successful landing on
#DisneyPlus
this weekend, with over 1.3M US households watching over the first five days! This is a sizable jump from its VOD release last month where 482k US households bought or rented the movie over the first five days.
363k US households understood the assignment and watched
#TheSuicideSquad
on Thursday – the night of its special preview release on HBO Max.
How many additional households will watch this weekend? Share your guess below and find out on Monday. 🙌
#SambaTVInsights
Wondering how viewership of the
#LokiFinale
compared to other MCU series? Here's how many US households tuned in for Episode 6 of each:
#Loki
- For All Time. Always. - 1.9M
#TFATWS
- One World, One People - 1.7M
#WandaVision
- All-New Halloween Spooktacular! - 1.4M
584k US households watched the season finale of
#Peacemaker
in its first 4 days streaming on
#HBOMax
. What was your reaction to *that* finale?
#PeacemakerParty
2.0M US households watched
#FantasticBeasts3
: The Secrets of Dumbledore in its first week streaming on HBO Max. The film over-indexed with younger viewers (under 44).
Toy Story franchise prequel
#Lightyear
debuted on
#Disney
+ with 1.7 million households viewing the Pixar flik in its first five days of streaming.🎥📺The film fell short to
#Encanto
, Disney+'s latest animated release, which saw 1 million additional households in the same window.
524k US households watched the Season 2 start of
#Euphoria
on the night of its HBO and HBO Max premiere.
Of the 25 largest DMAs, Los Angeles over-indexed the most (+60%), followed by New York, NY (+52%) and San Francisco, CA (+35%).
#EuphoriaSeason2
#EuphoriaHBOMax
1.5M US households watched the season finale of
#TheBookOfBobaFett
in its first 5 days streaming on
#DisneyPlus
– that's 36% higher than
#TheMandalorian
’s season two finale!
Want more insights into viewership?
@Deadline
digs in using Samba TV data:
939k US households watched the season finale of
#Loki
in its first day streaming on
#DisneyPlus
. What did you think of the final episode? 🤯
#LokiFinale
1.5M US households started watching the 2022
#Oscars
after the slap heard around the world – that's 13% of the total
#Oscars2022
viewership. Did you catch the moment live or tune in after?
2.14M US households watched the series premiere of
#ObiWanKenobi
on Disney+ in its first 4 days streaming. For reference, 2.08M US households watched
#TheMandalorian
Season 2 premiere in its first 4 days, while 1.5M watched the premiere of
#TheBookOfBobaFett
.
#ObiWan
Want more viewership insights into
#CinderellaMovie
and how it compares to other recent movie musicals? 🎶
@AwardsTony
breaks it down in this article from
@deadline
sharing Samba TV data.
The
#SuperBowlHalftimeShow
brought more eyes to the game. 1.2M US households began watching the
#SuperBowl
during the halftime show and then stuck around to watch the second half, a number up 41% from last year. (2/3)
2.9M US households watched the premiere episode of
#StrangerThings4
in its first 4 days on Netflix – 700k of them binge-watching all 7 episodes of Vol. I over the long weekend!
#StrangerThings
Season 4 viewership skewed younger, over-indexing for Millennials and Gen Z.
With the
#DNCConvention2020
and
#RNCConvention2020
wrapped, Samba TV looked at 10 key swing states and found that, in the full 3-hour broadcast of the final day of each, 6 of these states tuned in at a higher rate to the RNC. Keep an eye out for our in-depth report.