“Most streamed movies” can mean different things depending on the measurement: total minutes viewed (common in TV ratings), total hours viewed, or total views (often used by platforms). The stats below pull from major industry trackers (especially Nielsen for U.S. viewing minutes) and platform reporting (Netflix global “most popular” movie views).
Moana was the top streaming movie in the U.S. in 2024 with 13.03 billion minutes viewed (Nielsen ARTEY Awards).
The Super Mario Bros. Movie was the #2 streaming movie in the U.S. in 2024 with 11.72 billion minutes viewed (Nielsen ARTEY Awards).
In the U.S., audiences spent an estimated 16.7 trillion minutes streaming in 2025, up 19% year over year (Nielsen).
U.S. streaming time in 2024 totaled nearly 14 trillion minutes (Nielsen).
In 2023, Moana led U.S. streaming movies with 11.6 billion minutes viewed (Nielsen).
Since Nielsen began measuring streaming, audiences have watched nearly 80 billion minutes of Moana (Nielsen).
Nielsen’s Top Kids Movie of 2025 was KPop Demon Hunters with 20.6 billion minutes viewed (Nielsen ARTEY Awards).
Nielsen’s Top Movie – General Audiences of 2025 was Happy Gilmore 2 with 7.1 billion minutes viewed (Nielsen ARTEY Awards).
Netflix’s all-time #1 most popular movie by views in the first 91 days is KPop Demon Hunters with 325.1 million views (Netflix Tudum).
Netflix’s #2 most popular movie by that same metric is Red Notice with 230.9 million views (Netflix Tudum).
Top 10 most-streamed movies in the U.S. in 2024 (minutes viewed)
Nielsen’s annual ARTEY Awards summarize the movies that accumulated the most total minutes viewed across the year in the U.S. The list below shows the top 10 streaming movies of 2024 by minutes viewed.
Label
Bar
Value
Moana
13.03B mins
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
11.72B mins
Red One
8.28B mins
Trolls Band Together
7.44B mins
Minions
6.77B mins
Encanto
6.61B mins
Frozen
6.28B mins
PAW Patrol: The Movie
6.05B mins
Inside Out
5.78B mins
The Boss Baby
5.59B mins
Max = 13.03B minutes. Widths: Moana 100.00%, The Super Mario Bros. Movie 89.95%, Red One 63.55%, Trolls Band Together 57.10%, Minions 51.96%, Encanto 50.73%, Frozen 48.20%, PAW Patrol: The Movie 46.43%, Inside Out 44.36%, The Boss Baby 42.90%.
Biggest streaming movie winners of 2025 (Nielsen ARTEY Awards)
Nielsen split 2025 movie recognition into Kids vs General Audiences categories to reflect how repeat viewing (especially among kids) can dominate total minutes. The chart below compares the ARTEY winners and their runner-ups by total minutes viewed.
Netflix’s all-time most popular movies (global views)
Netflix publishes a “Most Popular Movies” list based on global views in the first 91 days of release (with corresponding runtime and hours viewed). The chart below compares the Top 10 titles by views.
Label
Bar
Value
KPop Demon Hunters
325.1M views
Red Notice
230.9M views
Carry-On
172.1M views
Don’t Look Up
171.4M views
The Adam Project
157.6M views
Bird Box
157.4M views
Back in Action
147.2M views
Leave the World Behind
143.4M views
The Gray Man
139.3M views
Damsel
138.0M views
Max = 325.1M views. Widths: KPop Demon Hunters 100.00%, Red Notice 71.02%, Carry-On 52.94%, Don’t Look Up 52.72%, The Adam Project 48.48%, Bird Box 48.42%, Back in Action 45.28%, Leave the World Behind 44.11%, The Gray Man 42.85%, Damsel 42.45%.
How to interpret “most streamed” metrics
Minutes viewed (Nielsen-style) rewards long runtimes and heavy rewatching, which is why family titles often dominate annual lists.
Views (Netflix-style) normalize for runtime by counting completed “view equivalents,” but the exact definition can differ across platforms.
Hours viewed usually tracks total watch time and can be compared within the same reporting system, but it won’t always match “views” rankings because runtime matters.
Netflix Tudum (Most Popular Movies, views in first 91 days): https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/most-popular
World Screen (summary list of top streaming movies by minutes, citing Nielsen): https://worldscreen.com/nielsen-recognizes-most-watched-streaming-titles-of-the-year/
