Netflix, YouTube and The Roku Channel Each Hit Platform Highs
Netflix Owns 8 of July's Top 10 Streaming Titles with Squid Game' at #1 with 5.4B Minutes; Peacock's Love Island USA' Ranks #2 with 5.3B Minutes
ABC World News Tonight' Takes 19 of 20 Top Broadcast Telecasts; MLB Home Run Derby on ESPN Tops Cable Telecasts
NEW YORK - August 19, 2025 - Streaming viewership continued to heat up in July as its portion of TV watch-time edged closer to the 50% threshold, according to Nielsen's monthly report of The Gauge , the media industry's leading snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption. Driven by an influx of streaming options across platforms, streaming usage trended upward slightly as audiences spent a record 47.3% of overall TV viewing time in July watching its content.
Netflix rode the momentum of a strong June into July, notching a 5% monthly viewing increase to achieve a platform record of 8.8% of TV. Netflix's consecutive monthly uptick was driven by a continued steady flow of new releases among original and acquired titles, which led the streamer to represent eight of July's top 10 streaming titles. Its original series Squid Game was this month's most watched title with 5.4 billion viewing minutes.
Peacock also carried some of its June momentum into July as its original series Love Island USA was this month's second most-streamed title with 5.3 billion viewing minutes. Overall Peacock was up 3% versus June and added 0.1 share points to tie its non-Olympic monthly record of 1.6% of TV. The rest of July's top titles included:
#3 Blindspot, 4.15 billion minutes, Netflix
#4 Untamed, 4.14 billion, Netflix
#5 Animal Kingdom, 4.0 billion, Netflix
#6 Bluey, 3.53 billion, Disney+
#7 KPop Demon Hunters, 3.51 billion, Netflix
#8 Sullivan's Crossing, 3.4 billion, Netflix
#9 Happy Gilmore 2, 2.9 billion, Netflix
#10 Grey's Anatomy, 2.8 billion, Netflix / Hulu
In addition to Netflix, The Roku Channel (2.8%) and YouTube (13.4%) also set platform records in July. The Roku Channel exhibited the largest monthly usage increase across all platforms with a 7.5% lift vs. June, while YouTube viewing climbed 2% with 18-24 year-old viewers notching the largest increase among age demographics (+8%).
Broadcast and cable were each affected by standard summer programming slates, which remained light on sports and original shows before those return on a larger scale in the fall. Broadcast's 18.4% share of TV was helped slightly by a 28% increase in news viewing, which was illustrated by ABC World News Tonight collecting 19 of this month's top 20 broadcast telecasts. The MLB All-Star Game on FOX took the remaining slot at 13th.
Cable finished with 22.2% of TV watch-time in July. Although it exhibited monthly declines in news (-11%) and sports (-17%) viewing, with the latter feeling the absence of the NBA Playoffs, the MLB Home Run Derby on ESPN was the bright spot, topping cable telecasts for July with 5.3 million viewers.
The July 2025 interval included dates 06/30/2025 through 07/27/2025. Nielsen reporting follows the broadcast calendar with measurement weeks that run Monday through Sunday.
-- About The Gauge The Gauge is Nielsen's monthly snapshot of total broadcast, cable and streaming consumption that occurs through a television screen, providing the industry with a holistic look at what audiences are watching. The Gauge was expanded in April 2024 to include The Media Distributor Gauge, which reflects total viewing by media distributor across these categories. Read more about The Gauge methodology and FAQs.
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