Streaming Wars Heat Up: ‘One Piece’โข Sails to No. 1 asโค ‘wednesday’ Slides
“One Piece” claimed the top spot in Nielsen’s streaming ratings for theโค week of August 25-31,โค 2025, with a massive 1.03 billion โminutes viewed onโ Netflix. The live-action adaptation of the โฃpopular manga series unseated “Suits,” which had previously dominated โthe charts forโฃ weeks.โข This shift signals a potential new frontrunner in โtheโข increasingly competitiveโ streaming landscape, โคas major โplatformsโฃ vie for โคaudience attention with high-profileโฃ original content.
These rankings, which โคmeasure viewership on โขtelevision sets within the U.S. only, โฃoffer a crucial snapshot of streamingโ performance.While not capturing viewing on computers or mobile devices, the data provides โฃvaluable insight intoโข whichโ titles are resonating most strongly with audiences and driving engagement. The streaming ratingsโ are closely watched by industry โanalysts and โคmedia companies to โขinform content โstrategy โฃand investmentโ decisions.
Netflix maintained a strong presenceโ with multiple titles in the top 10,โ including โคthe docuseries Katrina: Come โฃHell or High Water at No. 4 (911โข million minutes). Wednesday dropped to fifth place with 870 million minutes, โbut โขis expected to rebound following the release of the second half of its seasonโข on September 3.
Prime โคvideo sawโ success with The Summer I Turned Pretty, โreaching 717 million minutes of watch time as it neared the end of itsโข third season.โ Disney+ also entered the top 10 with Marvel’s Thunderbolts,โ garnering 702โข millionโ minutes inโค its premiere week.
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