Season 4 of “The Umbrella Academy” was the most-watched original series on the internet in the United States during the week of August 9-15, according to Luminate.
The series finale was watched on Netflix for 863.1 million minutes in its first full week on Netflix. Additionally, the new release has renewed interest in previous releases, with the first season coming in at eighth place with 176.1 million minutes watched.
“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” continued to do well on Netflix, as did “Love Is Blind: UK,” which took second place with 335.4 million minutes watched and third place with 313.4 million minutes watched, respectively. They were followed by season six of “Love Island USA,” which was watched for 292.1 million minutes on Peacock in the third full week of its finale’s availability.
The documentary series “American Murder: Laci Peterson” took fifth place with 255.3 million viewers, while “Love of My Life” rose slightly from the previous week, coming in sixth with 214.6 million. Aside from the first season of “The Umbrella Academy,” the titles that garnered less than 200 million minutes of viewership were “Presumed Innocent,” “Blue Ribbon Baking Championship” and “Evil” season 4.
“The Instigators” topped the list with 369.4 million minutes watched in its first week on Apple TV+. Netflix’s “Inside the Mind of a Dog” debuted at No. 1 with 201.1 million minutes watched, followed by last week’s second-place debut of “Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie,” which was watched for 153 million minutes.
With less than 100 million minutes watched, the films “Mission: Cross,” “Find Me Falling,” “Lolo and the Kid,” “One Fast Move,” “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” “My Spy: The Eternal City,” and “A Family Affair” came in second.
(Disclosure: diverse Luminate and PMC share a common owner.)
