Coming from neither Marvel nor DC, 2022’s most popular superhero series is more brutal than both combined

Coming from neither Marvel nor DC 2022s most popular superhero

Netflix, Amazon and Co. hardly give out figures about the success of their films and series that can be easily compared. Luckily there are companies like Nielsen that are dealing with that collection of data and regularly produce exciting figures through surveys in the streaming area.

A few days ago, Nielsen presented a new report about the most successful streaming content 2022 going in the US. Netflix’s long-running favorite Stranger Things is unbeaten at the top with 52 billion watched minutes. But which was the most successful superhero series in 2022?

Amazon surpasses Marvel and DC: The Boys leaves Moon Knight, Peacemaker and co

The answer is quite surprising, since neither Marvel nor DC made it into the top list. Instead, the Superhero high flyer 2022 in the streaming area from Amazon: The Boys recorded 10.6 billion watched minutes in the USA last year.

You can watch the trailer for The Boys here:

The Boys – S03 Trailer (German) HD

This makes The Boys the 11th most watched streaming original in the US. Below is the complete list.

  • StrangerThings (52 billion minutes)
  • ozark (31.1 billion minutes)
  • wednesday (18.6 billion minutes)
  • Cobra Kai (16.7 billion minutes)
  • Bridgerton (15 billion minutes)
  • Virgin River (13.6 billion minutes)
  • dahmer (13.4 billion minutes)
  • Love Is Blind (13.1 billion minutes)
  • Inventing Anna (12.9 billion minutes)
  • The Crown (12.7 billion minutes)
  • theboys (10.6 billion minutes)
  • Great British Baking Show (10.6 billion minutes)
  • The Umbrella Academy (10.5 billion minutes)
  • The LastKingdom (10.4 billion minutes)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (9.4 billion minutes)
  • A big advantage of The Boys: The series spans three seasons and is coming up 24 episodes in total. That’s a lot more than Moon Knight, Peacemaker and Co. have to offer. The fact that series with only one season still have a chance against established formats was proven last year by Wednesday with only eight episodes.

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