Australian Kids' Show Bluey Overtakes Stranger Things as Most-Watched Series of 2025

Bluey Eclipses All Series in Streaming Minutes, Outperforming Stranger Things and Adult Dramas in 2025

By 2025, the Australian children's show Bluey had become the most-streamed series overall, surpassing even the global hit Stranger Things. Nielsen data indicated that Bluey accumulated approximately 45.2 billion viewing minutes that year, outperforming all other shows, including adult dramas. Each episode's short, 7–10 minute runtime facilitates repeat viewing, especially among young audiences. While Bluey achieved the highest total viewing minutes, Stranger Things remained Netflix's most-watched original series, with nearly 40 billion minutes viewed. The format of shorter shows like Bluey enables viewers to easily accumulate millions of viewing minutes.

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