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Australian-made animated series Bluey was the most streamed show in the US for the second year in a row, topping Nielsen’s annual year-end streaming charts for 2025.
US viewers watched 45.2bn minutes of the show on Disney+ according to Nielsen, down from 55.62bn in 2024, but still impressive given the show comprises 154 episodes – most of them less than 10 minutes’ long.
Grey’s Anatomy was ranked second place for the second year in a row with 40.9bn minutes watched, which is 455 episodes of about 40 minutes each.
The continued dominance of both shows reflect a broader trend in streaming: “library series”. Nine out of Nielsen’s top 10 rankings are long-running shows with large back catalogues, including chart stalwarts Family Guy, NCIS and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Netflix’s Stranger Things was the only original series to make the top 10 this year, with just under 40bn minutes watched, buoyed by the release of its fifth and final season in November and December. It’s worth noting that Nielsen’s 2025 calendar ended on 28 December, meaning Stranger Things’s tally doesn’t include the series finale, which dropped on New Year’s Eve.
Besides Bluey, the only other children’s show to make the top 10 for 2025 was SpongeBob SquarePants.
In 2024, Bluey’s creator, Brisbane animator Joe Brumm, revealed he would be stepping away from the series, though he will write and direct the full-length movie adaptation, due to hit cinemas in 2027.
The season three finale of Bluey, the 28-minute special episode The Sign, premiered on 14 April 2024, followed by a shorter surprise episode (appropriately titled Surprise!) the following week.
A fourth season of the TV series has yet to be announced, but when questioned about the show’s future ahead of the season three finale, Bluey producer Sam Moor told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It is not the end for Bluey. I’m sure we have many more surprises in store for you.”
A spokesperson for ABC (which originally co-commissioned the series with BBC, and is the Australian streamer) also confirmed at the time: “We have no plans to end the show.”
