‘Beef’ jumps to number one slot on the streaming ranks

Netflix’s new hit series ‘Beef’ has displaced ‘The Night Agent’ as the top overall streaming title of this week. ‘Beef’, starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, gathered 1.59 billion minutes of viewing time for the week, up 65 percent from its premiere week.

Beef’s controversy explained

The series has also been in headlines over the past month due to actor David Choe’s controversy. The controversy relates to a 2014 episode of Choe’s now-canceled podcast where he detailed a graphic story where he admitted to “rapey behavior” after sexually assaulting a female masseuse.

How other series compare

The streaming ranks consider all streaming services and subscriptions. ‘The Night Agent’ (1.17 billion minutes) slipped to second but recorded its fourth straight week over the billion-minute mark.

While ‘Love Is Blind’ (1.09 billion) and Disney+’s ‘The Mandalorian’ (1.03 billion) also topped a billion minutes. Netflix’s ‘Florida Man’ was the highest charting premiere for the week with 649 million minutes of watch time.

‘Ted Lasso’ stayed in the top 10 originals with 614 million minutes for Apple TV+, and Paramount+’s ‘Star Trek: Picard’ (276 million) returned to the top 10 after a three-week absence.

Succession’s success

‘Succession’ saw a 50 percent jump week to week, to 638 million minutes of viewing on HBO Max, which is not surprising as it was in the seven days after the surprise death of a main character. The streaming ranks however do not include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices only TV sets.

They also only measure within the U.S. audiences. The overall top streaming titles for the week of April 10 to 16 are below.