{"id":255547,"date":"2026-08-04T16:32:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/04\/most-popular-tv-shows-of-2026-so-far-biggest-streaming-titles-revealed-with-the-pitt-at-number-3-bridgerton-at-number-6\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:32:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:32:57","slug":"most-popular-tv-shows-of-2026-so-far-biggest-streaming-titles-revealed-with-the-pitt-at-number-3-bridgerton-at-number-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/04\/most-popular-tv-shows-of-2026-so-far-biggest-streaming-titles-revealed-with-the-pitt-at-number-3-bridgerton-at-number-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Popular TV Shows of 2026 (So Far): Biggest Streaming Titles Revealed with \u2018The Pitt\u2019 at Number 3, \u2018Bridgerton\u2019 at Number 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Netflix, HBO Max<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nielsen has just revealed the top 10 most watched streaming service TV shows for the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are some fan favorite titles on this list, including <em>The Pitt, Grey&#8217;s Anatomy, The Big Bang Theory, Bridgerton,<\/em> and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One major area highlighted: children&#8217;s programming is huge as parents and kids appear to be watching a lot of content. The TV show <em>Bluey <\/em>landed at number 2, and<em> Paw Patrol<\/em> landed at number 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<h3 id=\"h-which-tv-show-was-the-most-streamed-for-2026-so-far\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which TV show was the most streamed for 2026, so far?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The TV series that reigned supreme for 2026 is&#8230; <strong><em>Stranger Things<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final season of the show saw a staggered release across the end of 2026, and got up to 23.26 billion minutes watched this year.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-the-10-most-popular-streaming-service-tv-shows-of-2026-list-revealed\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 10 most popular streaming service TV shows of 2026 list, revealed:<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stranger Things, Netflix, 23.26 billion minutes<\/li>\n<li>Bluey, Disney+, 22.81 billion minutes<\/li>\n<li>The Pitt, HBO Max, 21.12 billion minutes<\/li>\n<li>Grey\u2019s Anatomy, Hulu\/Netflix, 20.41 billion minutes<\/li>\n<li>The Big Bang Theory, HBO Max, 20.40 billion minutes<\/li>\n<li>Bridgerton, Netflix, 17.15 billion minutes<\/li>\n<li>Spongebob Squarepants, Paramount+, 16.89 billion minutes<\/li>\n<li>Family Guy, Hulu, 15.96 billion minutes<\/li>\n<li>Bob\u2019s Burgers, Hulu, 15.01 billion minutes<\/li>\n<li>Paw Patrol, Prime Video \/ Paramount+, 13.56 billion minutes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can see even more data over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/stranger-things-streaming-charts-first-half-2026-1236663747\/?bt_ee=1sCVuHyYxRxGfB83zC%2FrUrTiNRRGpdrNFPh4VghQwIlYKYyTjGUqndMo%2Fj%2Bk5HYH&amp;bt_ts=1785857539157#recipient_hashed=77e4fe1216a529ae9978b00fb218df18521c90a83be3ae70dd06d8af1fc23241&amp;recipient_salt=cc3a326e92a444089a04efbc2cd07ed993b9988c98519b3e04722648fef79010&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=exacttarget&amp;utm_campaign=TV%20News%20&amp;%20Industry&amp;utm_content=%27Stranger%20Things%27%20and%20%27The%20Pitt%27%20Were%20the%20Most%20Streamed%20Original%20Series%20in%20the%20First%20Half%20of%202026,%202026-08-04%2008:28:25_08-04-2026&amp;utm_term=1e34a1b8-ca04-4c5a-bba4-62be1102740d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THR<\/a>. And, if you missed it, we also have the list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/28\/most-popular-tv-shows-of-2025-2026-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most popular TV shows <\/a>on network, cable, and streaming! Spoiler alert: the top show there is also<em> Stranger Things<\/em>, but<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/28\/most-popular-tv-shows-of-2025-2026-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the rest of the list is completely different.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/04\/most-popular-tv-shows-of-2026-so-far-biggest-streaming-titles-revealed-with-the-pitt-at-number-3-bridgerton-at-number-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Most Popular TV Shows of 2026 (So Far): Biggest Streaming Titles Revealed with &#8216;The Pitt&#8217; at Number 3, &#8216;Bridgerton&#8217; at Number 6<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/04\/most-popular-tv-shows-of-2026-so-far-biggest-streaming-titles-revealed-with-the-pitt-at-number-3-bridgerton-at-number-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix, HBO Max Nielsen has just revealed the top 10 most watched streaming service TV shows for the first half of 2026. There are some fan favorite titles on this list, including The Pitt, Grey&#8217;s Anatomy, The Big Bang Theory, Bridgerton, and more. One major area highlighted: children&#8217;s programming is huge as parents and kids [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":255548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-255547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}