The first week of Love Island USA’s eighth season shot to the top of the Nielsen streaming charts, recording its biggest premiere numbers to date.
The unscripted series, which streams new episodes six days a week, had 1.31 billion minutes of viewing time for the week of June 1-7, finishing first overall for the week. Love Island was also way up over its 2025 premiere week (772 million minutes), rising by 69 percent year to year. Nielsen also says a majority of viewing — 59 percent — came from adults 18-34.
The final figures from Nielsen track with an earlier figure from Peacock of 824 million viewing minutes over the first three days of Love Island USA. That number includes mobile viewing, while Nielsen’s streaming ratings measure TV screens only.
Dutton Ranch continued its steady growth for Paramount+, drawing 840 million minutes of watch time in its fourth week on the charts. The Yellowstone spinoff has improved each week since its May 15 premiere. Netflix’s The Four Seasons (799 million minutes) improved a little from its season two premiere the previous week, as did Apple TV’s Your Friends & Neighbors (403 million), whose second season wrapped June 5.
The previous week’s leader, The Boroughs, fell off substantially: It dropped by about 62 percent to 661 million minutes. Prime Video’s Spider-Noir (739 million) and Off Campus (439 million) also declined but hung onto spots among the top 10 original series.
Pixar’s Hoppers easily led the movie top 10, and finished second overall, with 1.16 billion viewing minutes. Netflix’s original film Office Romance, starring Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein, premiered with a solid 655 million minutes.
Nielsen’s streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don’t include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices. The ratings only measure U.S. audiences. The top streaming titles for June 1-7, 2026, are below.
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