Sieben verschiedene Plattformen liefern die meistgesehenen Streaming-Titel des Monats März.
Streaming erreicht mit 43,8 % seinen bisher größten Anteil am Fernsehen.
Oscars und Tracker dominieren die Fernsehübertragungen, während Basketball und Nachrichten die wichtigsten Kabelübertragungen sind.
NEW YORK - April 15, 2025 – After several dynamic, record-setting months, Nielsen’s March 2025 report of The Gauge revealed that television viewing trends have started to settle into more seasonal patterns. According to the report, the NCAA tournament helped drive cable’s traditional March increase, the Oscars stood out for broadcast, and in a competitive month of high-profile streaming releases, the top programs in March were represented by seven different streaming platforms.
Die Zeit, die im März vor dem Fernseher verbracht wurde, ging im Vergleich zum Februar um 6 % zurück, da sich saisonale Verschiebungen auswirken, was jedoch die Dynamik des Streamings nicht aufhielt. Mit einem Anteil von 43,8 % an der Fernsehnutzung im März konnte die Streaming-Kategorie ihren Anteil am Fernsehkuchen im Vergleich zum Februar steigern (+0,3 Prozentpunkte), und das in einem außergewöhnlich wettbewerbsintensiven Monat, in dem prominente Neuerscheinungen die Zuschauerzahlen auf einer Reihe von Plattformen in die Höhe trieben. Besonders bemerkenswert - und zum ersten Mal überhaupt in einem monatlichen Gauge-Bericht - sind die 10 meistgesehenen Streaming-Titel im März von sieben verschiedenen Plattformen verbreitet worden: Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Max, Paramount+ Netflix und Apple TV+.
Now included under Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming*, Max notched the largest month over month increase among streaming services and jumped 6% in March, largely on the strength of The White Lotus. Meanwhile, YouTube achieved a new platform record for a second consecutive month with 12.0% of total TV watch-time (+0.4 pt.), despite slightly lower viewing levels compared to February.
Cable’s share of viewing benefited from college basketball’s favorite time of year: March Madness. Cable climbed to 24.0% of TV usage (+0.8 pt.), buoyed by a 29% lift in cable sports viewing and another strong month of cable news viewership. Atop the most-watched cable sports telecasts in March were NCAA Men’s Elite Eight games between Alabama-Duke and Texas Tech-Florida on TBS. Meanwhile, cable news programs accounted for seven of the top 10 cable telecasts, led by FOX News Channel’s coverage of the presidential address to a Joint Session of Congress on March 4, which drew 11 million viewers on the network and over 36 million viewers in total.
The bright spot for the broadcast category this month was ABC’s presentation of The Oscars on March 2, which was the most-watched program in March with 20.3 million viewers across ABC and the simulcast on Hulu, illustrating the latest success of multiplatform distribution. Similar to last month’s Super Bowl on FOX + Tubi, viewers that streamed “Hollywood’s Biggest Night” on Hulu were three times as likely to be 18-34 and twice as likely to be 35-49 versus audiences that watched via other means, underscoring the effectiveness of cross-channel content availability with younger audience demographics.
Across the rest of the broadcast category, scripted dramas accounted for 28% of its total viewing in March. Tracker on CBS represented five of the top 10 broadcast telecasts, with each averaging over 10 million viewers (L+7) despite stiff competition from several March Madness games. The absence of football was evident this month, however, as broadcast viewership fell by 9% versus February to finish the month at 20.5% of TV.
* Hinweis: Die Gesamtzahl der Zuschauer bei den folgenden Streaming-Diensten wurde zu einer einzigen Verteilersumme zusammengefasst, um diese Unternehmen bei ihrer Markteinführung besser zu repräsentieren:
- Paramount+ und Pluto werden als "Paramount Streaming" dargestellt.
- Max und Discovery+ werden als "Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming" dargestellt.
- Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ are represented as “Disney Streaming” (since Jan. 2025).
Das Intervall März 2025 umfasst die Daten 24.02.2025 bis 30.03.2025. Die Nielsen-Berichterstattung folgt dem Sendekalender mit Messwochen, die von Montag bis Sonntag laufen.
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