WBD’s Max viewership climbs 6%, boosted by ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘The Pitt’ in Nielsen’s March Media Distributor Gauge.
YouTube atteint un nouveau record de plateforme ; Disney et Paramount grimpent également.
NY – March 2 - April 22, 2025 – Warner Bros. Discovery captured the largest monthly viewership increase among media distributors in March, according to Nielsen’s latest Media Distributor Gauge report. The media company exhibited 3% growth in television viewing compared with February, primarily driven by March Madness coverage on TBS, TNT and truTV. Tournament games were also available to stream on Max, which allowed for additional reach to notably younger consumers.
Max notched the largest month-over-month growth among streaming services in March (+6%), further contributing to Warner Bros. Discovery’s significant monthly gains. Max’s increased engagement was due in large part to The White Lotus, which was No. 4 among most-streamed titles in March with 4.5 billion viewing minutes. The debut season of Max original series Le Pitt contributed as well as it generated 2.3 billion viewing minutes across the month and charted in Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 for the first time during the week of March 17.
YouTube captured 12.0% of overall TV viewing in March to secure a second consecutive month as the top reported media distributor, eclipsing its previous company best share of TV of 11.6%, which it set last month. Disney gained half a share point over February to account for 10.5% of TV watch-time in March. Disney benefited from its successful cross-platform simulcast of The Oscars, which drew 20.3 million viewers across ABC and Hulu, in addition to the return of American Idol and continued strength of ABC World News Tonight.
Paramount advanced to No. 3 in the Media Distributor Gauge rankings in March (up from fifth in February) with an 8.5% share of TV (+0.3 pts.). Paramount rode the success of March Madness coverage on CBS coupled with a robust drama lineup on the network, including Tracker et Matlock, which drew 10.7 million viewers and 9.2 million viewers, respectively, across the month. Tracker also represented five of the top ten broadcast telecasts in March, averaging over 10 million viewers each (Live+7).
Despite a 0.1 point decline in share versus February, NBCU climbed from sixth to fourth in the distributor rankings and finished with 8.0% of TV in March. And although it did not change from a ranking perspective, The Roku Channel also set a platform record with 2.2% of television.
L'intervalle de mars 2025 comprenait les dates du 24/02/2025 au 30/03/2025. Les rapports de Nielsen suivent le calendrier de diffusion avec des semaines de mesure qui vont du lundi au dimanche.
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