Each month, YouGov highlights the most-streamed TV shows in the U.S. using data from YouGov’s audience streaming tracker, YouGov Behavioral: Media Consumption.

The rankings track the titles generating the most views across major streaming platforms and highlight notable shifts in the chart, including new entrants and shows moving up the rankings.

Most-streamed TV shows in the U.S. - January 2026

January’s streaming rankings saw several new titles entering the chart alongside returning favorites continuing to attract strong audiences.

Key highlights

  • Stranger Things remained the most-streamed title for the month
  • His & Hers was the highest new entrant in the rankings
  • Fallout entered the chart following its latest release
  • Nine of the top ten shows were new entries compared with December

Methodology:

YouGov Behavioral: Online Search & Social is an audience streaming tracker, monitoring reported streaming attitudes and behaviours with verified SVOD & AVOD viewership data across multiple streaming services. It is backed by 160,000 activated accounts and the ability to connect to YouGov’s panel of 27 million+ registered members.

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