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Netflix's 'IT: Welcome to Derry' Scares Up Massive Premiere Audience
30 Oct
Summary
- 'IT: Welcome to Derry' tops Netflix's Monster anthology with 1.53 billion viewing minutes
- 'Wayward' grows 54% in second week, only other title to exceed 1 billion minutes
- 'Grey's Anatomy' falls off Nielsen's streaming charts for first time since June 2023
As of October 30th, 2025, the third season of Netflix's Monster anthology series, 'IT: Welcome to Derry', has made a strong debut, topping the streaming charts with 1.53 billion viewing minutes. This performance is slightly behind the 1.72 billion minutes recorded for the second season, which focused on the Menendez brothers, but well off the pace of the first season's massive 3.6 billion minute debut in 2022.
Elsewhere on the charts, the Netflix original series 'Wayward' saw a 54% increase in viewership over its premiere week, racking up 1.3 billion minutes of watch time to become the only other title to exceed the billion-minute threshold. This growth suggests the show is building a solid audience.
However, the news wasn't all positive, as one of the longer streaks in Nielsen's streaming data came to an end. The long-running medical drama 'Grey's Anatomy' fell off the rankings for the first time since June 2023, a run of 120 consecutive weeks on the charts.
