'The Queen's Gambit' Stays Atop Nielsen Streaming Chart

The Queen's Gambit ranked first in Nielsen's streaming top 10 for the second straight week, but the presidential election may have pushed the overall time spent viewers spent on streaming down some in the week of Nov. 2.

The top 10 streaming shows for the week accounted for 7.45 billion minutes of viewing time. That's the second-lowest total for the top 10 in the three months that Nielsen has been releasing weekly data (ahead of only the week of Oct. 19). The top 10 accounted for 11 percent fewer minutes of streaming time than the prior week; ratings for election coverage, meanwhile, gave a big boost to news programming that week.

Netflix's The Queen's Gambit — which the streamer says is its biggest scripted limited series ever — accounted for 1.46 billion minutes of viewers' time to rank first for the week. The Mandalorian (955 million minutes) stayed put at No. 3 in the week its second episode of season two debuted, and dropped only 7.5 percent from its premiere week.

The only other streaming original show in the top 10 for Nov. 2-8 is The Great British Baking Show, which ranks sixth.

Streaming platforms contend Nielsen's methodology doesn't capture the full scope of viewing on devices other than TV sets. Nielsen also only measures U.S. audiences, not those in other countries.

Nielsen's top 10 streaming programs for Nov. 2-8 are below, with the prior week's rank in parentheses. Original streaming series and films are marked with an asterisk.

1 (1). The Queen's Gambit* (Netflix), 1.46 billion minutes viewed
2 (2). The Office (Netflix), 1.09 billion
3 (3). The Mandalorian* (Disney+), 955 million
4 (4). Schitt's Creek (Netflix), 768 million
5 (7). Criminal Minds (Netflix), 635 million
6 (10). The Great British Baking Show* (Netflix), 608 million
7 (6). Grey's Anatomy (Netflix), 568 million
8 (8). NCIS (Netflix), 543 million
9 (nr). The Blacklist (Netflix), 417 million
10 (nr). The 100 (Netflix), 407 million