Data Dump: the Savannah Bananas score big for ESPN, 'The Accountant 2' earns 80M worldwide views, and more!
Today on Data Dump, we analyze broadcasting and streaming metrics from research-leaders and self-reported data including the Savannah Bananas' ESPN viewership, 'The Accountant 2' on Prime, and more!
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Quick Broadcasting/Streaming Stats(from last week)
According to Deadline, The Accountant 2 has earned 80M worldwide viewers since its premiere on Prime Video(June 5th, 34 days to article publication).
SBJ’s Adam Stern reports that NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race earned 2.1M viewers on TNT and truTV, with no HBO Max metric included.
RACER.com reports that the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio earned 775K viewers for IndyCar on FOX.
CBS Sports PR releases that they earned the most-watched final round of the PGA’s John Deere Classic averaging 2.675M viewers, up 28% from last year. “Paramount+’s most-watched John Deere Classic ever,” with no metric noted.
ESPN PR announces that this year’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest averaged 1.62M viewers on ESPN2, with a 95% increase from last year.
ESPN PR reports that the Savannah Bananas takeover in Fenway Park earned 837K viewers on July 5th.
ESPN PR releases that the 2025 X Games in Salt Lake City saw “double digit growth across ESPN platforms, averaging 1.3M viewers across all networks - ABC, ESPN & ESPN2.
ESPN PR denotes that Formula 1’s British Grand Prix averaged 1.3M viewers, up 17% versus last year.
FOX Sports PR announces that the Concacaf Final between Mexico and the United States was the most-watched in English-language history,” averaging 3.84M viewers. The entire tournament averaged 474K viewers, the most-watched in FOX Sports history.
FOX Sports PR denotes that July 5th’s Baseball Night in America averaged 2.513M viewers across both games.
MLB PR self-reports that the July 4th-July 6th weekend was most-viewed in 3-day span for MLB.tv, totaling 419M minutes watched.
Also check out our Weekly Wrestling Viewership Thread; July 4th’s Smackdown earned 1.166M viewers on the USA Network, and more!
Latest Nielsen Top Ten data (June 9th - June 15th)
Latest Luminate Top Ten data (June 27th - July 4th)
Latest SambaTV Top Ten data (June 30th - July 6th) & Sinners metric
“1.4M U.S. households watched in the first three days,” in their X post.
Nielsen Top Ten Originals by Service, Yearly Overview
Now, I don’t normally include any data analysis in the Data Dump, but The Entertainment Strategy Guy produced an article this week discussing how the streaming landscape is getting more competitive.
I wanted to showcase this awesome graphic showcasing the service rankings based on service by year.
Data Dump Disclaimer:
This newsletter features streaming data sourced from a range of market-research firms, including JustWatch, Luminate, Nielsen, SambaTV, and others. Unless otherwise noted, the metrics reflect the U.S. market, while also analyzing self-reported statistics from media/tech conglomerates.
Luminate: Total minutes viewed on the TV panel from Friday to Thursday.
Nielsen: Total minutes viewed on the TV panel from Monday to Sunday, plus data from smart TV and top-box third-party producers; Comcast, DirecTV, Dish, Roku and Vizio.
SambaTV: US Households during the first _ days after release.
We’re no longer including measurements and rankings from JustWatch. We saw their Top 10 Movies on Streaming in 2025 and it’s horrid, not a company with valid measurements.
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bananas post 🔥
love to see the bee movie still going strong 🐝