I will make it quick. It took quite a few days longer than usual for Nielsen to finally release new charts. This time it’s for week 1 after the Andor finale. On the Luminate charts Andor remained in the top 10 for another three weeks after the finale dropped. So it was always interesting to see if Andor can repeat the same feat on the Nielsen charts.
A quick reminder: it’s virtually unheard of that any Disney+ original series can remain in the top 10 one week after the finale. The Mandalorian managed that. And now Andor season 2 managed it as well (season 1 did not). Andor had a very respectable 527 million minutes watchtime, which is good enough for #4 on the original shows charts, beating various Netflix shows. And remember, this is for a week in which no new episodes dropped.
This confirms that Andor has a long tail end and that viewer retention is higher than for other Star Wars series that are not The Mandalorian. It may also mean that more people waited to binge this time. And with that season 2 is getting closer to season 1 total watchtime. Watchtimes will eventually probably be equal, meaning the show did not lose any viewers really between season 1 and 2, of course Andor is still one of the lesser watched shows overall, but it will beat The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew. It will be really interesting to see if Andor can still remain in the top 10 next week. Which always depends on the competition of course. The #10 show this week has 361 million minutes.
The Nielsen Streaming Charts