By
Eric Vilas-Boas ,
a Vulture editor who covers streaming and animation.
He won a New York Press Club Award for “The 100 Sequences That Shaped Animation” in 2021.
That’s how it’s done-done-done.
Photo: Netflix
As pretty much everyone knows by now, KPop Demon Hunters climbed up, up, up on the streaming charts over the last seven months or so, enough that the Netflix animated film has earned another award in its race for world domination: According to newly released Nielsen numbers, it was officially the most-streamed movie of 2025. The film notched 20.5 billion viewing minutes in the U.S. — and if you do some quick math to account for its run time, that equates to approximately 207 million full streams of the movie.
None of that is all that surprising. After a slow start on Netflix, it grew into a crossover hit with kids, parents, and animation super-nerds alike, soaring to success and, recently, Oscar nominations on the strength of its K-pop soundtrack and approachable story. At least one of those millions of streams came from Avatar director James Cameron. The film, which was produced by Sony Pictures Animation, may have even helped thaw Netflix’s once-icy relationship with theaters with its special sing-along theatrical releases.
In Nielsen’s breakdown of “general audience” movies on streaming, Happy Gilmore 2 topped the list for 2025, with 7 billion minutes streamed. Elsewhere in the kids’ movies category, Disney ’s Moana 2 (9.4 billion minutes) and Netflix and Peacock’s Despicable Me 4 (8.7 billion minutes) took the silver and bronze, respectively, to Demon Hunters’s “Golden.”
Here’s Nielsen’s full breakdown of the top-ten movies on streaming:
(Kids 2–11 audience composition of 30 percent or greater, per Nielsen.)
1. KPop Demon Hunters — 20.5 billion minutes viewed on Netflix
2. Moana 2 — 9.4 billion on Disney
3. Despicable Me 4 — 8.7 billion on Netflix/Peacock
4. Moana — 5.8 billion on Disney
5. Frozen — 5.5 billion on Disney
6. Cars — 5.2 billion on Disney
7. The Wild Robot — 5 billion on Netflix/Peacock
8. Zootopia — 4.8 billion on Disney
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — 4.5 billion on Netflix/Paramount
10. Super Mario Bros. Movie — 4.4 billion on Peacock/Prime Video
(Kids 2–11 audience composition under 30 percent)
1. Happy Gilmore 2 — 7,068 billion minutes viewed on Netflix
2. Wicked — 6,820 billion on Peacock/Prime Video
3. Back in Action — 6 billion on Netflix
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — 4.9 billion on Peacock/HBO Max
5. Home Alone — 4.5 billion on Hulu/Disney
6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — 4.4 billion on Peacock/HBO Max
7. The Accountant 2 — 4.2 billion on Prime Video
8. The Electric State — 3.8 billion on Netflix
9. Kraven the Hunter — 3.7 billion on Netflix
10. Madea’s Destination Wedding — 3.6 billion on Netflix
KPop Demon Hunters Was the Most-Streamed Movie of 2025
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