Bluey Tops ARTEY Awards 2025; Stranger Things, KPop Demon Hunters, and More Celebrate Wins
January 28, 2026
Bluey’s season three finale, The Sign, aired in April 2024, followed by a shorter episode Surprise! in the subsequent week.
The Pitt led as the biggest new original with 11.4 billion minutes, while Prime Video’s Reacher ranked fifth; Love Island USA also ranked in the top 10 with 13.46 billion minutes.
The Pitt earned Top New Original Drama with 11.4 billion minutes.
Overall 2025 streaming minutes totaled about 16.7 trillion, a 19% year-over-year rise reflecting a library-driven landscape.
SpongeBob SquarePants was the only other children’s show in the 2025 top 10 alongside Bluey.
Squid Game finished second with 22.41 billion minutes, as its final season wrapped in mid-2025.
Sean Combs: The Reckoning won Top New Original Unscripted with 4.8 billion minutes.
In 2024, Bluey’s creator announced stepping back from the series but confirmed the feature film adaptation due in 2027.
Nielsen’s ARTEY Awards crown Bluey as Top Overall and Top Acquired for 2025, with Stranger Things winning Top Original; other notable wins include KPop Demon Hunters as Top Kids Movie, Happy Gilmore 2 as Top Streaming Movie for General Audiences, The Pitt as Top New Original Drama, Running Point as Top New Original Comedy, and Sean Combs: The Reckoning as Top New Original Unscripted.
Stranger Things was the sole streaming original to crack the overall Top 10 for 2025, amassing just under 40 billion minutes as its fifth and final season rolled out in late 2025.
Bluey remained the most-watched overall with about 45 billion minutes, though this marks a dip from 2024’s 55.62 billion minutes.
Bluey’s future remains open-ended, with producer Sam Moor signaling more surprises ahead and no announced fourth season yet.
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The Guardian • Jan 29, 2026
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Variety • Jan 28, 2026
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