Streaming platforms are notorious for their lack of transparency, allowing them to quote numbers that are tough to verify. Ormax Media, a media consulting firm, however, has been tracking viewership figures of the top releases across major platforms.
Here’s a list of the most-viewed shows and movies from the Indian streaming space during the week of January 2nd, 2023 – January 8th, 2023. The numbers are estimates based only within India. This list does not include any streaming releases from the South.
Views (million): 5.9
An underprivileged sanitation worker finds his life changed after a good deed grants him superpowers. The dramedy stars Bhuvan Bam, Shriya Pilgaonkar, JD Chakravarthy, Deven Bhojani, Prathmesh Parab, Nitya Mathur, Shilpa Shukla and Mithilesh Chaturvedi.
Views (million): 4.6
The show revolves around an archer who becomes a deadly assassin to safeguard his tribe when the modern world threatens to destroy his idyllic tribal existence.
Views (million): 1.9
In his fourth Netflix stand-up special, Das dives into his childhood in India, and then, finding his feet in the world.
Views (million): 1.8
A choreographer (Vicky Kaushal), caught between his wife (Bhumi Pednekar) and girlfriend (Kiara Advani), also finds himself mixed up with a murder.
Views (million): 1.2
Starring Amit Sial, the first season of Kathmandu Connection revolved around Bombay's 1993 bombings. The second season's trailer suggests that this instalment is based on the1999 IC-814 hijacking.