Criminal Minds was the most-streamed show in the U.S. of 2021 -- Lucifer was the top original streaming series, edging out Squid Game because of its big catalog

The Hollywood Reporter

Nielsen reports that viewers spent 33.87 billion minutes watching Criminal Minds reruns last year. In fact, the seven most-watched titles across Amazon’s Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu and Netflix are all acquired shows, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Of the original streaming shows, Lucifer was tops with 18.34 billion minutes of viewing. Squid Game was second with 16.43 billion minutes. Lucifer was able to beat Squid Game because Nielsen measures viewing of all episodes of a series in its streaming rankings. Lucifer has more minutes viewed thanks to having 93 episodes in its catalog compared to Squid Game's nine.