The Office Was The Most Streamed Show Of 2020

‘The Office’ Was The Most-Streamed Show Of 2020

By Ben Pearson/Jan. 12, 2021 5:30 pm EST

My ice cold take is that The Office was genuinely one of the funniest and best shows on television for years – that is, until Steve Carell left and the network decided to drag it out well past its prime. (Yes, it had a few good post-Michael Scott moments, but they pale in comparison to the show’s peak.)

But those disappointing seasons in the back half of the show’s run have not stopped people from watching the series in serious numbers: according to Variety, Americans streamed more than 57 billion minutes of The Office on Netflix last year. (That information is according to Nielsen, since the people at Netflix are famously stingy about releasing useful viewership data themselves.) That’s a staggering number – and one that becomes even more impressive when you learn that the second place series, Grey’s Anatomy, was streamed for 39.4 billion minutes.

Of course, it’s important to note that Netflix will not benefit from The Office in 2021, since the show migrated over to Peacock starting on January 1 (and Peacock is really taking advantage of having the show under its wing).

Head over to Variety to see the full breakdown, but here is Nielsen’s full list of the top streaming content of 2020 when it comes to original series.