Video streaming data

The AGF Videoforschung has been working since the 2010s to measure not only traditional TV usage but also video streaming. Since 2017, data has been reported monthly, and since 2019, the figures are available daily with an eight-day delay for the respective date. Since April 2025, real-time reporting of streaming performance at the individual video level on a census basis has been possible.

AGF CENSUS+ reflects the streaming performance (views in millions) of the offerings measured by AGF for the target group "viewers in Germany." The streaming performance is reported at the individual video, publisher, and distribution platform level and is available in the system by 3 PM on the following day. Since April 2025, the monthly streaming hitlists – the Top 25 across all providers – are published based on AGF CENSUS+, replacing the previous convergence hitlists.

Monthly hit lists

The Top-25 Streaming hit list provide an overview of the highest-performing videos, sorted by the number of views (in millions), across all providers for the past month.

Only videos from offerings under AGF measurement are included in the charts. All individual videos, i.e., VOD and event livestreams (including web-only formats), are considered, provided they meet a usage threshold of 1,000 views in the respective month.
Data source: AGF census data from technical measurement with Nielsen.

Top 25: Individual streaming videos*

Month: April 2025

RankProviderVideo titleViews (mio.)
1DAZN-GruppeUEFA Champions League | : Inter - FC Bayern München - Viertelfinale (Rückspiel)2.142
2DAZN-GruppeUEFA Champions League | : FC Barcelona - Borussia Dortmund - Viertelfinale (Hinspiel)1.627
3ARD-GruppeTatort | Fiderallala (2025) | 06.04.2025 18:151.501
4DAZN-GruppeUEFA Champions League | : FC Barcelona - Inter - Halbfinale (Hinspiel)1.397
5RTL-GruppeOKTAGON MMA | OKTAGON 691.352
6DAZN-GruppeBundesliga: FC Augsburg - FC Bayern München1.324
7ARD-GruppePraxis mit Meerblick | Volle Kraft voraus · NEU · Praxis mit Meerblick | 11.04.2025 18:151.264
8ZDF-GruppeCrystal Wall | Blut auf Gold1.218
9ZDF-GruppeDer Fernsehfilm der Woche | Ewig Dein1.158
10RTL-GruppeDas Sommerhaus der Normalos | Folge 7 - Staffel 1 - Folge 71.147
11ARD-GruppePraxis mit Meerblick | Neun Leben · NEU · Praxis mit Meerblick | 25.04.2025 18:151.103
12ARD-GruppePraxis mit Meerblick | Verlobung mit Hindernissen · NEU · Praxis mit Meerblick | 18.04.2025 18:151.069
13DAZN-GruppeBundesliga: Borussia Dortmund - Borussia M'gladbach1.060
14ZDF-Gruppeheute-show vom 11. April 20251.058
15RTL-GruppeDas Sommerhaus der Normalos | Folge 8 - Staffel 1 - Folge 81.045
16RTL-GruppeAre You The One? | Folge 20 - Staffel 6 - Folge 201.004
17RTL-GruppeAre You The One? | Folge 18 - Staffel 6 - Folge 180.957
18ZDF-GruppeDFB-Pokal | Halbfinale: VfB Stuttgart - RB Leipzig0.946
19RTL-GruppeTemptation Island - Versuchung im Paradies | Folge 3 - Staffel 7 - Folge 30.943
20ARD-GruppeTatort | Messer | 13.04.2025 18:150.915
21RTL-GruppeAre You The One? | Folge 17 - Staffel 6 - Folge 170.915
22Joyn-GruppeActionreiche Woche mit Western-Walk, Casting & "Bergretter"-Dreh! | 0.899
23RTL-GruppeTemptation Island - Versuchung im Paradies | Folge 4 - Staffel 7 - Folge 40.897
24ARD-GruppePraxis mit Meerblick | Romeo & Julia · NEU · Praxis mit Meerblick | 02.05.2025 18:150.895
25ZDF-GruppeOstfriesenkrimis | Ostfriesenfluch0.877

Source: AGF, AGF CENSUS+ 1.5, Auswertungstyp: Streaming Videos, Zensusdaten aus technischer Messung, Angebote unter AGF-Messung, bis 03.05.2025

Provider: ARD-Gruppe, ZDF-Gruppe, RTL-Gruppe, ARD/ZDF-Gruppe, Sport1-Gruppe, Joyn-Gruppe, Sky-Gruppe, Axel Springer-Gruppe, DAZN-Gruppe, Red Bull-Gruppe

* contains only VoD and event livestream.
Views: Number of video views used

AGF Smart Meter

AGF Videoforschung is expanding its measurement with its “AGF Smart Meter” project: Using measurement router technology developed by GfK on behalf of AGF, AGF is measuring the use of streaming services on smart TVs in its own panel. This way, the average daily watch times of selected video platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video on big screens can be determined. A future monthly report based on this measurement will show the usage times for seven target groups, initially. Additional target groups, video offers and devices will be added later.

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