Love Island USA recorded its biggest week ever ahead of its season eight finale, with nearly 2 billion minutes watched in the United States. The result underlines the programme’s growing streaming appeal: it topped Nielsen’s overall chart for the fourth time during its six-week run and has attracted substantially more viewing than the previous season.

For 6-12 July, Love Island USA logged 1.997 billion viewing minutes, narrowly surpassing its earlier record of 1.97 billion, and totalled 10.73 billion minutes for the season, up about 23 per cent year on year. Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie reboot opened with 926 million minutes, while HBO Max’s House of the Dragon reached 969 million; Project Hail Mary led films with 922 million minutes. Nielsen’s figures cover US viewing on television sets only, excluding computers and mobile devices.