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Top Streaming Hits of June 2026: JustWatch Data Analysis

Apple TV's half-hour comedy Widow's Bay finished June as the most-tracked episodic title on JustWatch's U.S. chart, while Amazon MGM Studios' Project Hail Mary held the No.

Top Streaming Hits of June 2026: JustWatch Data Analysis

1 slot on the movie side — a distribution split that says more about platform economics than about quality. According to JustWatch data covering more than 60 million monthly U.S. users, the two hits occupied very different lanes of the streaming market: one leaning on Apple's prestige comedy pipeline, the other testing MGM+'s viability as a standalone movie window.

How the charts stacked up

Widow's Bay led an Apple TV+ series presence that also included Cape Fear at No. 4, reinforcing the platform's continued reliance on a narrow but high-visibility scripted slate. On the movie chart, Project Hail Mary — the adaptation of Andy Weir's novel streaming exclusively on MGM+ — held the top spot, suggesting Amazon's decision to funnel tentpole genre features through the MGM+ tier rather than Prime Video is generating measurable tracking demand among JustWatch's audience.

Prime Video's results were the more interesting structural story. Both Off Campus and Spider-Noir crossed from paid into the free ad-supported tier, topping the series chart and the FAST chart simultaneously. That crossover matters: it indicates Prime Video is leaning harder on windowing flexibility, using ad-supported availability to extend the lifecycle of titles past their initial paid push.

Where Netflix still leads

Even on a month Apple TV+ and Prime Video dominated, Netflix remained the most consistent performer overall, placing five titles across the movie and series charts. The Boroughs (#5), I Will Find You (#6), and The Four Seasons (#9) populated the series side, while Remarkably Bright Creatures (#9) and Office Romance (#10) rounded out the movie ranking. The breadth reinforces the long-standing pattern in JustWatch's data: Netflix's volume strategy keeps it visible across every chart tier, even when a single title isn't No. 1.

What to watch next

Nostalgia programming continued to anchor the FAST chart — Titanic, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Rain in España all generated significant engagement, a reminder that the ad-supported tier is sustained partly by evergreen catalog rather than original commissions. For viewers tracking where their subscription dollars land, the structural takeaway from June is simple: Apple TV+ is exporting prestige series, MGM+ is positioning itself as a movie destination, and Prime Video is increasingly comfortable blurring the paid-and-free line. Netflix, meanwhile, is doing what Netflix does — showing up everywhere, on every chart.