Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 has missed Nielsen’s streaming originals chart again, and this time Marvel had two new episodes in play.
Nielsen released its Top 10 Original Series chart for the week of March 30-April 5, and Daredevil: Born Again is nowhere to be found.
That follows the previous week, when the Season 2 premiere also failed to chart after Episode 1 debuted March 24 on Disney+.
Daredevil: Born Again Misses Nielsen Again
For the week of March 30-April 5, Nielsen’s originals chart is topped by HBO Max’s The Pitt with 1.163 billion minutes watched.
Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum U.S. came in second with 865 million minutes, followed by Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen with 821 million minutes.
At the bottom of the chart is Netflix’s One Piece with 427 million minutes watched.
That means Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 came in below 427 million minutes for the week.
That is not a good sign, especially since Disney+ released two episodes during the frame. Episodes 2 and 3 both premiered March 31, giving the show more new content to drive viewing.
It still did not chart.
Two Episodes Did Not Move The Needle
The miss is arguably worse than the premiere week.
One episode failing to chart can be explained away. Maybe fans waited. Maybe the release window was short. Maybe viewers planned to catch up later.
But the second Nielsen frame included two fresh episodes, and the show still failed to crack the Top 10.
That suggests Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 is not generating the kind of streaming activity Marvel likely wanted from one of its biggest Disney+ brands.
The bottom title on the chart had 427 million minutes watched, so Daredevil came in below that mark despite having three total Season 2 episodes available by the end of the week.
Premiere Also Failed To Chart
This follows the previous Nielsen report for the week of March 23-29, when Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 also failed to chart.
The first episode premiered March 24, but the series did not appear in Nielsen’s Top 10 Original Series list.
The bottom title that week was Peaky Blinders with 449 million minutes watched, meaning Daredevil came in below that mark during its premiere frame.
So through its first two Nielsen reporting weeks, Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 has missed the chart twice.
Luminate Also Showed A Big Drop
The Nielsen misses follow Luminate’s own ratings report, which showed Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 down hard compared to Season 1.
According to the Luminate figures, Season 2 is down about 46% in season views and nearly 55% in both hours watched and minutes watched.
In other words, Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 appears to have lost roughly half its audience.
What Happened?
As we previously went over, the drop looks pretty easy to read: a lot of fans likely were not happy with Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 and decided not to come back for Season 2.
Season 1 had the advantage of bringing back Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin, and the Daredevil name after years of fan demand. But the response was mixed, and instead of building momentum, Season 2 looks to be losing viewers.
Even Wilson Bethel, who returned as Benjamin “Dex” Poindexter/Bullseye, admitted he was frustrated with how things played out. Bethel was excited to return, but was disappointed that Bullseye’s role was limited and that he did not get to do more after fans waited years to see the character again.
The Nielsen and Luminate numbers now suggest a lot of viewers may have felt the same way.
