Sam Worthington's Netflix hit leads June streaming ratings
Sam Worthington's Netflix mystery I Will Find You topped Nielsen's U.S. streaming ratings for June 15–21, 2026, with 1.84 billion viewing minutes in just four days after its June 18 debut. The Harlan Coben adaptation also logged about 85 million views in its first month, while Apple TV's Widow's Bay ranked eighth among originals.
Key Takeaways
- I Will Find You, starring Sam Worthington and Britt Lower, debuted at No. 1 on Nielsen's U.S. streaming chart for June 15–21 with 1.84 billion minutes viewed.
- The eight-episode Harlan Coben limited series was released June 18, so that Nielsen total reflects only about four days of TV-set viewing.
- Netflix says the show drew roughly 85 million views in its first month and held the top spot on its global charts for four weeks.
- Apple TV's Widow's Bay made its first Nielsen appearance the week of its season finale, finishing eighth among original series with 415 million minutes.
- Love Island USA placed second with 1.69 billion minutes; only those two titles cleared one billion minutes that week.
For fans of true crime and unsolved mysteries, the Nielsen snapshot confirms how quickly a missing-person thriller can dominate living-room screens.
How big was Sam Worthington's Netflix debut?
According to The Hollywood Reporter, I Will Find You amassed 1.84 billion minutes of viewing on U.S. TV sets during the week of June 15–21. That was enough to beat the prior week's leader, Peacock's Love Island USA, which still logged a strong 1.69 billion minutes.
Collider notes the series dropped on June 18, so the Nielsen crown rests on roughly four days of availability. The report covers TV-set viewing only and excludes computers and phones, so the real audience is larger still.
Why does Widow's Bay matter in the same ratings week?
Apple TV's word-of-mouth hit Widow's Bay appeared in the rankings for the week of its season finale. It finished eighth among original series with 415 million minutes of viewing, per The Hollywood Reporter.
That same week, HBO's House of the Dragon returned with 636 million minutes after its third-season premiere, and Netflix's documentary Maternal Instinct led the movie chart with 987 million minutes.
Is I Will Find You one of Netflix's biggest 2026 hits?
Softonic and Collider both report about 85 million views in the show's first month, calling it Netflix's biggest new original series debut of 2026. Softonic breaks the run down as 24 million views in four days, then growth through weeks two through four while the series stayed No. 1 worldwide.
Created by Robert Hull and based on a Harlan Coben novel, the limited series stars Sam Worthington as David Burroughs opposite Britt Lower as Rachel Mills. Collider says it holds a 61% Rotten Tomatoes score and sits within striking distance of Netflix's all-time English-language top 10, which currently requires clearing His & Hers at about 98 million views.
Whether critics stay mixed or not, the Nielsen and Netflix numbers show audiences found the mystery fast—and kept watching.