America Nonetheless Yearns for ‘Bluey’

With a film on the way in which, Bluey continues to dominate because the most-streamed present in america… even though the present itself has been on hiatus since early 2024.

In keeping with the Nielsen streaming charts, Bluey managed to once more preserve its title because the most-streamed present in America to date this 12 months, with information between January and June 2025 displaying that the present was seen for simply over 25 billion minutes. All of the extra spectacular amongst that information is the truth that its rivals for eyeballs within the prime ten have episode counts that largely have double and even triple the variety of episodes out there that Bluey has. On prime of that, they’re all exhibits which have considerably longer episode runtimes (a mean Bluey episode is across the 7-minute mark), so not solely are individuals usually watching Bluey, they’re re-watching it. Over and again and again!

Notable past that’s the truth that the beloved present went on an abrupt hiatus at a high peak for the global Bluey sensation, one which has captured the hearts of not simply households however even childless adults. And as phrase of mouth of simply how good it’s continues to unfold, its legend-in-the-making standing simply retains getting solidified—for actual life.

Bluey creator Joe Brumm, departed the present final 12 months with a two-punch of epic episodes, “The Sign”, which was the series’ first 28-minute special, and “Surprise!” a heartfelt coda for the unique workforce behind the present. Now, Brumm has clarified that Bluey will proceed on with out him, however for now his present precedence shouldn’t be extra Bluey episodes, however completion of the Bluey function movie due out in 2027.

As a fan and a brand new mother who has positively contributed a bit of these streaming views for Bluey, I can converse to some antsiness within the fandom on the lack of updates since final 12 months’s hiatus bulletins. There’s not been a lot on the information entrance, so far as if we’ll be getting extra mini-sodes this 12 months, or hints to extra seasons after the movie.

Regardless of wanting extra and watching the bingeable, feel-good animated antics of the Heeler household to make our fandom identified, we get it. Burnout is actual, and we sort of love how in management Ludo Studio is of its beloved property, which it gives to Disney and BBC with a transparent willpower to ensure no matter is subsequent is nice, not simply cheaply churned-out content material. If followers are demanding extra, we are able to solely think about what the large honcho broadcasters are feeling proper now attempting to appease their followers and milk the franchise.

However even then, it doesn’t matter what they do, persons are very happy to simply endlessly rewatch the Bluey they’ve already bought.

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