JustWatch today released its ranking of the most popular TV shows nominated for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, based on US viewer engagement across subscription based streaming platforms. The rankings span the overall nomination leaderboard as well as the Outstanding Drama, Comedy, and Limited or Anthology Series categories, with this year’s nominees spread across nearly every major platform. Popularity is measured by US user activity tracked by JustWatch, the world’s largest streaming guide, in the 7-day period following each title’s season finale.

Key Takeaways:

• Widow’s Bay topped both the overall Nomination Leaders ranking and the Outstanding Comedy Series ranking for streaming popularity, despite placing third in total nominations (19) behind The Pitt (25) and Hacks (24).
• Nominations and popularity didn’t always move together: The Pitt and Hacks, this year’s most-nominated drama and comedy respectively, ranked 6th of 8 and 5th of 8 in their categories’ popularity rankings
• Apple TV was the most nominated platform across categories, placing titles in the top five of the Nomination Leaders, Outstanding Drama Series, and Outstanding Comedy Series rankings (Widow’s Bay, Pluribus, Slow Horses, and Margo’s Got Money Troubles).
• All Her Fault led the Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series ranking despite earning fewer nominations

(7) than Beef (16) and DTF St. Louis (13), marking a win for Peacock in this category.

Emmy Categories Ranked by JustWatch Popularity

The following TV shows received the most nominations at the 78th Emmy awards; we have ranked them based on JustWatch users’ streaming intent.  

2026 Emmy Nomination Leaders

Outstanding Drama Series 

Outstanding Comedy Series

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

Methodology:

JustWatch is the world’s largest streaming guide. Our Emmy Nominations Popularity Rankings are calculated based on US user activity, including: clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as seen. Each nominated title’s ranking reflects a weighted score across these three signals — offer clickouts (50%), watchlist adds (30%), and likelist adds (20%) — normalized across titles, measured over the 7-day period beginning on each title’s season finale air date. This data reflects the behavior of JustWatch’s monthly users, refreshed daily across 140 countries and 4,500+ platforms.

About JustWatch

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