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A Third of the Top 100 Movies Were Buy-or-Rent Only in September. Some Waited Months for a Subscription Service.

By David Markowitz | October 12, 2026

A third of the US Top 100 movies were buy-or-rent only, on an average day from August 24 to September 24, 2026. Some waited months for a subscription service. A grid of 100 dots with 32 highlighted, labeled 32 of 100. Top 100 means the most popular titles across the Reelgood app in the US. Reelgood, data.reelgood.com. Leave the Caption field blank.

On an average day between August 24 and September 24, 2026, 32 of the 100 most popular movies in the US were not on any subscription or free streaming service. The only way to watch them was to buy or rent them, almost always through Amazon and Apple TV, and usually through Fandango as well.…

HBO Max and Paramount+ Lost a Quarter of Their Top 100 Titles. Only One Left While Still Popular.

By David Markowitz | September 22, 2026

Since June, HBO Max and Paramount+ have each lost about a quarter of their most popular titles. Only one of those titles left either service while it was still in the Top 100. On an average day between July 24 and August 24, 2026, the two carried a combined 34.4 titles from the US Top…

Introducing the Streaming Service Popularity Index: Who’s Actually Carrying Streaming’s Demand

By David Markowitz | August 11, 2026

Full ranking table from Reelgood's Streaming Service Popularity Index for June 24 to July 24, 2026, listing 19 US streaming services by rank, average titles in the US Top 100, Streaming Ranking Index score (0-10), and month-over-month change. Netflix ranks first at 9.78, followed by Prime Video at 8.82 and HBO Max at 7.23.

Netflix holds an average of 34.2 titles in the US Top 100 movies and shows at any given time. Philo holds 23.6, a smaller number built almost entirely from cable networks it carries rather than content it produces, and it just posted the biggest month-over-month jump on the board. That gap and that rise are…