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Prime Video hits 315 million ad-supported viewers
MUMBAI: Prime Video is turning up the volume on ad-supported streaming. The platform now reaches an average of 315 million ad-supported viewers globally every month, up from 200 million in April 2024, Amazon revealed at its annual flagship event.
This figure represents the unduplicated monthly audience across original and licensed series, films, live sports and events, and free ad-supported live channels on Prime Video. The estimate is based on Amazon’s internal data from September 2024 to August 2025, with some variation depending on local launch dates.
Prime Video Advertising vice president Jeremy Helfand said, “Reaching more than 315 million average monthly ad-supported viewers globally marks a transformative milestone for Prime Video. This expanded audience across 16 countries demonstrates our customer-obsessed approach to enhancing the viewing experience while delivering powerful opportunities for brands. We’re just beginning to unlock what’s possible when premium entertainment, engaged viewers, and innovative ad-tech converge with relevant and performant advertising at this unprecedented scale.”
Advertising on Prime Video is now available in 16 countries, including India, U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Japan, and Brazil. The milestone underscores Prime Video’s growing role as a global advertising destination, allowing brands to connect with highly engaged audiences through premium content.
With streaming and ad-tech combining like never before, Prime Video is proving that premium content can be both entertaining and commercially powerful, offering brands a stage to reach viewers at scale across the globe.
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Banijay Asia’s The 50 tops OTT charts with 8.1 million JioHotstar views
Reality competition becomes most watched show on JioHotstar in debut week.
MUMBAI: Fifty contestants walked into a palace, but millions of viewers showed up for the drama. Reality competition The 50, produced by Banijay Asia, has emerged as the most watched show on JioHotstar, clocking 8.1 million views in its debut week. The figure, reported by Ormax Media, places the show at the top of the OTT viewership charts and marks a strong opening for the digital reality format.
Adapted from a popular French format, The 50 brings together 50 personalities from television, digital platforms, music and reality shows inside a grand palace setting. Over the course of a 50 day competition, participants form alliances, compete in unpredictable tasks and navigate eliminations as the field steadily narrows.
Guiding the game is a mysterious figure known as The Lion, an unseen game master whose voice introduces twists, challenges and strategic turns throughout the show, adding an extra layer of suspense to the contest.
What distinguishes The 50 from typical reality competitions is its audience driven prize structure. Instead of the winner taking home the final reward, the prize is awarded to one of the winner’s registered followers through the show’s dedicated app. The mechanism effectively turns viewers into participants, allowing fans to have a direct stake in the outcome.
The contestant lineup features a mix of television actors, reality stars and digital creators, including Karan Patel, Urvashi Dholakia, Divya Agarwal, Mr Faisu and Dushyant Kukreja, each bringing their own fan following to the show.
With its blend of celebrity personalities, strategic gameplay and interactive viewer participation, The 50 has quickly carved out a strong foothold in India’s digital entertainment landscape. Its 8.1 million views in the opening week underline the growing appetite for large scale reality formats designed specifically for OTT audiences.
