Host Alan Cumming during 'The Traitors' Season 4 Episode 1. Courtesy of Euan Cherry/Peacock Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text The fourth season of The Traitors' U.S. version got off to the show's best start yet on Peacock. The back-stabbing competition series hosted by Alan Cumming drew 638 million viewing minutes for the week of Jan. 5-11, according to preliminary Nielsen streaming data (season four premiered Jan. 8). Final numbers, which could change a little, will be out in a few weeks. If the early figure holds, the 638 million minutes will mark the best weekly total to date in the Nielsen streaming rankings for The Traitors. The previous high was 555 million minutes for the season three premiere in the same week of 2025 (in both cases, the season opened with three episodes); the early numbers for season four have it improving by about 15 percent year to year. It was also the most watched unscripted series on streaming platforms for the week. Related Stories TV Streaming Ratings: 'Fallout' Falls Off With Change From Binge to Weekly Release for Season 2 TV 'The Pitt' Season 2 Premiere Ratings Soar A breakdown of how much viewing went to the three new episodes vs. the show's library wasn't available at publication time. Nielsen counts viewing of all episodes in a show's catalog toward its weekly streaming total. Peacock also says that Traitors-related content has amassed 32.5 million video views across social platforms in the week since the new season debuted (depending on the platform, a "view" counts as someone watching for as little as one second or, in the case of YouTube, at least 30 seconds). The Traitors spent five weeks among Nielsen's top 10 original streaming series last year as season three was ongoing. It accumulated 2.39 billion minutes of watch time over those weeks. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Live Feed Michelle Pfeiffer Steps Into the 'Yellowstone'-Verse as 'The Madison' Reveals Premiere Date, First Photos Live Feed 'The Pitt' Actress Taylor Dearden on How Learning of Langdon's Time in Rehab Affects Her Character: "She's a Different Doctor" The View Meghan McCain Calls Out Marjorie Taylor Greene for Trying to Audition for 'The View' Warner Bros John Oliver Says Warner Bros. Acquisition "Very Hard to Justify Legally," But "We're Not Going to Change" Netflix Netflix Renews 'Culinary Class Wars' for Season 3 But Shakes Up Competition Format international Emilia Clarke Is Over the Fantasy Genre Following 'Game of Thrones' Live Feed Michelle Pfeiffer Steps Into the 'Yellowstone'-Verse as 'The Madison' Reveals Premiere Date, First Photos Live Feed 'The Pitt' Actress Taylor Dearden on How Learning of Langdon's Time in Rehab Affects Her Character: "She's a Different Doctor" The View Meghan McCain Calls Out Marjorie Taylor Greene for Trying to Audition for 'The View' Warner Bros John Oliver Says Warner Bros. Acquisition "Very Hard to Justify Legally," But "We're Not Going to Change" Netflix Netflix Renews 'Culinary Class Wars' for Season 3 But Shakes Up Competition Format international Emilia Clarke Is Over the Fantasy Genre Following 'Game of Thrones'