JioHotstar’s ‘Special Ops’ Season 2 Tops 2025 India Streaming Charts as Netflix Leads Overall With 20 Entries in Top 50

Espionage thriller “Special Ops” Season 2 emerged as India’s most-watched streaming original in 2025, drawing 29.6 million viewers on JioHotstar, according to Ormax Media’s annual audience measurement report.

Friday Storytellers’ spy drama topped a competitive field that saw JioHotstar claim three of the top 10 positions and four of the top 11, demonstrating the platform’s dominance in India’s streaming wars. Netflix led overall with 20 entries in the top 50, while Prime Video and Amazon MX Player proved formidable competitors across both premium and ad-supported tiers.

JioHotstar secured the second position with legal drama “Criminal Justice: A Family Matter” (27.7 million viewers) from Applause Entertainment and BBC Studios India. Amazon MX Player’s “Ek Badnaam Aashram” Season 3 Part 2 from Prakash Jha Productions landed at No. 3 with 27.1 million viewers, demonstrating the growing clout of free ad-supported platforms.

Prime Video’s marquee titles performed strongly, with D2R Films’ “The Family Man” Season 3 drawing 24.6 million viewers at No. 4 and TVF’s “Panchayat” Season 4 attracting 23.8 million at No. 5. The platform’s “Paatal Lok” Season 2 from Clean Slate Filmz and Eunoia Films pulled 16.8 million viewers.

JioHotstar’s reality juggernaut “Bigg Boss (Hindi)” Season 19 commanded 20 million viewers, produced by EndemolShine India and Banijay Asia. The platform also scored with Graphic India’s animated series “The Legend of Hanuman” Season 6 (16.2 million viewers) and Dashami Creations’ “The Secret of the Shiledars” (14.5 million viewers).

Netflix maintained premium positioning with Red Chillies Entertainment’s “The Ba***ds of Bollywood” (16.7 million viewers) and Pritish Nandy Communications’ “The Royals” (15.5 million viewers). The streamer’s international properties continued strong India performance, with “Squid Game” Season 3 drawing 16.5 million viewers, “Stranger Things” Season 5 attracting 16.4 million, “Wednesday” Season 2 pulling 10 million and “Adolescence” 8.7 million.

SonyLIV entered the rankings with Kangra Talkies’ political drama “Maharani” Season 4 (10.6 million viewers) and StudioNEXT’s “Shark Tank India” Season 4 (10.3 million viewers).

Netflix’s film slate performed solidly, with Marflix Pictures’ “Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins” drawing 13.1 million viewers, Jio Studios and B62 Studios’ “Dhoom Dhaam” attracting 12.1 million, and Dharmatic Entertainment’s “Aap Jaisa Koi” pulling 9.7 million.

Amazon MX Player demonstrated scale in reality programming with Banijay Asia’s “Rise and Fall” (12 million viewers), Frames Production Company’s “Hip Hop India” Season 2 (11.1 million viewers), and Rusk Media’s “Battleground” (9.2 million viewers).

The report employs weekly primary research across India and languages, measuring individuals who watched properties for at least 30 minutes. The methodology counts actual viewers rather than account users, includes all language versions and dubbed feeds, but restricts estimates to the Indian market, excluding overseas viewership. Some December 2025 launches remain in tracking with projected complete-run estimates.

The rankings represent the final standalone originals report from Ormax Media, which will launch Ormax StreamView in early 2026. The new unified framework will track long-form content across streaming originals, general entertainment channel programming, theatrical films, non-fiction, sports, and news without distinguishing between original and non-original content.

“From 2026, the distinction between originals and non-originals has ceased to exist in our reporting, as audience behavior on streaming platforms increasingly transcends such classifications,” stated Shailesh Kapoor, founder and CEO of Ormax Media. “For 18 years, Ormax Media has continuously adapted its research frameworks to remain aligned with changing audience consumption patterns. Ormax StreamView is a natural extension of that philosophy.”

The shift follows Ormax’s phased expansion from Hindi-language originals tracking in 2022 to all major languages in 2024, with theatrical films and reality shows added in 2025.

TOP 50 STREAMING ORIGINALS IN INDIA – 2025