What Indians streamed on Amazon Fire TV in 2022: Most viewed movies, shows, cartoons, sports & more

Streaming on OTT platforms from the comfort of one’s home has become more and more popular ever since Covid19 pandemic struck the globe. India too has gone the OTT way and the effect is visible in the streaming trends of the country. Indian households have spent more than 4 hours daily binge-watching their favorite shows, movies, sports, and more in 2022. Amazon Fire TV Streaming Trends Report has gone official which shows what was most watched and searched in India in 2022, also claims that Indians placed 6 search queries every second through Alexa on their Fire TV last year.

According to the report, regional content gained more market in 2022. Fire TV Users watched content in more than 12 languages- Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Bengali topping the list.

India chose ‘Comedy’ as the most streamed genre of content. Horror and Cartoons were the other 2 most searched genres.

Top Streamed Movies

1. Pushpa: The Rise

2. Brahmastra: Shiva Part 1

3. The Kashmir Files

Most searched People

1. Shah Rukh Khan

2. Amitabh Bachchan

3. Alia Bhatt

Top searched shows

1. Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma

2. Anupama

3. Indian Idol

Most Searched Kids content

1. Motu Patlu

2. Peppa Pig

3. Doraemon

Indians love free content and this showed as there was a 44% increase in the viewership of free platforms like YouTube, Mini TV, and MX Player.

October saw maximum video streaming during 2022, due to the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup, new content releases around movies, and web series. India Vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match on 23^rd October 2022 recorded the highest viewership on a single day and it was also the most streamed content of the year. The other October releases include-

1. Ram Setu

2. Doctor G

3. The Rings of Power- season finale

4. Four More Shots Please- season 3

5. Maja Ma

6. Mismatched Season 2

And more

FIFA World Cup 2022 led to a 10 times increase in the JioCinema streaming on Fire TV.

“From sports, movies, infotainment, and music to soap operas, it’ s great to see customers enjoy voice-search and binge-watch content in multiple languages on their Fire TV devices. These insights inspire us to keep innovating Fire TV for a faster, seamless, personalized, and immersive viewing experience,” said Parag Gupta, Director, and Country Manager for Amazon Devices, India.