Global Streaming Services — Airgo SoS Sector Report

Entertainment & Media · 21 brands · trailing 12 months · Global market

Updated July 2026 · data through 5 Jul 2026

This is the living Share of Search picture for the Global Streaming Services sector — each brand's slice of total search interest, the leading indicator of where market share is heading. It tracks 21 brands over the trailing twelve months and refreshes every month. YouTube currently leads with 60.1% average Share of Search in a concentrated field.

Leader — YouTube
53.2%-6.17pp MoM
Share of Search, Jul 2026
Concentration (HHI)
3,584-742 vs 13 mo ago
concentrated field · top-3 hold 87.3%
Biggest YoY mover
Prime Video
+1.33pp vs same month last year
Notable spikes
10
explained search spikes, last 6 months

Share of search over time

Five years of weekly Share of Search for the current leaders. YouTube sets the pace, with its nearest challenger Netflix 39.2 points back. Click any brand in the legend to isolate it, hover for the exact weekly reading, or drag the slider beneath the chart to zoom into a single period. Pins mark statistically unusual spikes from the last six months — hover one for the likely cause.

The last 12 months of weekly Share of Search per brand — the current value, the shape of the year, and the gap to the brand's own 12-month average.

YouTube53.2%
-6.86pp vs 12-mo avg
Netflix25.8%
+4.89pp vs 12-mo avg
Disney+6.2%
-0.10pp vs 12-mo avg
Prime Video6.1%
+1.59pp vs 12-mo avg
Twitch1.5%
-0.42pp vs 12-mo avg
Discovery+0.8%
-0.30pp vs 12-mo avg
Paramount+1.8%
+0.71pp vs 12-mo avg
Apple TV+1.0%
+0.03pp vs 12-mo avg
HBO Max0.6%
-0.06pp vs 12-mo avg
Crunchyroll0.5%
-0.14pp vs 12-mo avg
Amazon Prime Video0.4%
-0.10pp vs 12-mo avg
DAZN0.6%
+0.23pp vs 12-mo avg

Current standings (last 12m)

YouTube holds 60.1% of sector search, with 4 brands clearing the 2% mark. Toggle between the twelve-month average and the latest month to see who is over- or under-indexing right now.

Year-over-year movers (last 12m)

Versus Jul 2025, Prime Video has gained the most ground (+1.33pp), while YouTube has given up the most (-3.02pp). The split between green and red is the clearest read on where attention is migrating within the sector.

Market concentration (last 5y)

Over the last five years the Streaming Services sector's concentration has loosened. It currently averages an HHI of 4,131 (concentrated), with the top three brands holding 87.3% of search interest between them.

How to read HHI. The Herfindahl–Hirschman Index sums the squared Share of Search of every brand in the sector, so it climbs when attention concentrates in a few names and falls when it is spread widely. As a rule of thumb: under 1,500 is competitive, 1,500–2,500 moderately concentrated, and above 2,500 highly concentrated. At 4,131 this sector is concentrated — for scale, a single brand owning all search would score 10,000, while twenty equally sized brands would score 500. The gold line tracks the combined share of the three largest brands.

Growth–share momentum map (last 12m)

Each dot is a brand, placed by its average Share of Search (horizontal) against its average week-over-week momentum (vertical). The four quadrants separate the leaders pulling away from the vulnerable incumbents and the rising challengers. Crunchyroll is both large and growing (top-right); YouTube is an established name losing momentum (bottom-right); DAZN is a smaller challenger on the rise (top-left). Hover any point for its exact figures.

Seasonality by month (5y average)

Each cell is a brand's average Share of Search in that calendar month over the last five years, indexed to the brand's own average (100). Warm cells are a brand's hot months, cool cells its quiet ones. The strongest seasonal peak belongs to Twitch in January (index 140); the deepest trough is DAZN in December (index 69).

Notable search spikes (last 6m)

The largest statistically unusual jumps or drops in a brand's weekly Share of Search over the last 6 months, each paired with the most likely cause. A spike is flagged when a brand's search interest moves several standard deviations from its recent norm; the magnitude is the size of that move against the brand's own baseline. Direction shows whether interest rose or fell.

BrandPeak weekMoveMagnitudeSeverityWhat happened
Zee507 Jun 2026▲ Rose+318%criticalNew Tamil original series premiere
Mubi01 Feb 2026▲ Rose+114%artifactAcquisition rumors and speculation
DAZN10 May 2026▲ Rose+89%artifactNew boxing rights deals announced
DAZN03 May 2026▲ Rose+74%significantNew exclusive sports rights secured
Twitch05 Jul 2026▲ Rose+56%artifactAd length controversy and platform decline
DAZN29 Mar 2026▼ Fell−55%artifactMarch Madness 2026 tournament broadcast
Crunchyroll29 Mar 2026▲ Rose+52%artifactSpring 2026 anime season lineup
HBO Max29 Mar 2026▲ Rose+50%artifactNew Max content and rebranding buzz
Apple TV+29 Mar 2026▲ Rose+43%artifactPremiere of new acclaimed series
Plex05 Apr 2026▲ Rose+41%artifactNew streaming features unveiled

Brand correlations (last 12m)

How brands' weekly Share of Search moved relative to one another over the last 12 months. A positive correlation means two brands rise and fall together — a shared audience, consideration set, or category-level demand. A negative correlation means that when one gains search attention the other tends to lose it — a sign of direct substitutes competing for the same interest.

Move together — strongest positive

These brands tend to rise and fall in tandem, pointing to a shared audience or a category-level wave lifting them at the same time.

BrandBrandCorrelation (r)Strength
Paramount+Zee5+0.67Moderate
PlexPluto TV+0.63Moderate
Discovery+Apple TV++0.56Moderate
Discovery+HBO Max+0.52Moderate
YouTubeDiscovery++0.45Moderate
DAZNZee5+0.40Weak
Paramount+HBO Max+0.36Weak
Amazon Prime VideoPluto TV+0.35Weak

Move apart — strongest negative

When one of these brands gains search share the other tends to give it up — the clearest read on direct substitutes. Note that Share of Search is a slice of a fixed 100%, so a little negative correlation is structural (strongest between the largest brands); similarly sized pairs are the more telling substitution signals.

BrandBrandCorrelation (r)Strength
YouTubeNetflix-0.89Strong
NetflixDiscovery+-0.55Moderate
YouTubeParamount+-0.48Moderate
YouTubePrime Video-0.46Moderate
NetflixDisney+-0.45Moderate
HBO MaxDAZN-0.41Moderate
TwitchApple TV+-0.39Weak
NetflixAmazon Prime Video-0.36Weak

Economic factors (last 3y)

How the sector's overall search interest tracks key macroeconomic indicators. A positive r means search tends to rise as the indicator rises; a negative r means search rises as the indicator falls. A strong correlation can reflect genuine economic sensitivity or simply a shared long-run trend, so weigh the direction against a plausible mechanism.

Economic indicatorCorrelation (r)SignificanceDirection
Brent Crude Oil Price-0.52p<0.001Negative
EU HICP Inflation+0.39p<0.001Positive
EU Consumer Confidence+0.36p<0.001Positive
NAFTA Composite Leading Indicator+0.28p<0.001Positive
EU Unemployment Rate-0.22p=0.006Negative
OECD Business Confidence-0.01p=0.932Negative

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Methodology: Share of Search is GTAB-normalised Google Trends data, each brand expressed as a percentage of total sector search interest. 21 Streaming Services brands, Global market; standings, movers and momentum cover the trailing 12 months, with five years of history shown for the trend and concentration charts. Updated monthly. © 2026 New Classic Consulting LLC.