‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 4 Debut Fails To Make Streaming Top 10

| August 20, 2026 |10 comments so far

Today we hit the halfway mark for the fourth season of Strange New Worlds but due to how Nielsen takes its time, we are just getting their first numbers from the start of the season, and it isn’t good news for the Star Trek series.

SNW S4 doesn’t start on Top 10

The Neislen numbers are now out for the week of July 20 – 26, which covers the July 23 release of the SNW season 4 debut “Valles Marineris.” And Strange New Worlds isn’t on the top 10 for original streaming shows, as first revealed by the Hollywood Reporter.

The Strange New Worlds season 3 debut did make the same chart last year, in fact it made a record for Strange New Worlds on the Nielsen charts, ranking 7th with 471 million views. It was helped along by having two episodes released in that same week in July 2025.

(L-R): Rebecca Romijn as Una, Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh, and Melissa Nage New Worlds streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

Season 3 even ticked up a bit in the week of the release of episode 3 (ranking 9th with 472 million minutes viewed). The show returned for the fourth week, ranking 7th with 397 million minutes viewed. However, the series dropped off the chart for the rest of the third season.

Nielsen chart for the week of the season 3 debut.

These numbers can’t change the show’s fate as it is already set to end with the already-filmed fifth and final season, expected to arrive in 2027. However, the showrunners and stars have been holding on to a thread of hope the series could lead to the “Star Trek: Year One” spinoff, featuring the first year of USS Enterprise under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, played by Paul Wesley.

Paramount still has access the the best data when it comes to how their shows are performing, and the show has been popping into the Top 10 lists on both Paramount+ and Prime Video (where you can subscribe to Paramount+) throughout the fourth season, although usually quickly dropping off after episodes premiere. And earlier this year when explaining why Starfleet Academydidn’t get renewed for a third season, the streamer cited how the show failed to ever make it onto the Nielsen Top 10.

And word is, Paramount still see Star Trek’s future on TV as “imperative,” as they are already talking to writers about what’s next for the franchise on the small screen.

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