Timed with co-CEO Ted Sarandos’ appearance at Vox Media’s Code Conference on Monday afternoon, Netflix has unleashed a bunch of viewing data for several of its top original series and films.
Sarandos revealed the total number of hours of viewing time for its top-rated works which revealed that “Bridgerton” was the streamer’s most-watched original series ever – pulling in 625 million hours of viewing within its first four weeks of release.
Netflix previously revealed that 82 million member accounts had tuned into the Shonda Rhimes sexy period drama. Averaged out, that means everyone who sampled it watched 457 minutes of the first season’s 490-minute runtime.
The same story is true of the first season of “The Witcher” which saw 541 million hours of viewing from 76 million member accounts – equaling 427-minute of viewing across a 478-minute first season.
The third season of “Stranger Things” had 582 million hours from 67 million member accounts – meaning that its average viewing time of 521 minutes was higher than the season’s 459-minute runtime (suggesting plenty of rewatches of at least one episode).
On the movie front, “Bird Box” and “Extraction” remain the big hits of the streamer. Here’s the full list of Netflix’s top 10 original series and movies in terms of hours watched:
TV Series
1. Bridgerton S1: 625 million hours
2. Money Heist S4: 619 million
3. Stranger Things S3: 582 million
4. The Witcher S1: 541 million
5. 13 Reasons Why S2: 496 million
6. 13 Reasons Why S1: 476 million
7. You S2: 457 million
8. Stranger Things S2: 427 million
9. Money Heist S3: 426 million
10. Ginny & Georgia S1: 381 million
Movies
1. “Bird Box”: 282 million hours
2. “Extraction”: 231 million
3. “The Irishman”: 215 million
4. “The Kissing Booth 2”: 209 million
5. “6 Underground”: 205 million
6. “Spenser Confidential”: 197 million
7. “Enola Holmes”: 190 million
8. “Army of the Dead”: 187 million
9. “The Old Guard”: 186 million
10. “Murder Mystery”: 170 million
Whilst unveiling the metrics, Sarandos says “for a subscription business, engagement really matters” and revealing numbers like this are a “real indicator of value”.
Sarandos also says that the recently released South Korean death match drama “Squid Game” could be the streamer’s biggest show if early viewership results hold. However he didn’t reveal numbers so far.
Netflix boasts a current market valuation of $252 billion.
Source: THR
