Netflix comes out with viewership numbers, releases data for 18,000 titles
The Hindu
No Indian show or movie made it to the top-20 list, which was led by ‘The Night Agent’ with 812.1 million hour views
In a big move towards transparency, streaming service Netflix has come out with viewership statistics for over 18 thousands titles for a six month period with The Night Agent, a spy series, topping the top-20 chart with 812.1 million hour views.
In its first “What We Watched” report, covering the period between January to June 2023, Netflix disclosed the viewership data for both original and licensed content, encompassing about 99 per cent of all viewing on the streaming platform.
No Indian show or movie made it to the top-20 list.
The Night Agent was followed by season two of Ginny & Georgia with 665.1 million hours and Korean drama The Glory with 622.8 million hours.
Series Wednesday, which was released in November 2022, ranked fourth at 507.7 million hours of viewing. The top 10 titles included -- Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, You season four, La Seina del Sur season three, Outer Banks season three, Ginny & Georgia season one and FUBAR season one.
The company also revealed that about 55 percent of viewing was for originals and 45 percent was for licensed shows and films.
From the licensed shows, Suits had a combined 599 million hours of viewing worldwide on Netflix across all nine seasons.