Whenever Netflix releases viewership numbers for its originals, they at all times include a caveat: its (very relaxed) methodology. Netflix counts watching simply two minutes of a TV present or a film as a view. But who right here hasn’t given up on one thing after the primary couple of minutes? If you bail half an hour into an eight-episode hourlong sequence, have you ever actually “viewed” the sequence? Netflix appears to assume so. It’s at all times made Netflix knowledge much less significant, which is probably going why it is now unveiled whole viewership hours for its prime 10 authentic movies and sequence, together with Extraction, Money Heist, The Witcher, Stranger Things, Army of the Dead, and extra. To show that almost all Netflix subscribers are watching until the tip.

At Vox Media’s Code Conference in Los Angeles on Monday, Netflix co-CEO and chief content material officer Ted Sarandos revealed that Bridgerton — the Regency-era London romantic drama sequence produced by Shondaland — led the way in which with 625 million hours of viewing within the first 4 weeks after launch. If you common that out by the 82 million households who watched Bridgerton within the first 28 days, that comes out to 7 hours and 37 minutes. Bridgerton season 1 ran for 8 hours and 10 minutes in whole.

Most watched Netflix originals, in first 4 weeks, by viewership hours
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On the movie facet, Sandra Bullock-led Bird Box emerged winner with 282 million hours watched within the first 28 days. Bird Box was seen by 89 million Netflix subscribers inside the first 4 weeks, so the typical there’s 3 hours and 10 minutes. That’s for much longer than its 2 hours and 4 minutes runtime, suggesting repeat viewership. Extraction, Chris Hemsworth’s most-watched film with 99 million households, got here in second with 231 million hours. That’s a mean of two hours and 20 minutes, barely greater than its 1 hour and 57 minutes runtime.

This was additionally the case with each Money Heist season 4 (619 million hours) and Stranger Things 3 (582 million hours). The hit Spanish sequence, watched by 65 million Netflix members within the first 28 days, averages out to 9 hours and 31 minutes. But Money Heist season 4 was solely 6 hours and 38 minutes lengthy. Stranger Things 3 had a mean viewing time of 8 hours and 41 minutes, whereas the third season ran for 7 hours and 29 minutes. The Witcher’s common viewership was barely decrease than its season 1 runtime.

Most watched Netflix originals, in first 4 weeks, by households
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Here’s the complete listing of Netflix’s prime 10 most-watched sequence and films, within the first 4 weeks after launch, by viewership hours:

Netflix prime 10 most-watched sequence

1. Bridgerton season 1, 625 million
2. Money Heist season 4, 619 million
3. Stranger Things 3, 582 million
4. The Witcher season 1, 541 million
5. 13 Reasons Why season 2, 496 million
6. 13 Reasons Why season 1, 476 million
7. You season 2, 457 million
8. Stranger Things 2, 427 million
9. Money Heist season 3, 426 million
10. Ginny & Georgia season 1, 381 million

Netflix prime 10 most-watched films

1. Bird Box, 282 million
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