When Netflix reported third-quarter earnings in October, it announced it would shift away from the two-minute metric in favor of total hours watched. Arcane Netflix Series (New Episodes Weekly) Available November 7. On the eve of Y2k, orphaned, awkward 12-year-old Beverly Moody (Gemma Brooke Allen) discovers a broken mixtape crafted by her teen parents. Netflix previously measured viewership by how many people watched at least two minutes of a particular show or movie, a metric that did not reflect how many people actually watched the whole thing. What’s new on Netflix Latest releases for November 28 to DecemDecember 3. “There’s no one perfect metric,” De Rosso admitted, but “we believe engagement as measured by hours viewed is a strong indicator of a title’s popularity, as well as overall member satisfaction, which is important for retention in subscription services.” The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, November 18. While the new numbers still lack context and make comparisons with rivals nearly impossible, since no other major streaming service releases such viewing data, they should at least provide consistent data on what’s most popular on the platform - a metric that has been long sought by investors and Hollywood creators alike. Here’s when Netflix plans to drops its holiday titles for 2021 The Claus Family, November 1. 2 most-watched series, Season 1 of “Bridgerton.” 10 coincides with the debut of Netflix Book Club, a new social media series from the platform, where host Uzo Aduba will lead conversations about Netflix’s book. Netflix also revealed “Squid Game,” the South Korean thriller, was watched a total of 1.6 billion hours in the first 28 days after its release, more than two-and-a-half times as many as the No. 1 non-English show, with 42.79 million hours watched.
For example, over the past week, Season 3 of “Narcos: Mexico” was the top English-language TV series, with 50.29 million hours watched, while “Squid Game” was the No.
The new lists are ranked by the total number of hours watched during the previous Monday through Sunday. “People want to understand what success means in a streaming world, and these lists offer the clearest answer to that question in our industry,” Pablo Perez De Rosso, Netflix’s vice president of content strategy, planning and analysis, said in a blog post Tuesday.