Netflix has made available viewer information on nearly all of its catalogue for the first time.
Viewers logged 812 million hours watching The Night Agent, making the political thriller the most popular show of the first half of 2020.
It has been expressed that the streaming giant lacks transparency regarding the performance of content on its platform.
The Hollywood strikes this year were heavily fueled by criticism, which caused disruption to the film and television industry for a number of months.
Actors and writers have called for greater royalties for shows that achieved success on streaming platforms.
Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive, confessed during a media conference call that due to the scanty information about the success of its shows, there had been an increase in mistrust in the designer community.
He stated that Netflix had retained its viewer data confidential throughout its development, so as to nature it the chance to experiment without imparting critical particulars to possible adversaries.
In a blog post, Netflix declared that this was a major leap ahead for them and the sector. a clock which is stopped continue to speed past the minutes, each filled with seconds that appear to never end.
Though the clock has stopped, it seems like hours are slipping away faster than minutes; every second is interminable.
We anticipate that the data contained in this report... will provide creators and our business sector with increased knowledge about our viewers, and what they find memorable.
The creative community in Hollywood depends on viewership numbers provided annually by Nielsen, an audience data company, for conventional broadcast and cable television.
The What We Watched report, released every six months, ranks 18,000 titles by the amount of hours viewed between the first and second halves of the year. According to the company, the report will now be published twice annually.
Racking up over 100 billion hours of viewing time, Ginny and Georgia, Gilmore Girls, Seinfeld, Friends, and The Office were some of the most popular shows.
Jennifer Lopez's Mother was the most viewed film, accumulating a total of 249 million hours of viewership.
Approximately one-third of all the views were of non-English content, according to Netflix, and the data suggests that there is still a keen interest in older titles.
Netflix declared that success comes in a multitude of forms, one of which is not just measured by how many hours a piece of media is watched. The streaming service noted the success could be attributed to a work that has satisfied viewers, no matter the size of the viewership in relation to the production cost.
Netflix has an impressive subscriber base of almost 250 million people around the world, making it the biggest streaming platform out there.
Beginning in 2021, it has generated and released weekly Top 10 and Most Popular lists, showcasing the most-viewed movies and TV shows in English and other languages.
Netflix reported that more than half of the titles unveiled in 2021 ended up on the weekly Top 10 charts.
Mr Sarandos' What We Watched report revealed that 55% of Netflix viewing comprised original films and series, while 45% were licensed titles.
In 2020, Netflix initiated a distinct platform that features ads, prompting the need for increased transparency in order to meet the demands of advertisers for data about the viewership of specific content.
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