It seems safe to predict that \u201cThe Defenders,\u201d as the culminating mashup with each of the four characters uniting against a common enemy, will turn in similar binge-heavy viewership as well. Netflix released all eight episodes of the limited series at 12:01 a.m. PT Friday. The show stars\u00a0Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), Mike Colter (Luke Cage) and Finn Jones (Iron Fist).<\/p>\n
The analysis from\u00a0Jumpshot\u00a0shows the relative number of U.S. Netflix viewers who watched at least one episode of each series. The data is presented as a index, benchmarked against the most-viewed Netflix original in the comparison, \u201cDaredevil\u201d season 2. For example, \u201c13 Reasons Why,\u201d the second most-viewed premier in the first 30 days, garnering 48% of the viewers that \u201cDaredevil 2\u201d received.<\/p>\n
Of the series studied, \u201c13 Reasons Why\u201d was the only Netflix original that showed any growth in week-over-week viewership in the first month of release, with an 18% increase from week one to week two. That reflects strong word-of-mouth buzz for the controversial show.<\/p>\n
\u201cStranger Things\u201d was the seventh most-viewed Netflix original premiere in its first 30 days, but it had the lowest week-over-week decline in viewership, per the Jumpshot data. It\u2019s not a surprise that shows see a viewing drop-off after the first week, given Netflix\u2019s binge-friendly release strategy.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nMeanwhile, \u201cOrange Is the New Black\u201d season 5 was the least-viewed among the Netflix original series analyzed by Jumpshot, registering just 10% of the viewers \u201cDaredevil 2\u201d over the initial 30-day period.<\/p>\n
\u201cOITNB\u201d has been cited by company execs as consistently being among its most popular series, so why did the latest run apparently turn in weaker results? One potential factor: A hacker who had\u00a0stolen the first 10 episodes\u00a0(out of 13 total) released them to piracy networks six weeks ahead of the season 5 debut, after Netflix refused to pay a ransom. In addition, it may be that \u201cOrange\u201d fans simply didn\u2019t dive in immediately. The season\u2019s June 9 release date may have pushed \u201cOITNB\u201d farther down the queue for Netflix subs who were in the middle of one of the other series that debuted over the preceding four weeks (\u201cHouse of Cards\u201d season 5, \u201cUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt\u201d season 3 and \u201cMaster of None\u201d season 2).<\/p>\n
San Francisco-based Jumpshot analyzes click-stream data from an online panel of more than 100 million consumers, which amounts to 160 billion individual clicks per month. To compile the data on Netflix originals, it looked at the viewing behavior and activity of the company\u2019s U.S. members.<\/p>\n
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Source:\u00a0variety.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are no standard \u201cratings\u201d for\u00a0Netflix. But \u201cMarvel\u2019s The Defenders,\u201d the streamer\u2019s newest original series in the street-hero franchise, could be one of its biggest hits ever, independent research indicates. The four preceding Marvel series leading up to \u201cDefenders\u201d \u2014 \u201cDaredevil\u201d season 2, \u201cJessica Jones,\u201d \u201cLuke Cage\u201d and \u201cIron Fist\u201d ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":67668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4545],"tags":[5517],"class_list":["post-67667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-netflix"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"\n