Netflix was within the information final week, and the markets have been not pleased about it. The streamer reported its quarterly earnings, which for the primary time in 10 years confirmed a web lack of roughly 200,000 subscribers. What’s extra, in a letter to shareholders, Netflix stated it expects to lose one other 200,000 subscribers subsequent quarter.

This obtained us to eager about the reveals and films that all of us watch on Netflix. Again in June of final yr, Netflix began publishing some high-level metrics on what reveals and films have been performing effectively. The info isn’t significantly deep or complicated, however it’s nonetheless enjoyable to check out.

Each week, Netflix publishes what the highest 10 reveals and films have been for the week, together with some data on viewing hours. Some reveals pop out and in of the highest 10, however because the “Netflix Viewing” knowledge app immediately beneath attests, we solely have data on the reveals in the course of the weeks they have been within the prime 10:

The primary fascinating bit we discover is the huge purple spike in October 2021, which coincided with the discharge of Squid Sport. Squid Sport: Season 1 has been so fashionable that it occupies the highest 4 spots when it comes to hours seen for a present in per week. What’s additionally fascinating is that Bridgerton’s most profitable week (so far as hours seen goes), which was in Season 2, doesn’t even come near Squid Sport’s most profitable week.

As for that drop-off in subscribers, we have now some knowledge on that, too, which may be examined by the ultimate two charts on this put up. See a sample? Clearly, development was good for fairly a while, however there’s undoubtedly been a slight decline lately in Netflix’s three largest areas. Will that development proceed? Or will Netflix discover a method to bounce again?