Streaming Ratings Report

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(In true EntStrategyGuy fashion, I wrote a “short” 2,000 word article on why you should subscribe to my Streaming Ratings Report. But that wasn’t enough to explain why I’m putting up a paywall. For in-depth explanations on the Streaming Rating Report, read the following articles: – We Have Streaming Ratings

Viewership was light this week, likely because the streamers were saving the big guns for the end of the month/May to help improve their Emmy nomination chances. When the top film/show this week has under 20 million hours of total viewership, that’s pretty low. That’s the lowest film or show

Planning this week’s streaming ratings report I had a weird thought: Is this really the future of TV? Remember back when Netflix and Prime Video started making original content? Those shows were buzzy! Orange is the New Black! House of Cards! Transparent! The Man in the High Castle! Streaming was

This week had two of the weirder entrants in the “streaming” category. (As a reminder, “this week” means the week that started 28-March-2022, since Nielsen has a four-week delay before their streaming ratings come out.) First, CNN+ came. And then went, thirty days later. They had a host of original

Having written this report for over a year now, I’ve started to get a feel for the flow of content. And I have to tell you, this week (remember the week starting 21-March) is the quietest in a while. Possibly because the other streamers (rightfully) avoided the the big beast

Before we dive into he streaming ratings this week, check out my two articles from last week.  – “U.S. Streaming Subscriber Estimates For Q4 Of 2021”. This is my semi-regular take on the number of paid, U.S. subscribers for the major streamers. Here’s the key visual: If you want the

Since most of my readers are fairly devoted followers of the streaming wars, I bet most of you think this week’s biggest story is the titanic showdown between Turning Red and The Adam Project.  And you’d be wrong! The bigger story “content”-wise in my mind—and I love to zig when

I know it’s April Fool’s Day today, but as much as I love this holiday, this newsletter is still serious-ish journalism, so I’m not going to make up anything. In my experience, bad statistics just get taken as fact more often than real, often boring truth. (You may have seen

The international content wave is coming! Of the 39 streaming shows or films released during the week of 14-March, 16 were non-English language. For the week of 1-April, 10 of the 21 were non-English language. I wish I had been collecting this data for longer, but c’est le vie. I’m