Bridgerton
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As you may have heard yesterday, Bridgerton made history by being officially the biggest hit Netflix series ever
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According to Netflix, the Shonda Rhimes timepiece was streamed by 82 million homes in its first 28 days. That achievement has been achieved The Witchthe previous Netflix record of 76 million parties.
However, recordings are at that milestone. First, one Netflix account counts as “home. ”So even if you look at five profiles under one account Bridgerton, it still counts as one home – even though those parties are located under five different roofs.
Second, watching just two minutes of a show counts as a “watch” by Netflix estimates. So while more people have been watching Bridgerton than any other Netflix show, that doesn’t mean most of those people finished the entire first season – or even the entire first program.
And, finally, here’s the biggest caveat (and the most important one for this article): how more people subscribe to Netflix in January 2021 than they did in December 2019 when The Witch premiered. according to Statista, Netflix gained about 30 million subscribers in 2020.
Basically, the Netflix formula isn’t the only last resort to determine which show has been so viral on the streaming platform. But there’s another way that’s a lot more interesting to rank the pitch for all shows: the top 10 list.
Netflix topped the list of the top 10 back in February 2020. Since then, we’ve tracked where movies and shows rank on the charts each day. And based on their achievements, we assign point values and update the scores of those projects over time.
What is the advantage of this system? The Top 10 formula puts all displays on a level playing field. So even if Netflix has gained 30 million more subscribers, the highest score any movie or show can achieve in a single day is ten points.
So while we can’t measure Bridgerton the face The Witchand achievement on the top 10 list (since the daily charts were set after that The Witchpremiere), we can pit Bridgerton against all other Netflix programs from February 2020 – inclusive Queen’s Gambit.
And when do we do that? Bridgerton no well measure up to Queen’s Gambitthe first 35 days of the streaming service. Although the race is very close.
We can also introduce it King of Tiger into the mix. While several other shows have put out very high numbers in the top 10 centuries – including shows such as Cobra Kai, Ozark and Outside banks– none of these shows collected nearly the same number of points in their first 35 days Bridgerton, Queen’s Gambit and King of Tiger rinn.
After 35 days on Netflix, King of Tiger has brought together 329 points, though Queen’s Gambit collected 334 points. And right in the middle of those two shows is sitting Bridgerton, which has currently amassed 330 points.
With that said, Bridgerton certainly pulling ahead of those two shows in the next few weeks. BridgertonHe is currently 330 points ninth on the top 10 records – far behind Queen’s Gambit, which added 621 points during the 78-day streak on the top 10 records.
It shouldn’t be too long, though Bridgerton catching King of Tiger, who scored 387 points in the 50-day run in 2020.