Thanksgiving Special: 3 forMegan Elliott Over the past 12 months Netflix has dropped 371 new TV shows and films that were included in the commercial publication. That includes all documentaries that talk about adult animation comedy drama news and unscripted shows plus movies but doesn’t include material that targets children. This year’s release of nearly 400 Netflix originals is a 54.6 percent increase over 2018, when the streamer launched 240 shows and movies. To put that number in context, remember that the production of the whole U.S. was in 2005. There were 292 original shows in the television industry (including broadcast and cable networks) Overall the number of TV shows in the past 14 years has increased dramatically. There were 1178 initial shows produced in 2019. That s actually slightly down from 2018 when the originals were 1233.
Netflix’s most viewed shows and movies Netflix could release hundreds of originals each year, but in the past it was hard to get a grip on how many people actually watched all those shows and movies since the streaming service was reluctant to release accurate viewing numbers. But the company eventually disclosed some details about its most popular content in its third-quarter earnings call. Bird Box (80 million views) Murder Mystery (73 million views) Triple Frontier (52 million) The Perfect Date (48 million) and Small Girl (41 million) were its most successful original movies between October 2018 and September 2019, according to Netflix. Fyre Otherhood Always Be My Maybe Hidden Obsession and The Highwaymen included other films with over 20 million views. A view indicates that within four weeks of its release 70 per cent of the film was viewed. Stranger Things (64 million views) The Umbrella Academy (45 million) La Casa de Papel (44 million) You (40 million) and Sex Education (40 million) were the top TV shows during that same time period. For TV shows that stream at least 70% of one episode within four weeks of its release counts as a view. Figure 2 The Disney+ logo on a smartphone Rafael Henrique / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Though monitoring the total audience for streaming shows is difficult, Netflix seems to beat its rivals including Hulu and Amazon Prime in attracting viewers. According to a TV Time 19 review of the top 20 most-streaming shows in 2019 were on Netflix. Hulu The Handmaid s Tale was the one exception. Lucifer Stranger Things 13 Reasons Why La Casa de Papel and Orange Is The New Black were among the top 5 series. Will Netflix continue its streaming dominance in 2020? It faces new Disney+ and Apple TV+ rivalry introduced at the end of 2019, as well as HBO Max and NBC’s Peacock launched in 2020. But there will be plenty to look forward to with new shows like Selena: The Series and returning classics like The Ranch and 13 Reasons Why Netflix subscribers. Netflix’s Most Watched Show Could Shock You; No It’s Not