'Tiger King' Isn't Netflix's Biggest Series of 2020
by EG
Turns out that Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness might not be as huge a phenomenon as all the social-media buzz led us to believe. The true-crime series is going to take second place to Money Heist as the streamer's most-"viewed" series of 2020's first quarter. And neither series is coming close to the "viewing" numbers of last year's The Witcher. (Remember that Netflix counts you as a "viewer" if you watch at least 120 seconds of a series' first episode). Read on for details.
Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness was a huge draw for Netflix users in the first quarter of 2020 — but another series is on pace to attract more users.
The fourth installment of Spanish drama Money Heist (aka La Casa de Papel) is projected to draw a slightly larger worldwide audience in its first four weeks, the streamer said in its quarterly earnings report. The company is projecting 64 million member accounts will "choose to watch" Tiger King in its first four weeks. Money Heist, which debuted April 3 (just outside the first quarter), is projected to get the attention of some 65 million member accounts.
Netflix changed its reporting of what constitutes a "view" in its previous earnings report. The new metric measures any member account who watched at least two minutes of a series or movie — "long enough to indicate the choice was intentional," as the streamer put it — whereas previously it was 70 percent of one episode of a series or 70 percent of a feature film.
The company said then that the new measurement, which is more akin to view measurements on YouTube (30 seconds) than traditional TV ratings as measured by Nielsen, will result in figures about 35 percent larger than its previous reporting.
Both Money Heist and Tiger King fall a little short of the previous quarter's biggest Netflix show, The Witcher. The company said in its last earnings report that 76 million people checked out the Henry Cavill-led fantasy series.
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