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There’s a lot of frustration over Netflix’s secrecy surrounding the viewing numbers for its original series.
For fans, it makes choosing what’s most worthy of their time slightly more difficult to do. For the streaming company’s competitors, it feels unfair that they aren’t transparent as to how well or how badly its shows are doing – something the TV networks and cable companies have no choice in due to public ratings numbers.
But some research companies are able to sidestep Netflix’s secrecy. One of those companies, Parrot Analytics, analyzes ratings data (where available), social media chatter, blogging, and illegal pirating, among other factors, to figure out the viewer demand for shows. In this way, it can get a pretty good picture of how well Netflix original shows are performing.
INSIDER teamed up with Parrot to bring to you a ranking of Netflix’s shows right now. In ranking the popularity of these shows, Parrot assigned them an expressions total that reflects average daily audience demand in the US from July 24 to August 22, 2017.
Here are the 10 most popular Netflix original TV shows, according to Parrot Analytics:
- “NARCOS”
The first two seasons of this historical drama covered the rise and fall of Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
Average demand expressions: 5.01 million
- “MARVEL’S IRON FIST”
Believed dead from a plane crash that also claimed his wealthy parents, Danny Rand returns to New York City all grown up, trained in martial arts, and wielding the strength of the the mystical Iron Fist.
Average demand expressions: 5.28 million
- “WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER: TEN YEARS LATER”
“Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later” features all the characters fans love from the cult movie as they return to Camp Firewood for a reunion.
Average demand expressions: 5.53 million
- “HOUSE OF CARDS”
Frank Underwood and his wife Claire scheme and plot to keep their positions in the Oval Office.
Average demand expressions: 6.44 million
- “13 REASONS WHY”
A group of high school students are thrown from a loop after finding out they had a role in one of their classmates’ suicides.
Average demand expressions: 8.16 million
- “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK”
The complicated social dynamics of a women’s prison is explored in this award-winning drama series.
Average demand expressions: 8.98 million
- “CASTLEVANIA”
The popular vampire video game comes to life in this animated series.
Average demand expressions: 10.22 million
- “MARVEL’S THE DEFENDERS”
The star characters of Marvel and Netflix’s popular comic book series join forces.
Average demand expressions: 10.44 million
- “STRANGER THINGS”
A group of kids try to find their lost friend only to discover the sinister secrets of their small town in the process on this 80s-set sci-fi series.
Average demand expressions: 10.65 million
- “OZARK”
Laura Linney and Jason Bateman play parents who relocate their family from Chicago to the Ozarks in order to flee the wrath of a drug kingpin.
Average demand expressions: 26.88 million
Source: Insider
