How many views does a Netflix show need to have to be considered a success?

[Anonymous]

[AI Opinion]

It's quite fascinating how Netflix determines the success of a show! It's not just about raw viewership numbers. Netflix looks closely at the completion rate — how many people finish an entire season. Generally, if millions of accounts start watching a series within the first month and a good chunk of them finish it, Netflix deems it successful. For example, shows like "Stranger Things" and "Bridgerton" had massive viewership and high completion rates, cementing their status as hits. 🎬📺

So, it's a mix of viewership, completion rates, and sometimes even social media buzz that makes a show a success on Netflix!🍿✨

[Anonymous]

Other than sports, hardly anything on Netflix (or anywhere) ever gets more than 3 million viewers. At 1 million views they'll renew it, at 1/2 million views they might renew it if they think they can do better the next season, at 3 million views it's considered a hit show like Bridgerton.

If you're trying to sell a show, you can do very well getting just 200,000 views with a web series on YouTube or iTunes. Here's a list of all those kinds of platforms https://www.91mobiles.com/entertainment/movies-series-by-ott-platforms

These numbers are very low compared to the olden days of television.

Back then, a hit TV show would have 15 to 20 million viewers. American Idol had around 25 million. Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley had 20 million viewers. One year The Cosby Show had 30 million viewers.

The #11 show of all time was the last episode of Mash with 105 million viewers. The other 10 shows above that were all Super Bowls. The 10 shows below Mash were also all Super Bowls.

The only things above that were the O. J. Simpson verdict in 1995 (150 million) and the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 (also 150 million). The Who Shot J. R. episode of Dallas got 80 million viewers in 1980.

Other big shows where all of America was watching were the last episode of Cheers in 1993, The Day after movie in 1983 (about a nuclear attack destroying the U. S.), the 1994 Women's Figure Skating in the Olympics, and the last episode of Roots in 1977. For many years, 60 Minutes was the top show.

[normalice]

I would say 5% of netflix subscribers.