‘Stranger Issues 4’: A record-breaker already?

A number of weeks in the past, we did a put up about Netflix—and, specifically, the reveals and films all of us watch on the favored streaming service. Since then, “Stranger Issues 4” dropped, and it’s already breaking information. So, we determined to take one other take a look at our Netflix viewing habits, particularly as they relate to the sci-fi horror sequence which may be as nostalgic as it’s scary.

Let’s begin with the numbers from the primary week that “Stranger Issues 4” was accessible. In the US, one season or one other of the sequence occupied 4 of the highest 5 spots for TV reveals, as folks have been clearly catching up on earlier seasons earlier than watching the brand new season. Globally, the sequence did properly additionally, accounting for 4 of the highest 9 reveals (together with motion pictures), as this chart illustrates:

The dashboard under affords extra context round Netflix subscribers’ viewing habits. There’s loads to discover. However earlier than you dig in, a couple of issues to notice:

• The dashboard will replace weekly as Netflix releases extra information—and we’ll add extra annotations to mark in style new releases. So, in the event you’re fascinated with this sort of stuff, do examine again every so often to see the newest. We are going to frequently annotate the chart when a brand new sequence drops with a big following.
• The primary week “Stranger Issues 4” was accessible, it was solely accessible for a couple of days—and like different TV reveals the second week it was accessible outpaced the primary, as folks had extra time to eat the complete season.
• Whereas “Stranger Issues 4” had an awesome first two weeks, globally it nonetheless trails the very best weeks for “Squid Sport 1” by a fairly vast margin—and has a protracted option to go whether it is to say the all-time high spot for hours seen. It hasn’t had the preliminary velocity, so it might want to depend on longevity to change into #1.