Netflix’s first engagement report reveals its most popular shows and movies<p>Netflix has published the first of a new twice-a-year engagement report called “What We Watched.” The first installment, <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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https://about.netflix.com/en/news/what-we-watched-a-netflix-engagement-report">launched[/url] Tuesday as a Microsoft Excel file, lists the hours viewed for every title (original and licensed) that has tallied more than 50,000 viewing hours. Although it’s an uneven performance comparison since episodic series will rack up many more hours than standalone films, this is the first ultra-detailed glimpse at what people watch on Netflix.</p>
<p>The first spreadsheet, covering January to June 2023, includes 18,214 entries of eligible content. The first season of the action-thriller series
The Night Agent: Season 1 sat comfortably at the top with 812,100,000 hours during that period. Following (far behind) in second place was season two of the drama
Ginny & Georgia (665,100,000 hours). Rounding out the top five are season one of
The Glory (622,800,000), the inaugural season of the Jenny Ortega-led
Wednesday (507,700,000) and the limited prequel series
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (503,000,000).</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>The J.Lo action flick
The Mother was the top-ranked movie on the list, raking in 249,900,000 viewing hours and falling at number 20 behind a glut of multi-episode series. Idris Elba’s
Luther: The Fallen Sun (209,700,000) came in at 26, while the Chris Hemsworth vehicle
Extraction 2 (201,800,000) slotted in at 29.</p>
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<p>In addition to hours viewed, the spreadsheet denotes each title’s release date and whether it’s available globally. For curiosity’s sake, the lowest-ranking globally available item on the list is the 2020 comedy special
Yours Sincerely, Kanan Gill.</p>
<p>Netflix stressed the importance of not using total hours viewed alone to determine a movie or series’ impact. “Success on Netflix comes in all shapes and sizes, and is not determined by hours viewed alone,” the streamer wrote in its announcement blog post. “We have enormously successful movies and TV shows with both lower and higher hours viewed. It’s all about whether a movie or TV show thrilled its audience — and the size of that audience relative to the economics of the title.”</p>
<p>Netflix says the new biannual spreadsheets will combine with its weekly <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/netflix-top-10-chart-transparency-213412386.html">Top 10[/url] and <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/most-streamed-tv-show-2022-stranger-things-182044165.html">Most Popular[/url] lists to paint a more comprehensive picture for viewers, creators and industry watchers.</p>
<p>You can rev up Excel or Numbers and download the inaugural Netflix spreadsheet drop <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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https://assets.ctfassets.net/4cd45et68cgf/1HyknFM84ISQpeua6TjM7A/97a0a393098937a8f29c9d29c48dbfa8/What_We_Watched_A_Netflix_Engagement_Report_2023Jan-Jun.xlsx">here[/url].</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Netflix’s first engagement report reveals its most popular shows and movies
