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If you’ve nonetheless obtained both Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ or Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ caught in your head over six months after the release of Stranger Things 4, you’re more than likely not alone, seeing as Netflix’s greatest hit of final 12 months completely dominated broader streaming panorama in 2022.
According to a knowledge wrap from Nielsen detailing the most-streamed authentic TV collection, Stranger Things blew just about each different present out of the water. It drew in an eye-watering 52 billion minutes considered within the United States alone.
For context, it was trailed by Ozark and Wednesday, which couldn’t beat Stranger Things if their viewership numbers have been mixed. Ozark pulled 31.3 billion minutes, whereas Wednesday drew 18.6 billion.
This can solely bode nicely for the Stranger Things franchise – such gargantuan figures all however assure that the Duffer Brothers will probably be given a clean cheque by Netflix for the Stranger Things 5 manufacturing funds. If it has to finish, it’s actually going to exit with a bang. Of course, there’s a good chance there’ll be spin-offs after the fact. Gotta capitalize on the golden goose whereas it’s nonetheless laying eggs, in any case.
Despite a shaky fiscal 12 months for the corporate that originally disrupted the TV and movie market over a decade in the past, Netflix’s authentic content material nonetheless made up the overwhelming majority of the highest 15 most-watched authentic applications in 2022, per Nielsen’s ratings. There have been solely two non-Netflix reveals within the checklist, each of which got here from Amazon Prime – The Boys and Rings of Power.
On the subject of these Amazon reveals, chances are you’ll discover it fascinating that The Boys’ viewership managed to beat out Rings of Power final 12 months, regardless of the latter present having a hefty $1 billion manufacturing funds for its first season.
