Netflix additional prized open the lid to its black field of knowledge on Tuesday, with the streamer publishing a listing of viewing figures for practically 2,000 titles in its library.

The rankings dump covers the primary half of 2023 and is measured as “hours seen,” which departs from Netflix’s publication of “views,” the metric that it started utilizing this yr to rank its Prime 10 lists.

Hours seen places shorter content material at a big drawback, whereas longer collection (normally dramas) stand to profit, however the figures do nonetheless provide a uncommon perception into Netflix subscriber habits.

U.S. movies and collection unsurprisingly dominate Netflix’s checklist, with political conspiracy thriller The Evening Agent topping the pile with 812M hours seen. Little surprise Netflix renewed the collection so swiftly.

The Brits have been closely represented, even when the primary half of 2023 appeared a bit of mild on new UK originals, with the likes of Intercourse Schooling, Beckham, Squid Sport: The Problem, and The Crown held again for latest months.

Main the pack was function Luther: The Fallen Solar, which had 209M hours seen, securing it a top-20 place within the total world rating revealed by Netflix. A desk of the top-ranked UK titles is under.

The Idris Elba drama was streaks forward of rivals and its efficiency helps Barb viewing information out of the UK, which confirmed the film had 3M viewers after its March premiere.

Season 6 of Black Mirror launched on June 15, that means it solely had two weeks to accrue 139M hours seen. This trajectory suggests it’s going to simply surpass Luther by the point of Netflix’s subsequent disclosure.

Joe Cornish’s supernatural detective collection Lockwood & Co was within the prime 10 British exhibits regardless of being canceled after only one season — an indication that Netflix is turning into more and more ruthless over renewal selections.

There was additionally a spot for the widely-admired System 1: Drive to Survive and UK producer Uncooked confirmed it may match the success of documentaries together with The Tinder Swindler with its mini-series MH370: The Airplane That Disappeared.

The evergreen Peppa Pig stays a favourite with households all over the world, whereas The Crown confirmed it has a protracted viewing tail. Season 5 of Peter Morgan’s drama had 76M hours seen regardless of premiering on November 9, 2022.

Reporting information in hours seen provides no perception into what number of accounts accomplished a title, and even engaged with it previous the primary episode. That is data that every one streamers, particularly Netflix, use to find out the success of their content material.