{"id":189789,"date":"2023-12-14T02:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T02:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189789"},"modified":"2023-12-14T02:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T02:01:09","slug":"harry-and-meghans-88m-netflix-series-less-popular-than-peppa-pig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/harry-and-meghans-88m-netflix-series-less-popular-than-peppa-pig\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry and Meghan's \u00a388m Netflix series 'LESS popular than Peppa Pig'"},"content":{"rendered":"
Harry and Meghan’s \u00a388million Netflix series has been less popular than Peppa Pig, official figures show.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The couple’s documentary on their exit from royal life\u00a0was watched for a combined 62 million hours on Netflix in the first half of 2023 – while the first two seasons of the children’s cartoon has drawn in more than 140 million hours combined.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To put that in context, 60million hours viewed is the equivalent of one million people watching a one-hour episode once.<\/p>\n The streaming giant released the figures after being criticised for not being transparent about how content performs.\u00a0<\/p>\n The first season of political thriller The Night Agent was the most-viewed\u00a0Netflix show in the first half of the year.<\/p>\n The Night Agent, which premiered on the platform on March 23, had 812million hours viewed in around three months.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Harry and Meghan’s \u00a388million Netflix series has proven less popular than Peppa Pig<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The couple’s documentary was watched for a combined 62 million hours on Netflix in the first half of 2023 – while the first two seasons of Peppa Pig has drawn in more than 140 million hours combined<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prince Harry and Meghan’s (pictured) six-part documentary series on their exit from royal life was watched for a combined 62million hours on Netflix in the first half of 2023<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Night Agent was by far the most successful show \u2013 with 22 per cent more views than the second season of comedy drama Ginny & Georgia, which came in second place and racked up 665million hours viewed in six months<\/p>\n It was by far the most successful show \u2013 with 22 per cent more views than the second season of comedy drama Ginny & Georgia, which came in second place and racked up 665million hours viewed in six months.<\/p>\n Revenge thriller The Glory came in third place with 623million hours watched.<\/p>\n The first season of comedy-horror Wednesday, which launched in November last year, racked up 507million hours of viewing, while period drama Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story totalled 503million hours.<\/p>\n The company shared the comprehensive list of ratings for the first time, detailing how many hours each show has been viewed between January and June, as part of a semi-annual report.<\/p>\n The initial episodes of the sixth series of The Crown, released last month, were ineligible.<\/p>\n Netflix’s engagement document included more than 18,000 titles \u2013 with nearly 100billion hours watched in total in the half year. There were almost 4,000 shows from various countries at the bottom of the list with just 100,000 hours viewed.<\/p>\n The report stated: ‘Success on Netflix is not determined by hours viewed alone.<\/p>\n ‘It’s all about whether a movie or TV show thrilled its audience and the size of that audience relative to the economics.’<\/p>\n Criticism of Netflix for not previously releasing data was central to the Hollywood strikes. Actors and writers called for higher royalties for shows that did well on such platforms.<\/p>\nREAD MORE:\u00a0Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s bombshell Netflix documentary is nominated for a major Hollywood award<\/h3>\n