>>115769919>What is this fucking thing even measuring when when no official ratings exist? Online buzz? Traffic to Pirate Bay?Basically, yes.
Streaming services don't release their numbers, and even when they release, their numbers are off.
Netflix, per example. If you watch the thumbnail of a show for one minute, they will count that as a "view" because it's good for them, but it makes their reports inaccurate as hell.
So ever since 2013, the industry jas been relying on "demand reports" by Parrot Analytics. They will gather data about how much a show is talked about on social media, forums, how many views it gets on Youtube and how many downloads it gets through torrent in order to measure it's popularity.
So, whenever you see a entertainment site talking about how "Avatar: The Last Airbender" is popular on Netflix or how "The Witcher" didn't kill "Game of Thrones", their source is the weekly report of the analysis.
https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/avatar-last-airbender-netflix-summer-hit.html 
