Is The Witcher The Most Popular Show In The Word?

Netflix had another massive hit on its hands.

Edward Anderson
2 min readJan 4, 2020

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For a long time now, Netflix has housed popular shows. At first, it had shows that were produced by outside studios for other platforms. Soon though it became known for their own original shows like House of Cards and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

During this time though, Netflix would not release the numbers their shows brought in. They didn’t need to since they weren’t an advertiser driven network. At some point, they decided to start releasing numbers. Certain numbers that make them seem super successful.

Like Birdbox being streamed by more than 40 million subscribers. Or some 20 million people watching their hit show, Stranger Things within the first seven days of release.

The Witcher’s Numbers

According to Parrot Analytics, in the first 10 days of it’s release, The Witcher commanded a hefty 127 million expressions. These are impressive numbers for any show. But when compared to The Mandalorian’s numbers, it commanded 115 million expressions during it’s own run on Disney+.

While these all seem impressive, there are some factors that need to be taken into consideration. First, Netflix is a streaming giant that is available around the globe…

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Edward Anderson

Edward has written hundreds of acclaimed true crime articles and has won numerous awards for his short stories. His most recent book is Barbenheimer.