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My god is this power law driven, just put that into a graph!

Top show has twice the view count of show number 8.

Would love to map that against budgets and sub numbers - without ads the viewcounts matter zilch.

Keep in mind 'view hours' != 'view count'. A show that is twice as many hours will have twice the views hours with the same view count. people also rewatch certain stuff, so popularity might be inflated. and I assume longer shows correlate to higher budget (because the production expects more viewership).

Sub numbers? How would you exactly relate sub numbers vs shows? Try and graph how many people only watched 1 show, or watched that show right after joining?

Basically answer two questions:

1 - How much minimal time does a consumer watch Netflix to re-subscribe? 2 - How much content spend is necessary to achieve that minimal viewing time?

Everything else is waste and lost margin.

That threshold is likely shifting as Netflix has less and less compelling content, and the competition markets their exclusives more.

Though maybe there is some core who just doesn't bother cancelling and resubscribing because it's become a hassle.

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