By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
The December 8 edition of WWE Raw on Netflix finished the week with 2.5 million global views, according to Netflix.com/tudum. The viewership count was down compared to the 3.1 million global viewership listed for the November 17 episode.
Powell’s POV: The November 24 and December 1 editions of Raw did not crack the top ten, so we do not have the viewership count for those episodes. The December 8 Raw finished tenth on the Netflix chart for most viewed weekly shows. In case you are wondering, yes, all five seasons of Stranger Things are still in the top ten leading up to the next batch of episodes being released on Christmas, and the release of the season finale on New Year’s Eve. The Raw global numbers are released eight days after the show streams if it finishes in the top ten for the week.
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So it can’t be creative or people less interested than before? Has to be solely based on outside factors?
The show falling out of the top ten? We don’t know the viewership count for the last two episodes because Netflix only releases numbers for their top ten shows. But the shows that qualified for the top ten were had much higher numbers than usual. The new season of Netflix coming out on Thanksgiving Eve led to a lot of people (me included) watching the previous seasons.
Here’s what I wrote when they fell out of the top ten for the first time two weeks ago. “The show that occupied the final spot in the top ten averaged four million viewers. The Raw premiere had 4.9 million worldwide views back in January, and remains the only episode to top four million views.”
In other words, Raw would have needed to reach 4 million views just to tie for the tenth spot that week. Last week, the show that finished tenth had 4.6 million views. Raw falls under the three million mark. I hope that explains it.