Bridgerton is now out within the wild with the primary batch of episodes of season 3 streaming. How effectively did it carry out, and the way does it examine to season 2 and final yr’s Queen Charlotte? Is it even comparable? Let’s dive in.
In case you missed it, Bridgerton is again. The Shonda Rhimes collection has been a licensed hit for fairly a while, however season 3 has really seen an increase in viewership, exhibiting simply how a lot of a juggernaut it’s. Each seasons 1 and a couple of nonetheless reside in Netflix’s prime 10 most watched of all-time listing, with Bridgerton season 1 sitting at #4 and season 2 at #9.
Season 3 will 100% be becoming a member of it in the end.
Let’s dig in, then. In its first 4 days, Bridgerton season 3 scored 165.20 million viewing hours, equating to 45.10 million accomplished viewing equivalents or, as Netflix calls them, views.
BRIDGERTON season 3 half 1 pulls in 45.1M accomplished viewing equivalents in its first few days on Netflix globally! pic.twitter.com/lToBrOwfw6
How did Netflix describe the opening 4 days for Bridgerton Season 3 Half 1? Right here’s what they put through press launch:
“Spring has sprung, which suggests it’s lastly #Polin (not pollen) season. Half 1 of Season 3 of Shonda Rhimes’ Bridgerton debuted at #1 on the English TV Listing, racking up 45.1M views. The collection, which stars Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton, was #1 in 78 nations and reached the High 10 in 92. And that is solely the start. With Half 2 set to launch on June 13, who is aware of how excessive this wallflower will climb? PSA for the hundreds of thousands of followers having post-binge withdrawals: end up a help group, placed on some music, gentle a candle and get into one thing cozy – extra of the carriage-style scenes you’re craving will likely be right here shortly. Each earlier seasons of the juggernaut collection additionally held court docket on the listing. Season 1 landed at #4 (4.5M views) and Season 2 claimed #8 (3.3M views). Each seasons seem on the Most In style Listing.”
Right here’s a have a look at that full TV prime 10 listing for the week, and you’ll see simply the place Bridgerton options:
Rank
Title
Hours
Views
1
Bridgerton: Season 3
165,200,000
45,100,000
2
Ashley Madison: Intercourse, Lies & Scandal: Season 1
24,600,000
9,500,000
3
Child Reindeer: Restricted Collection
29,500,000
7,400,000
4
Bridgerton: Season 1
37,300,000
4,500,000
5
Kevin Hart: The Kennedy Heart Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
5,400,000
4,100,000
6
Bodkin: Season 1
23,300,000
4,000,000
7
The Roast of Tom Brady
10,500,000
3,400,000
8
Bridgerton: Season 2
27,700,000
3,300,000
9
A Man in Full: Restricted Collection
10,900,000
2,400,000
10
Blood of Zeus: Season 2
7,400,000
1,800,000
Queen Charlotte notably missed out on the highest 10 world titles this week, though it was probably near getting in. FlixPatrol stories that the 2023 restricted collection has additionally been featured in over 50 nation charts over the previous few days.
Frederic Durand, who publishes his personal Substack and writes our High 10 Reviews each Wednesday, gave us a sneak peek at what we will count on from his column tomorrow with two graphs evaluating the opening week of Bridgerton to different titles.
Making direct comparisons is in the end fairly onerous with cut up seasons since you’re not evaluating apples to apples, but it surely’s a worthy train.
Let’s start evaluating with different Netflix cut up seasons in latest occasions that had been launched on a Thursday, the place you possibly can see Bridgerton is handily beating You by nearly double the quantity of views.
One cut up season we haven’t included is Stranger Issues, which solely had 3 days earlier than the primary numbers got here in. That debuted with 56.4M views.
Let’s have a look at the present views in contrast with season 2 and Queen Charlotte. Once more, this isn’t an ideal comparability, on condition that each had been launched as full seasons, but it surely’s monitoring far forward by way of views.
Seeing how the collection now evolves within the weeks and months to come back, with the second half coming in June 2024, will likely be fascinating. Will the collection see a weaker enhance in viewing hours like The Witcher had in week 5 (+194%) or a stronger one like The Lincoln Lawyer (+338%) – watch this area.
Simply to spherical out, we needed to try how effectively curiosity is holding up for Bridgerton. Utilizing Google Traits, we will see that curiosity is definitely nonetheless rising!
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