🍿 This week's hi, tech. is all about @netflix originals! You can check out the full thing via the link below, or just follow this fun thread.
I've looked at 584 movies and found some eyebrow-raising things along the way. (1/12)
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Q1. Is Netflix releasing more Originals every year?
Yes, clearly.
Netflix is estimated to have spent over $17 billion in cash on original content in 2020.
I’m most excited for Cowboy Bebop, slated for a fall 2021 premiere.
Q2: For which genres is Netflix creating most original content?
Documentaries, followed by comedy and drama.
But is that changing over time? Let's have a look.
Q3. Is Netflix creating content for different genres over time?
Key trends:
A significant increase in drama content every year.
Documentaries were the most popular genre for Netflix every year - until 2020, when they created more comedy content.
Q4: Is the content any good?
David Attenborough’s ‘A Life On Our Planet’ earns a well-deserved 9/10, while ‘Enter The Anime’ gets an execrable 2.5/10.
A recent review of ‘Enter The Anime’ says:
"I love anime, but this movie made me wanna shoot my brains out after 15 minutes."
Q5: Does the quality differ by genre?
Documentary has the largest range of scores of all genres, including a collection of content that scores 7.5/10 or above. Netflix has evidently figured out how to churn out mediocre drama and comedy content that people will tolerate.
Q6: Is Netflix Originals content getting better?
The instant reaction to our question is: No, not really.
Netflix is making a lot more content but it is not reliably of a higher “quality”.
If anything, the mean creeps ever closer to 6/10 - the hallmark of mediocrity.
Q7: In which languages does Netflix create original content?
Ok, mainly English. But is that changing over time?
Q8: Is Netlfix creating more/less non-English language movies?
Yes - and quite a lot more of it, too.
To put that dramatic shift in a pie-based form:
Key findings:
- Netflix is creating a lot more original content each year. From just 27 in 2016, it increased to 179 in 2020.
- Documentary is the most common genre, but drama and comedy are catching up.
- The quality isn’t getting better - there are just lots more shows.
- Netflix has rapidly grown the selection of non-English content
- It is now creating more non-English Originals than it is English Originals. That seems like a big deal.
- Hindi, French, Indonesian, Turkish, and Portuguese are the fastest-growing languages for new content.
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