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Jan 1, 2019

Too Big To Binge: Why Following Netflix Originals Has Gotten Crazy

Maybe AI will watch it all for us and then provide summaries. JL

Ashley Rodriguez reports in Quartz:

In 2018 the streaming-video giant put out nearly 90,000 minutes—close to 1,500 hours—of original series, movies, and other productions. That’s nearly nine consecutive weeks of binge-watching. It would have taken more than four hours of streaming per day, every day of 2018, to watch all of it. There were more than 58,000 hours of original series added in 2018. Netflix also released more than 10,100 hours of original documentaries, about 8,500 hours of movies, 4,800 hours of kids programming, and 3,600 hours of stand-up comedy.
Netflix released a ridiculous amount of original programming in 2018. How ridiculous? By Quartz’s measure, the streaming-video giant put out nearly 90,000 minutes—close to 1,500 hours—of original series, movies, and other productions this year. That’s nearly nine consecutive weeks of binge-watching. It would have taken more than four hours of streaming per day, every day of 2018, to watch all of it.
These are rough estimates based on a list published by Netflix of more than 850 titles that are streamed exclusively on Netflix, including originals and first-run titles that the company syndicates and premieres in some of its markets, as of Dec. 31, 2018. Quartz tallied up the titles for only the Netflix originals (not the first-run titles) with global premiere dates in 2018—about 345 of them—and checked those titles and dates against Netflix’s US site and the Internet Movie Database. The run times were pulled from the US version of Netflix.
Overall, series made up the vast majority of the original content added to Netflix this year. There were more than 58,000 hours of original series added in 2018, including new seasons of shows like House of Cards and Fuller House, and new series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Maniac. Netflix also stepped up its supply of international dramas, adding thousands of hours of telenovelas like La Reina del Flow and Korean dramas like Mr. Sunshine (as it is listed in English).
Netflix also released more than 10,100 hours of original documentaries, about 8,500 hours of movies, 4,800 hours of kids programming, and 3,600 hours of stand-up comedy.
The company did not confirm or deny Quartz’s estimates.

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