Archived Netflix knows how long it takes to hook you on a show, down to the exact episode (qz.com)
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Archived Netflix knows how long it takes to hook you on a show, down to the exact episode (qz.com)
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[–] twitch1982 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I've very interested in how they figured this out. They say that people were hooked after 2-3 episodes, and watched the rest of the series, but no one was hooked after the pilot. But how would they know the difference? If I watched 3 episodes, and the whole season, I also watched one episode, and the whole season.
[–] SlappyHo 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I would guess that they can see how many people stopped watching at a certain point. So they can take the total number of people who watched the pilot but didn't continue vs the total number of people who watched the first few episodes and didn't continue. At some point that number is going to drop off significantly and that would be when the people go hooked. In other words, the episode that hooks people is when the number of people who stop watching the next episode drops off significantly.
[–] twitch1982 ago
I guess that makes sense, but the statement "no one got hooked at the pilot" Still seems odd. WEhen you're looking at populations rather than individuals, I don't know that you can make the argument that no one did something.
[–] jeegte12 ago
when they watched it, how far apart they watched it from the second/third episode, shit like that i'm guessing