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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[–] 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.
[–] SlappyHo ago
You are 100% correct about that. There are definitely some who got hooked on the pilot. I myself was hooked on Breaking Bad after the pilot.
[–] Pinyaka ago
They're probably using "no one" as a hyperbolic expression rather than a literal quantity.