Netflix has shaken up how it ranks its most popular titles on the platform.
The streamer, which has infamously been rather cagey in the past with its viewing figures, will now rank titles based on hours viewed rather than minutes, including multiple views of the same content.
The site previously took into account views based on watching two minutes or more of a title, though this standard has now been expanded.
Netflix will now be publishing weekly Top 10s every Tuesday on a new website, showing global and more specific country rankings based on the metric.
The lists are broken down into Films (English), TV (English), Films (non-English) and TV (non-English), with the new model starting from next week.
However, Netflix will still publish daily Top 10s on its main site, which will also be based on hours viewed going forward.
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The company did acknowledge that the model "does favour longer series and films" over shorter fare, adding they "will also occasionally publish speciality lists" for the likes of documentary features or reality shows.
Netflix further explained in a blog post: "Having looked at the different options, we believe engagement as measured by hours viewed is a strong indicator of a title's popularity, as well as overall member satisfaction, which is important for retention in subscription services.
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"In addition, hours viewed mirrors the way third parties measure popularity, encompasses rewatch (a strong sign of member joy) and can be consistently measured across different companies."
Recent record breakers for the streamer include Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot movie Red Notice, which had the "biggest opening weekend of all time" for Netflix, as well as TV series Squid Game, which has become the site's biggest TV show ever.
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