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Where/how did you check that? I am in my mid-30s and know several people who are my age and a bit older who like Stranger Things. I don't think real data on Ne

Where/how did you check that? I am in my mid-30s and know several people who are my age and a bit older who like Stranger Things. I don't think real data on Netflix viewership is public, is it? My presumption is Netflix guards that data way too much to share it.

cgriswald 8y ago
Yeah, from my experience people from their mid-twenties to mid-forties are fans. People outside those ranges don't seem to care much. I'm in my early 40s (I'd have been closest to Will's age I think) and a huge fan of the show. The best I could find was this: https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/stranger-things-season-2-ratings-nielsen-1202605585/ https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/stranger-things-season-2-ra... > According to Nielsen ... each episode of ... season (2) drew more than 4 million viewers per episode, and with more than 3 million of those falling in the key adults 18-49 demographic within the first three days of its release (Oct. 27-29). The article goes on to quote other statistics (including 15 million + viewers of the first episode). And then: > “The data that Nielsen is reporting is not accurate, not even close, and does not reflect the viewing of these shows on Netflix,” the company said in a statement at the time of the original announcement. I'm not certain how Nielsen collects data these days, but in the early aughts, our local Fox station waged a campaign to get younger viewers to participate in Nielsen studies because the data Nielsen had showed no one was watching syndicated episodes of the Simpsons, so advertisers wouldn't pay. (I suspect the advertisers knew people were watching and just wanted a discount.) The campaign seemed to work (and was also the one and only time I was in a Nielsen household). Since then, I still take Nielsen ratings with a huge grain of salt, so I'm inclined to believe the Netflix statement that we really don't have any idea.

cgriswald 8y ago

Yeah, from my experience people from their mid-twenties to mid-forties are fans. People outside those ranges don't seem to care much. I'm in my early 40s (I'd have been closest to Will's age I think) and a huge fan of the show. The best I could find was this: https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/stranger-things-season-2-ratings-nielsen-1202605585/ https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/stranger-things-season-2-ra... > According to Nielsen ... each episode of ... season (2) drew more than 4 million viewers per episode, and with more than 3 million of those falling in the key adults 18-49 demographic within the first three days of its release (Oct. 27-29). The article goes on to quote other statistics (including 15 million + viewers of the first episode). And then: > “The data that Nielsen is reporting is not accurate, not even close, and does not reflect the viewing of these shows on Netflix,” the company said in a statement at the time of the original announcement. I'm not certain how Nielsen collects data these days, but in the early aughts, our local Fox station waged a campaign to get younger viewers to participate in Nielsen studies because the data Nielsen had showed no one was watching syndicated episodes of the Simpsons, so advertisers wouldn't pay. (I suspect the advertisers knew people were watching and just wanted a discount.) The campaign seemed to work (and was also the one and only time I was in a Nielsen household). Since then, I still take Nielsen ratings with a huge grain of salt, so I'm inclined to believe the Netflix statement that we really don't have any idea.