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> If the average watch time was less than the runtime, that means more people watched the movie for at least some period. I'm suggesting some of this total wat

> If the average watch time was less than the runtime, that means more people watched the movie for at least some period. I'm suggesting some of this total watchtime is not meaningful (<1 min watch time) and may still contribute to a significant proportion of the total watch time. You assume all the watch time is meaningful. You also assume there are no users with multiple accounts. I think these two assumptions are not very reasonable, and can explain why you find your own estimate "literally unbelievable".

jobigoud 5y ago
If there is a lot of < 1 min watch time contributing to the total global watch time it means the share of accounts that started the movie at all is even higher. This is what is surprising the grandparent.
slg 5y ago
>I'm suggesting some of this total watchtime is not meaningful (<1 min watch time) and may still contribute to a significant proportion of the total watch time. How does this contribution a significant proportion to the total watch time? Even the last example that had 90% of users not finishing the movie required 87% of subscribers to at least watch some of it. Do you think the number of subscribers who watched even a second of this movie is higher than 87%? >You also assume there are no users with multiple accounts. Do you mean a person with multiple different Netflix accounts or multiple people sharing a single Netflix account? I have no idea why someone would do the former and I would be shocked if there was any sizable number of people who do that. If you mean the latter, my previous comment used the assumption that each subscriber equals two users like you originally suggested. >I think these two assumptions are not very reasonable, and can explain why you find your own estimate "literally unbelievable". Ok, why don't you throw together some numbers on the estimated percentage of Netflix subscribers who watched any part of this movie?

jobigoud 5y ago

If there is a lot of < 1 min watch time contributing to the total global watch time it means the share of accounts that started the movie at all is even higher. This is what is surprising the grandparent.

slg 5y ago

>I'm suggesting some of this total watchtime is not meaningful (<1 min watch time) and may still contribute to a significant proportion of the total watch time. How does this contribution a significant proportion to the total watch time? Even the last example that had 90% of users not finishing the movie required 87% of subscribers to at least watch some of it. Do you think the number of subscribers who watched even a second of this movie is higher than 87%? >You also assume there are no users with multiple accounts. Do you mean a person with multiple different Netflix accounts or multiple people sharing a single Netflix account? I have no idea why someone would do the former and I would be shocked if there was any sizable number of people who do that. If you mean the latter, my previous comment used the assumption that each subscriber equals two users like you originally suggested. >I think these two assumptions are not very reasonable, and can explain why you find your own estimate "literally unbelievable". Ok, why don't you throw together some numbers on the estimated percentage of Netflix subscribers who watched any part of this movie?