Harry and Meghan’s £88m Netflix series is ‘LESS popular than Peppa Pig’ with the Sussex show streaming for a total of 62m hours – while the first two seasons of children’s cartoons total more than 140m hours
Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series is less popular than Peppa Pig, official figures show.
Documentary by the couple about their departure from royal life was watched for a total of 62 million hours on Netflix in the first half of 2023 – while the children’s cartoon’s first two seasons combined for more than 140 million hours.
To put that into context, 60 million hours watched is the equivalent of one million people watching an hour-long episode once.
The streaming giant released the figures after receiving criticism for not being transparent about how its content is performing.
The first season of the political thriller The Night Agent was the most watched Netflix show in the first half of the year.
The Night Agent, which premiered on the platform on March 23, was watched 812 million hours in about three months.
Harry and Meghan’s £88million Netflix series has proven less popular than Peppa Pig
The couple’s documentary was watched a total of 62 million hours on Netflix in the first half of 2023 – while the first two seasons of Peppa Pig have grossed more than 140 million hours combined.
Prince Harry and Meghan’s six-part documentary series (pictured) about their departure from royal life was viewed a combined 62 million hours on Netflix in the first half of 2023
The Night Agent was by far the most successful show – with 22 percent more views than the second season of comedy drama Ginny & Georgia, which finished in second place and racked up 665 million viewing hours in six months
It was by far the most successful show – with 22 percent more views than the second season of comedy-drama Ginny & Georgia, which finished in second place and racked up 665 million viewing hours in six months.
Revenge thriller The Glory finished in third place with 623 million hours viewed.
The first season of comedy-horror Wednesday, which launched last November, racked up 507 million hours watched, while period drama Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story totaled 503 million hours.
The company first shared the comprehensive ratings list, detailing how many hours each show was watched between January and June, as part of a semi-annual report.
The first episodes of the sixth series of The Crown, released last month, were not eligible.
Netflix’s engagement document included more than 18,000 titles, with a total of almost 100 billion hours watched in the six months. There were almost 4,000 shows from different countries at the bottom of the list with only 100,000 hours watched.
The report states: ‘Success on Netflix is not only determined by the number of hours watched.
“What matters is whether a film or TV show thrilled audiences and the size of that audience relative to the economy.”
Criticism of Netflix for not releasing data sooner was at the center of the Hollywood strikes. Actors and writers called for higher royalties for shows that did well on such platforms.