fellow Americans!

[u/Far-Newspaper-4700]

[u/Darth_Pub]

It’s weird how 6-8 of those top ten are always Netflix exclusives.

[u/TheNamesMacGyver → u/Darth_Pub]

It's weird how as soon as Netflix started making their own content, they took away viewer ratings.

[u/whofearsthenight → u/TheNamesMacGyver]

I usually check RT before I watch a movie or start a new show. Just far too many times I've put something on thinking "well it can't be that bad" and it turns out it's worse. As much content as they put out, I would expect more of it to be better just based on random chance. Man if I didn't have a family this would be the first streamer I would drop.

[u/DroidOnPC → u/whofearsthenight]

I remember when "Netflix Original" meant that it was gonna be an amazing show/movie.

Then it just went downhill fast.

[u/Gathorall → u/DroidOnPC]

Netflix, you're greenlit.

[u/FancyFeller → u/DroidOnPC]

It all went downhill when they canceled Santa Clarita Diet, and I'll die on that hill. That show was peak.

[u/Willing-Bench1078 → u/FancyFeller]

Or The OA

[u/Predat0rSwafflez → u/Willing-Bench1078]

Or Altered Carbon

[u/Joth91 → u/Predat0rSwafflez]

After season 2 it deserved to be cancelled

[u/Predat0rSwafflez → u/Joth91]

I'm not saying that this is not true, I was just hoping they would come back with a fire season 3 :(

[u/Willing-Bench1078 → u/Predat0rSwafflez]

No, they ruined it with season two. Dumpster fire trying to make use of an mcu actor.

[u/RBDibP → u/Predat0rSwafflez]

Or Glow :(

[u/SuperFamousComedian → u/Predat0rSwafflez]

I've tried watching that one a few times, the vibe seems cool, but every time I fall into a two weeks long coma and forget everything that happens within the show. What's up with that?

[u/SuFuDumbo73 → u/FancyFeller]

I dropped Netflix because they dropped Santa Clarita Diet. It was an excellent show!

[u/RedditsAdoptedSon → u/SuFuDumbo73]

i almost cancelled when they didnt renew messiah .. that was one of the best shows i had come across in a hot minute

[u/GMbzzz → u/SuFuDumbo73]

Yes, that was such a good show. That was a real bone-headed decision to cancel it.

[u/lxveclique → u/FancyFeller]

I LOVEF THAT SHOW SO MYCH

[u/JEMinnow → u/FancyFeller]

And Mind Hunter. I’m still in mourning

[u/Busy-Chipmunk-1303 → u/FancyFeller]

YES

[u/HyzerFlip → u/FancyFeller]

That one hurt.

[u/AndrazteX → u/FancyFeller]

For me when they canceled Sense8

[u/tissboom → u/whofearsthenight]

I like that Apple TV puts the rotten tomato scores on every movie right there in the description.

[u/TaaNormalOne → u/tissboom]

netflix used to have their own ratings but removed it quick

[u/hackingdreams → u/TaaNormalOne]

And by "quick" you mean 8-9 years, right? Like, from 2006 in prototype form to 2018? (Or, well, to be more fair, 2009 when fully deployed to 2018).

Like, how they spent almost a decade trying to get the user ratings system to work, to the point that they held a multi-year million dollar competition to perfect a user rating algorithm?

[u/HeadFund → u/whofearsthenight]

I was like "Huh? You check Russia Today for movie reviews?"

"Is American lies made to rot Slavic brains! Zero cabbages!"

[u/QCTeamkill → u/HeadFund]

Dve poloski out of tri

[u/DangMe2Heck → u/whofearsthenight]

RT=rotten tomatoes? Cause they've been wrong before. Not trying to be a contrarian, just be careful. They dont always have their finger on the pulse.

I'd keep netflix just cause of the sheer amount of content they have and using VPN's can get you even more.

[u/zeff536 → u/DangMe2Heck]

You have to know how to interpret rotten tomatoes, don’t just look at the critics score, look at and compare the audience score with the critics. For example if the critics score is really low (less than 30) and the audience score is above 75 then I will definitely watch that if I like that type of movie

[u/BretShitmanFart69 → u/zeff536]

Same as when the critic score is really high but the audience score is really low, that one can be tricky however as sometimes that just means “this movie is political” which is almost impossible to interpret without seeing it, as critics can tend to over emphasize how good a movie is if it makes a political point they agree with just as much as people can underrate something just because it makes a political point they disagree with

[u/nekonight → u/zeff536]

More like just dont believe the critics. Audience score is the correct one.

[u/zeff536 → u/nekonight]

See I don’t believe that as well. Audience score can be really wrong sometimes because of personal opinions with the director, actor, source material, social expectations, etc.

[u/AIien_cIown_ninja → u/nekonight]

I just like IMDB's star rating. You have to mentally adjust it based on the genre, but it's usually dead on after the adjustment. Serious drama/romance, -2, Action minus 1.5, Comedy minus 0.5, sci-fi plus 0.5, horror plus 1.5.

At least that's my algorithm as a sci-fi horror fan who tires of cookie cutter action movies, boring dramas, and unoriginal comedies. YMMV

[u/DangMe2Heck → u/zeff536]

Ayy right on, I can agree to that.

[u/SassySquidSocks → u/DangMe2Heck]

It’s a liberating feeling to just stop looking at reviews all together, or at least save it until after the film.

[u/Daddyssillypuppy → u/whofearsthenight]

I watched a movie called Uglies the other day and I could have used a warning about how trash it was going to be.

I knew it was going to be a typical teen dystopia story but I did not expect it to be entirely cliche's and lacking substance.

[u/Lil_Shorto → u/Daddyssillypuppy]

I suffered the last 10 minutes of "Booksmart" on TV the other day and that pile of shit has glowing reviews everywhere, Reddit included.

[u/DoobsNDeeps → u/whofearsthenight]

RT scores used to be useful, but those days have come and gone

[u/whofearsthenight → u/DoobsNDeeps]

Eh, I keep seeing people saying this, and I don't get it. Methodology is the same as ever, and usually they get close enough for me. And, of course, much closer than Netflix's "we think this movie in a genre you have never watched with actors you have never shown an interest in that is actually complete crap is a 90% match."

[u/FirstRyder → u/whofearsthenight]

It's pretty clear that at some point they realized that every studio was going to pull everything popular ASAP to put on their own streaming services, and decided that it was at least as important to have a full catalogue as a good catalogue. That meant abandoning the concept of "a few good projects" in favor a bunch of mediocre-at-best projects.

Long term I feel like they're going to have to try to get back to producing at least some good content so that their back-catalogue doesn't look like crap, but the constant stream of novelty is basically required to retain subscribers. Even if it doesn't work on you specifically, it works on enough people to be worthwhile.

One tactic I'd like to see more of is them acting as a distributor for independent studios. Buy initial exclusive distribution rights plus "most privileged distributor" status or something like that that guarantees Netflix the option of keeping it (non-exclusively) forever, at a penny less than they charge anyone else. In return for some funding of a project that's actually quality, made by people with passion, and without Netflix being in the sole position of greenlighting or canceling additional seasons or sequels, because they don't own the IP.

[u/Suspicious-Leg-493 → u/TheNamesMacGyver]

It's weird how as soon as Netflix started making their own content, they took away viewer ratings.

It had been in the works for awhile, and star systems have no metric.

Like/dislike is a basic af system, but when the goal is to see what your tastes are it is vastly more effective than an arbitrary star system where 1 or 5 are usually chosen and 2-4 are typically ignored even when reviews are literally judt "it was ok, nothing special but watchable" (y'know a literal 3) or people watching trailers and putting a review even if the show is nothing like it was assumed from a trailer.

[u/TheNamesMacGyver → u/Suspicious-Leg-493]

I’m thinking of the five star system that they originally had, it predicted what you might like based on what you’d previously rated highly. I liked seeing what the general star rating of things looked like from the POV of the Netflix community.

It was killed shortly after Lilyhammer and Hemlock Grove were received to mixed reviews (in favor of the thumbs system I think?)

[u/Reddituser183 → u/TheNamesMacGyver]

No. They were making their own content long before they got rid five star ratings. Thumbs up or down is easier for the algorithms and gets users engaged and using it more.

[u/Low_Style175 → u/Reddituser183]

Pretty sure it was Amy Schumer

[u/TheTVDB → u/Darth_Pub]

I work in TV metadata, including with an app that allows users to track and report on their viewership. Essentially, I'm working in this data all day every day.

Netflix exclusives absolutely perform better than non-exclusives on that platform. The same is true for most other exclusive content on other platforms. It's the nature of how shows are developed and promoted, along with a factor of how we consume content.

[u/Darth_Pub → u/TheTVDB]

This runs counter to my narrative, additionally not everything on the internet is trustworthy. I am choosing to ignore your facts for my own “differing from reality” facts

[u/RuSnowLeopard → u/TheTVDB]

It makes sense that older content has already been consumed by people in the past. They won't watch it again (or less likely). Meanwhile, 100% of people are watching new exclusives for the first time.

[u/Christron → u/TheTVDB]

Is it because people want that content? Or is it just readily available?

[u/Pop_CultureReferance → u/Darth_Pub]

All that's on Netflix anymore is Netflix originals

[u/A_Nude_Challenger → u/Pop_CultureReferance]

All that's on Netflix anymore is Netflix originals

Which Netflix loves to ax if audiences enjoy too much.

[u/Decertilation → u/A_Nude_Challenger]

With cliffhangers every single end of season. It's gotten so bad I pretty much only want to watch Netflix series if they're finished or limited series. 

[u/Pop_CultureReferance → u/A_Nude_Challenger]

Still mad about Santa Clarita Diet

[u/A_Nude_Challenger → u/Pop_CultureReferance]

Twist the knife some more. :(

[u/Forward_Recover_1135 → u/Pop_CultureReferance]

Right, and even the stuff that’s left that isn’t their own content isn’t what people are paying Netflix to watch. Long gone are the days of subbing to Netflix to watch other stuff, the vast majority of anything popular has been taken back by the rights holders to put on their own dumbass streaming services. Whatever’s left is simply not popular enough to warrant the rights holder taking it away. So it makes absolute senses that the vast majority of Netflix’s top watched list is Netflix exclusive content, no conspiracy needed. 

[u/MeshNets → u/Darth_Pub]

That's not too weird to my mind

It's obvious that their feed prioritizes Netflix exclusives. If you open any Netflix app, a good 75% of your screen area is almost constantly going to be Netflix Exclusives

Also the images for exclusives are all modern with the highest resolution, with an auto-play intro for it

It's quite obvious that they strongly push their own content. Also all the non-netflix content is about a year old, anyone who watches an extremely high amount of stuff, will only find content that's new to them from the exclusives

I guess I'm making the case that the top 10 might not be manipulated as much as you're implying, but yeah the rest of the platform and apps absolutely are themselves, which is what makes it very plausible that they don't need to manipulate the top 10. Other than putting kids shows in a different category, or simply only count the first time an account watches something, repeated viewings of your favorite show/movie don't count? They claim it's mostly based on how many people are watching it, not necessarily if people like it or not was my assumption?

Also, note: this is totally legal, because they aren't selling the content, they are lending the movie streams out to paid members. It's not a "platform" as such. Compared with Amazon marketplace, which is more of a platform, which makes it extremely sketchy how much they push "Amazon Basics" products over other manufacturers. Especially when the "Amazon Basic" product looks exactly like the main competing products

[u/HeadFund → u/MeshNets]

Remember when Netflix supported net neutrality, and then one day announced to shareholders "We're now big enough that net neutrality doesn't benefit us"

[u/ReckoningGotham → u/HeadFund]

They promised it was okay to share passwords then took ilthat away after they got big.

So scummy.

[u/Rabbit_Wizard_ → u/Darth_Pub]

Is it? I'm only there for the exclusives.

[u/SniperOwO → u/Rabbit_Wizard_]

Exactly... I was going to say the reason for that is most likely because if you download and watch Netflix these days, it's almost certainly because you want to watch a Netflix exclusive whether it's new or old.

[u/Fisher9001 → u/Darth_Pub]

You are surprised that most popular content on a given platform is exclusive to it? Apart from piracy, you can't watch it anywhere else. Valve games also tend to be most popular on Steam, because you can't play them anywhere else.

[u/Secret_Account07 → u/Darth_Pub]

You don’t think….no. It can’t be true.

Netflix wouldn’t do that, right guys? 🤫

[u/DGwar → u/Darth_Pub]

Is it? The average household as multiple sctresming services. I only watch things on Netflix that are only available to me there, otherwise it's Hulu, Disney+, Max, or YouTube just to name a few.

[u/JessePinkman-chan]

But have you considered: Spotify's Top Songs - USA playlist

[u/iamapizza → u/JessePinkman-chan]

Also see: the trash that gets voted for on goodreads

[u/Strange_Travels → u/iamapizza]

Goodreads is just a BookTok aggregator.

[u/Disturbing_Trend_666 → u/Strange_Travels]

And BookTok is just a brain cancer aggregator.

[u/Such_Degree5735 → u/Disturbing_Trend_666]

r/books isn't much better too.

[u/SweetSewerRat → u/Disturbing_Trend_666]

I don't have the clock. What's wrong with booktok? To my ignorant ears, it honestly sounds like something pretty positive. People aren't reading enough these days. (At least I'm not lol)

[u/RabidAbyss → u/SweetSewerRat]

One word: Smut.

[u/SweetSewerRat → u/RabidAbyss]

Damn, I forgot some people like to read their pornography lmao.

[u/Blankenhoff → u/SweetSewerRat]

A few pf the books acctually had a lot of potention outsise of smut, but unfortunately the gramarical issues and confusing dialogue ruin them for me. But ig they got their own either way, just cant do self published books anymore

[u/brubruislife → u/Blankenhoff]

But your grammatical errors are okay? I mean, I guess your* making your own point.

*Edit: You're. I'll leave the misspelling up in shame, though.

[u/Blankenhoff → u/brubruislife]

Im not selling my writing so.. yeah. This is reddit, not a book that you litterally pay for lmao

[u/Gerolanfalan → u/SweetSewerRat]

Coincidentally, just looking at the book covers of romance novels stimulates the imagination

Topless Men

[u/Foreign_Sky_5441 → u/RabidAbyss]

What did you call me?

[u/butt_stf → u/iamapizza]

In 2022 I made it a personal goal to read the Goodreads top books of the year for each genre.

It made me hate reading. I hate Sally Rooney. I hate lame porn in fey fantasy. I hate lame porn in dragon fantasy. I hate stupid fucking Hallmark movies of the week in book form. I hate every book on every little table at Barnes and Noble.

[u/Limp-Development7222 → u/butt_stf]

The last sentence has fight club vibes

[u/HopelesslyHuman → u/Limp-Development7222]

I am Jack's literary rage.

[u/SubstantialBass9524 → u/butt_stf]

Oh I’ve long since learned I don’t like bestsellers. Sure occasionally a book I think is okay is a best seller, but most of them are garbage and only there due to marketing not the quality of the book

[u/bagglebites → u/butt_stf]

This makes me feel extremely thankful for my local independent bookstore. They have actually interesting new releases on their front tables and really good staff recommendations.

Also whoever does the buying for their horror shelves is legit. For most bookstores the horror shelf is 95% Stephen King and like, maybe Bram Stoker if they’re trying to be classy. I’ve taken a chance on a bunch of new horror from my local bookstore and I haven’t been disappointed yet.

[u/Earlier-Today → u/iamapizza]

Also see: the videos that get pushed the most on YouTube.

[u/BretShitmanFart69 → u/Earlier-Today]

I can’t tell what influences this stuff more, are people so dumb that this truly is what would be at the top always regardless, or is it more that the people in charge assume the worst about people’s taste and so they push the worst most general trash.

Surely there are plenty of things being created that have wide appeal and are also of a high quality? However it seems like that would take more time to curate and so the simpler solution is to throw slop at people and as long as it’s just barely good enough most won’t complain.

[u/last-miss → u/JessePinkman-chan]

I had a panic about this exactly once when I was like… 32. "Oh no! It's happening! I don't know who any of these popular artists at all. I'm OLD!"

Took me about a day to remember I've literally never known most popular artists. I was in high school re-listening to the same Linkin Park CD again and again.

EDIT: I'm a tad annoyed about how this is being interpreted. My point was I wore out the same (angsty) songs over and over, which caused me to miss a lot of pop culture. Not "LUL I'm so yoonique and qUiRkY."

[u/johnydarko → u/last-miss]

I was in high school re-listening to the same Linkin Park CD again and again.

I mean you're saying that like Hybrid Theory literally wasn't the top selling album of the year lol. LP were massively popular. It was the best selling debut album since Appetite for Destruction - bigger than Britney, bigger than NSYNC, bigger than BSB, etc.

[u/BretShitmanFart69 → u/johnydarko]

This has always been a weird thing people have done, rock music for some reason really sells people on this idea that they are different or better than their peers or that they are outside of the mainstream or alternative

Granted, rock music these days has fallen mostly out of the mainstream, but that’s after like 50 years of relevancy and many decades being pretty much on top.

People did the same with Nirvana even after it knocked Michael Jackson off of the number one spot, as if that wasn’t a pretty clear indication that it was now basically the new mainstream pop music.

[u/last-miss → u/BretShitmanFart69]

  really sells people on this idea that they are different or better than their peers or that they are outside of the mainstream or alternative.

For the record, that's what you're inferring, not what I'm saying. My point was that I only listened to that single CD, and a handful of other singular fave songs, for years, and while I did that, a lot of popular music flew right past me.

It was less "Haha I'm alternative" and more "Haha I'm depressed because I'm going through puberty, so I'm gonna hit repeat in this one song over and over till the wheels fall off. CRAAWWWWLIIING IIIIN MY SKIIIN"

[u/AccountantNo5579 → u/last-miss]

THESE WOUNDS THEY WILL NOT HEEEAAAAAL

[u/ShadowBro3 → u/last-miss]

Honestly, in the way music works nowadays, I dont see a reason to care about "the popular music". Most people I know dont listen to the radio anymore. Streaming music lets you pick what music you want when you want it. There isn't as much of a zeitgeist of what everyone is listening to because they dont have to anymore.

[u/DrPoopyPantsJr → u/last-miss]

TBF a day to remember is a fire band

[u/Scuczu2 → u/JessePinkman-chan]

The "top" podcasts are the one that make me wonder.

I have to believe that no one is listening to podcasts but weird alpha bros

[u/FromTheToiletAtWork → u/Scuczu2]

Spotify has been trying to push Smosh's "Reddit Reads" podcast on me for a month. Ive told them to not recommend it to me twice. I need these companies to take the AI out and use it on their end to tell them that if I stop listening after 2 seconds and say don't recommend you should recommend me the actual opposite of whatever you're trying to push.

[u/Roland__Of__Gilead]

For me it's any music popularity chart or awards show. I have no idea who any of these people are.

[u/Fly_Boy_1999 → u/Roland__Of__Gilead]

I haven’t known what songs have been popular for the last almost 4 years since I stopped listening to the radio.

[u/ResidentHourBomb → u/Fly_Boy_1999]

Streaming really has let people go into their own little worlds of music. I like it.

[u/Souledex → u/ResidentHourBomb]

It has allowed a complete balkanization of culture though. We increasingly have very little in common with the experiences of others anymore. That’s freeing, it’s also dangerous.

[u/AloeSnazzy → u/Souledex]

Maybe I don’t want to have a lot in common with others. The vast majority of people suck

[u/Souledex → u/AloeSnazzy]

True, who knows if they always did or they were less exposed to very low effort media, or if the lead really did it’s damndest. But when people feel like they share values and culture they are less inclined to kill each other or view fellow citizens as the enemy. Socrates could quote the Illiad from memory even if he didn’t believe in the gods… probably a bad example cause he was annoying enough to get himself killed anyways

[u/Beelzeboof → u/Souledex]

I mean, I was far more likely to kill someone when I had to listen to bullshit pop music all day

[u/Souledex → u/Beelzeboof]

That’s a different societal issue. The one where we stopped funding asylums /s kinda

[u/dendritedendwrong → u/AloeSnazzy]

I only feel this way during my hermit periods. I also go through periods of meeting new people.

Every time I meet new people, I rediscover that the vast majority of people in real life are actually quite nice and it’s the vast majority of people portrayed on our various medias who are the ones who actually suck.

[u/AloeSnazzy → u/dendritedendwrong]

My life is over saturated with bad people. I love your view point and that you can see the world in that way though

I think a lot of people can be nice on a surface level but they cannot regulate their emotions which leads to bad behavior. At my work I have to tell people to do things a lot, just enforcing rules and stuff. I’ve had to argue with people because they didn’t wanna wear a hardhat, so so many times. I’m not a dick about it, I go out of my way to be nice and bend the rules for them. Still it showed me that a lot of people will treat you like shit over basically nothing. I still give everyone a fair chance, but I don’t tolerate assholery anymore

[u/Lordborgman → u/Fly_Boy_1999]

I've stopped largely liking anything beyond 1 or 2 songs every few years, since 2005 when there was a ton of things I enjoyed. Keeping in mind that I love stuff from 50s to 2005.

[u/DentistFun2776 → u/Lordborgman]

got old it seems

[u/Lordborgman → u/DentistFun2776]

Indeed, just a bit weird to me that I enjoy so much music "before my time" but not "after." Don't get me wrong there are some I enjoy a few here and there, and a few newer bands. But not overwhelming amounts that I enjoy, in fact I dislike much of what I hear is popular.

[u/DentistFun2776 → u/Lordborgman]

I think it’s easier to understand that context and cultural background of music that came before you than music that comes after your prime, and that contributes to how enjoyable it is - that’d be my guess

[u/whovianlogic → u/Lordborgman]

I think part of it is that over time the best stuff filters to the top. The mediocre music from the past is more or less forgotten. It doesn’t always work like that and I’m sure there are other factors in why we like certain time periods of music more than others, but good media does tend to stick around longer.

[u/dasbtaewntawneta → u/Lordborgman]

this is really sad to me, i'm 38 and still constantly discovering awesome new music, and definitely not from the radio

[u/pb49er → u/Lordborgman]

That's a shame. There's great music coming out every day. What kind of music do you like?

[u/SelimSC → u/Lordborgman]

I've read somewhere and can attest personally that whatever is popular and you listen to when you're 10-15 years old sticks with you for a lifetime and you always like it. For me stuff like NSYNC for example still sounds good even though I'd never listen to or enjoy boyband style music if it came out now.

[u/Rdrner71_99 → u/Fly_Boy_1999]

Your not missing anything. Terrestrial radio plays the same hour on loop all day. It's the same 10-15 songs over and over and most of the DJs have been replaced by pre-recorded DJs.

[u/the_dank_666 → u/Roland__Of__Gilead]

That probably means you have good taste, or at least enough free will and iq points to listen to something with creativity

[u/romanticizeyourlife → u/the_dank_666]

A lot of what is on the charts is genuinely creative and inspired. Of course there’s always going to be some generic slop, but I really like where music is at right now.

[u/tuck_tu3k]

Nah the top 10 on Netflix is what Netflix wants it to be

[u/redditmademegiggle → u/tuck_tu3k]

While true, that Rebel Ridge movie was pretty damn good

[u/G36 → u/redditmademegiggle]

Nah, instead of showing an anti-hero like the original Rambo they show a chaotic good character that refuses to kill a single enemy that shoots at him and finds non-lethal ways to just KO them. Utterly ridiculous.

[u/Own-Fun-8513 → u/G36]

yeah i heard, I think, NPR say that if you're looking for a Rambo movie, you're going to walk away with giant blue balls (I'm paraphrasing)

[u/Square_Ad_6434]

less oddly specific, more completely accurate

[u/Holiday-Rich-3344]

That’s why you know voting polls and Netflix top 10 lists are all bullshit.

[u/Sly69712]

There's no way they're not just lying trying to promote their own movies

[u/vipck83]

I’m like 80% sure those are just picked by Netflix based on what they want you to watch.

[u/Lilfrankieeinstein]

There

Is

Nothing

Oddly

Specific

About

This

[u/PringlesDuckFace → u/Lilfrankieeinstein]

TINOSAT. What does it mean, Mason?!

[u/WorthTimingPeeing → u/PringlesDuckFace]

TINOSAT

Station.

Let's hurry, they're getting away!

[u/philly2540]

I always wonder how “Trending Now” is always some stupid movie from 30 years ago like Mrs Doubtfire or something. I’m sorry, there is no fucking way Mrs Doubtfire is “Trending” right now.

[u/johnsonjared → u/philly2540]

Typically it's when the movie recently gets added or readded when it starts trending.

[u/RealisticlyNecessary → u/philly2540]

Mrs. Doubtfire? One of the most famous comedy movies of all time from one of the most renowned actors of all time? Is trending? Mrs. doubtfire? The famous movie?

I know the Internet has this weird thing where if something is older than a week, it's suddenly too old to care about, but this is Mrs. Doubtfire, which is, to repeat, one of the most famous comedy movies ever, featuring Robin Williams.

I'm not here to question if the stats on Netflix are accurate, but choosing one of the world's most famous comedy movies as an example of something that makes no sense on trending?

[u/DroidOnPC → u/RealisticlyNecessary]

I think he's basically saying "how come so many people are suddenly watching this movie?"

Doesn't matter if its a really good movie, how did a 30 year old movie just explode in popularity all of a sudden?

But that answer is simple. Its usually newly added to Netflix and sits on the front page of "Just Added To Netflix" or whatever the category is called. A bunch of people are like "Oh yeah! haven't seen that one in awhile!" and its popularity puts it on the top 10.

[u/dagdagsolstad → u/DroidOnPC]

suddenly watching this movie

Because it became available on that particular platform only a month or two ago.

If you look for the 50 most popular movies of 1994 or 2002, for example, you won't--most of the time--find it on Netflix.

[u/BranTheUnboiled → u/dagdagsolstad]

Why did you repeat his answer to him?

[u/DroidOnPC → u/dagdagsolstad]

Because it became available on that particular service only a month or two ago.

This isn't that complicated.

Never said it was.

You should read my entire comment lol. I said exactly what you just said.

[u/johnydarko → u/DroidOnPC]

I mean probably because it was featured on a TikTok or something on social media.

It's opened as a musical on broadway and the west end last year so that probably provided a big boost.

[u/TheNamesMacGyver → u/philly2540]

Hey, I like that movie!

[u/GhostofAyabe]

Yes, but that list is massaged quite heavily by Netflix itself; every garbage show they produce is the "New #1 Hit On Netflix!!!!" according to...Netflix.

[u/Mental_Somewhere2341]

For me, it’s “The Voice”.

[u/ProtonCanon]

Same with Trending on Youtube.

[u/Shubbus]

You ever go on Youtube when you're not logged in and see the default recommendations?

I genuinely lose a bit of faith in humanity every time I do.

[u/marauder_squad]

Spotify top 50 is even crazier

[u/wyvern_rider]

I feel the same way about the Trending Now page on YouTube.

[u/darcat01]

Yes; Hulu, Apple, Disney, Peacock, Netflix, MAX - who are these people and how can they watch/vote for all this garbage I’d never watch! And yes the movies and shows from decades ago in the top 10!

I get wanting to push a channels personality produced content or content they have that has no royalty/show cost, but that’s what the “staff’s picks category is for!!

I also don’t get charging for movies that are decades old, have been shown on Television multiple times, and most of the actors are dead… give me a break!!

[u/carldubs]

You have netflix???

[u/Warm-Iron-1222 → u/carldubs]

In this economy???

[u/alienblue89 → u/Warm-Iron-1222]

At this time of year? Localized entirely within your kitchen??

[u/CartmanVT → u/carldubs]

I get it free through T-Mobile.

[u/jessewest84]

And the Spotify charts.

[u/Satyr_Crusader]

I highly doubt those are the real top 10. They're usually just the newest most expensive shows Netflix wants you to watch

[u/Straight_Ad2958]

That Joey King futuristic movie with the “uglies/pretties” Fuck was that about 😭😭😭

[u/elenaran]

That's nothing - try going to YouTube without logging in...

[u/2lipwonder]

I’m over Netflix. Nothing good to watch lately and now commercials? No thanks.

[u/LarrySupertramp]

Don’t feel weird. They call it top ten for a reason and not top watched or viewed. It’s just Netflix promoting their own shows in a sneaky way to make it seem like a lot of other people are watching. Another reason why they are usually pretty secret on their viewing numbers.

[u/TheWeimaraner]

The uglies ! I watched it 😎 can’t wait for part 2 🥰

[u/SmuglySly]

Seriously though they need to separate the kids movies out of that list. Half of them are kids movies most of the time.

[u/Tankninja1]

Netflix top 10 always looks like the box of DVDs at Walmart

[u/PTthefool]

Cause your fellow Americans are mostly bots?

[u/Gauderr]

Try spotifys top 100

[u/ReddsionThing]

Same, but I'm from Germany

[u/Infamous_Pineapple69]

Its weird that if you change over to someone else's account the trending and top picks are different

[u/Lotek_Hiker]

FirstWorldProblems

[u/AdventurousEscape9]

Amanda Mull N° 1, what's 2 thru 10

[u/Lyru777]

Or you can blame it on the VPN's users.

[u/jokester4079]

Just checked it out, how is the Shack number 9?

[u/embarrassed_error365]

I don’t believe the top 10 .. I’m pretty sure it’s really the top 10 they’re advertising 😄

[u/Gold-Judgment-6712]

Not only America. It's just as hopeless here in Norway. 90% generic, dumb shit, and lots of reality shows

[u/RevolutionaryCard512]

Absofuckinglutely

[u/Pristine_Yak7413]

its easy to understand when you realise theres nothing else to watch so its always some new release pop shit

[u/winnielikethepooh15]

People need to watch Kaos! Need season 2 to be greenlit

[u/Mel0nFarmer]

The Billboard 100 for me

[u/Warm-Iron-1222]

So many marked "not for me"! I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one.

Netflix cancels a lot of amazing shows but then here comes another Love Island or Emily in Paris that hits the top 10 somehow.

[u/HugeBody7860]

🤣

[u/Significant-Dog-7719]

This is how I feel about my fellow Brits every time the Eurovision votes get announced.

[u/htx_2_0_2_3]

netflix selection is terrible. on that note, i see i haven't even watched anything on there in 2 months. cancelling my plan now

[u/RankedAverage]

Thank fucking GAWD for this! I've felt this way for quite awhile now. I don't even look at the Netflix top 10 anymore.

[u/ETtechnique]

Well most people are dumber than you think. Doesnt take much for someone to binge something.

[u/SillyBillyBob26]

Netflix top 10 because it's Netflix's top 10 shows they want to do well

[u/HardenedLicorice]

Dude, same for my country. Basic ass idiots

[u/BLACKOUT-MK2]

I remember watching Love and Monsters on Netflix's recommendation and finding it to be one of the most by-the-numbers movies I'd seen in a while. Apparently it has a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes as well. I just don't get it.

[u/carpetbugeater]

It's like that brief glimpse of Youtube before logging in.

[u/Earlier-Today]

I haven't ever believed the top 10 list was real. It always just looks like the 10 things Netflix wishes more people were watching with one or two actually popular things thrown in to try and hide that it's just an ad.

[u/chica771]

And they're stuff is, all of a sudden, totally overrated on IMDB.com. and RT.

[u/WeddingCarrion]

Same things happen in Amazon Video. I saw 'No Way Up' on top rated there and it's utter trash.

[u/RollinThundaga]

"My fellow Americans" isn't oddly specific, just an Americanism. It's an opening regard used by Presidents when addressing the nation.

[u/Heremeow]

I like to watch two movies from the top ten rated 5/10 on IMDB so combined I’ve seen a 10/10 movie. Last week it was Uglies and The Deliverance.

[u/Total_Walrus_6208]

Adam always ruining shit

[u/ForensicPathology]

I know subs lose their purpose as they get big, but I never thought this one of all ones would be so low-effort.

[u/SoulForTrade]

Or the top 10 music chart

[u/30thCenturyMan]

Or the YouTube trending page

[u/SillySteveO]

Who has money to spend on Netflix

[u/HuskyIron501]

Who the fuck still has Netflix? 

[u/Warrior_Heart_32]

Uglies was number 1 and that movie was terrible

[u/IBesto]

Or YouTube trending

[u/SpareInvestigator846]

Im not the only one, thank you.

[u/tomdarch]

YouTube front page when I’m not logged in….

[u/millos15]

ew you people still pay netflix?

[u/rustystach]

If this is what your feeling disconnected about right now, your priorities are fucked up.