Bridgerton. Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in episode 301 of Bridgerton. Cr. Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2024
Bridgerton is now out within the wild with the primary batch of episodes of season 3 streaming. How effectively did it carry out, and the way does it evaluate to season 2 and final 12 months’s Queen Charlotte? Is it even comparable? Let’s dive in.
In case you missed it, Bridgerton is again. The Shonda Rhimes sequence has been a licensed hit for fairly a while, however season 3 has really seen an increase in viewership, displaying simply how a lot of a juggernaut it’s. Both seasons 1 and a pair of nonetheless reside in Netflix’s high 10 most watched of all-time checklist, with Bridgerton season 1 sitting at #4 and season 2 at #9.
Season 3 will 100% be becoming a member of it in the end.
Let’s dig in, then. In its first 4 days, Bridgerton season 3 scored 165.20 million viewing hours, equating to 45.10 million accomplished viewing equivalents or, as Netflix calls them, views.
BRIDGERTON season 3 half 1 pulls in 45.1M accomplished viewing equivalents in its first few days on Netflix globally! pic.twitter.com/lToBrOwfw6
— What’s on Netflix (@whatonnetflix) May 21, 2024
How did Netflix describe the opening 4 days for Bridgerton Season 3 Part 1? Here’s what they put by way of press launch:
“Spring has sprung, which means it’s finally #Polin (not pollen) season. Part 1 of Season 3 of Shonda Rhimes’ Bridgerton debuted at #1 on the English TV List, racking up 45.1M views. The series, which stars Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton, was #1 in 78 countries and reached the Top 10 in 92. And this is only the beginning. With Part 2 set to release on June 13, who knows how high this wallflower will climb? PSA for the millions of fans having post-binge withdrawals: find yourself a support group, put on some music, light a candle and get into something comfy – more of the carriage-style scenes you’re craving will be here shortly. Both previous seasons of the juggernaut series also held court on the list. Season 1 landed at #4 (4.5M views) and Season 2 claimed #8 (3.3M views). Both seasons appear on the Most Popular List.”
Here’s a have a look at that full TV high 10 checklist for the week, and you’ll see simply the place Bridgerton options:
| Rank | Title | Hours | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridgerton: Season 3 | 165,200,000 | 45,100,000 |
| 2 | Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal: Season 1 | 24,600,000 | 9,500,000 |
| 3 | Baby Reindeer: Limited Series | 29,500,000 | 7,400,000 |
| 4 | Bridgerton: Season 1 | 37,300,000 | 4,500,000 |
| 5 | Kevin Hart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor | 5,400,000 | 4,100,000 |
| 6 | Bodkin: Season 1 | 23,300,000 | 4,000,000 |
| 7 | The Roast of Tom Brady | 10,500,000 | 3,400,000 |
| 8 | Bridgerton: Season 2 | 27,700,000 | 3,300,000 |
| 9 | A Man in Full: Limited Series | 10,900,000 | 2,400,000 |
| 10 | Blood of Zeus: Season 2 | 7,400,000 | 1,800,000 |
Queen Charlotte notably missed out on the highest 10 world titles this week, though it was seemingly near getting in. FlixPatrol stories that the 2023 restricted sequence has additionally been featured in over 50 nation charts over the previous few days.
Frederic Durand, who publishes his personal Substack and writes our Top 10 Reports each Wednesday, gave us a sneak peek at what we are able to count on from his column tomorrow with two graphs evaluating the opening week of Bridgerton to different titles.
Making direct comparisons is finally fairly arduous with cut up seasons since you’re not evaluating apples to apples, nevertheless it’s a worthy train.
Let’s start evaluating with different Netflix cut up seasons in current instances that had been launched on a Thursday, the place you’ll be able to see Bridgerton is handily beating You by virtually double the quantity of views.
One cut up season we haven’t included is Stranger Things, which solely had 3 days earlier than the primary numbers got here in. That debuted with 56.4M views.
Let’s have a look at the present views in contrast with season 2 and Queen Charlotte. Again, this isn’t an ideal comparability, on condition that each had been launched as full seasons, nevertheless it’s monitoring far forward when it comes to views.
Seeing how the sequence now evolves within the weeks and months to come back, with the second half coming in June 2024, will likely be fascinating. Will the sequence see a weaker enhance in viewing hours like The Witcher had in week 5 (+194%) or a stronger one like The Lincoln Lawyer (+338%) – watch this area.
Just to spherical out, we needed to try how effectively curiosity is holding up for Bridgerton. Using Google Trends, we are able to see that curiosity is definitely nonetheless rising!
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