In the streaming service hierarchy, Netflix reigns supreme. The streamer boasts the most subscribers by a significant margin, beating rival services like Prime Video, Disney+, Max, and Apple TV+. Not all Netflix movies and shows are hits with critics, but titles like Red Notice (2021), Squid Game, Wednesday, and Stranger Things are all monster successes in of viewership. Squid Game season 2, for example, garnered 126.2 million views in its first 11 days on the service.
Apple TV+ is a relatively small streaming service in of actual subscriber numbers, but it is home to a number of acclaimed titles. Slow Horses, for example, continues to be a hit, and shows like For All Mankind, Silo, and Ted Lasso are also successful. Though not really acclaimed, The Morning Show is also a major viewership draw. One recently-returned Apple TV+ show, however, has been both a critical darling and a viewership smash hit, and it just beat a Netflix title.
Severance Wins Over A Hit Netflix Show On Streaming Ranking
The Apple TV+ Series Is Dominating
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New streaming data reveals that Apple TV+'s Severance season 2 premiered on January 17, earning glowing reviews and jumping to the top of Apple TV+'s top 10 as it continues to reveal more about what exactly is going on inside Lumon.
Severance Season 2’s New Opening Credits Scenes Explained
Severance season 2's features a new opening credits sequence, which seems to hint at many intriguing future developments in the Apple TV+ series.
Now, data from Reelgood has Severance not just claiming the top spot on Apple TV+, but of all titles on streaming in the U.S. for the week of January 23 – 29. Notably, the Apple series beats Netflix's The Night Agent, which holds the number two spot after returning with season 2 on January 23. When looking specifically at Netflix's top 10, The Night Agent season 2 holds the number one spot, with season 1 in fourth place, so Severance has achieved quite a feat. Check out the full Reelgood top 10 below:
Reelgood Top 10 (Jan. 23 – 29) |
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1 |
Severance |
2 |
The Night Agent |
3 |
High Potential |
4 |
A Real Pain |
5 |
American Primeval |
6 |
Paradise |
7 |
The Substance |
8 |
Silo |
9 |
The Wild Robot |
10 |
Prime Target |
What Severance Beating The Night Agent Means For Apple TV+
Breaking Down The Apple Show's Victory
There are some important caveats here. Reelgood, for example, doesn't include specific viewership figures in its ranking, but Netflix data reveals that The Night Agent season 2, specifically, has generated 13.9 million views from January 23 – 26 (data from the 26th onwards isn't available yet). Reelgood bases its ranking on "the monitoring of 20 million monthly viewing decisions" from s in the U.S., but how it gathers data will differ from Netflix, which calculates total views by dividing hours viewed by a title's runtime.
That means that there are far more hours of The Night Agent for viewers to consume than hours of Severance, but the Apple show still won.
Despite the limitations in the data, Severance's victory is still a notable one, and it speaks to just how much of a phenomenon the show has become. On Rotten Tomatoes, Severance season 2 has a 98% critics' score and an 81% audience score compared to The Night Agent season 2's scores of 82% and 41%, and the sheer quality of the Apple show is undoubtedly a key factor in its success.
It's interesting, too, that Severance season 3 now feels like a sure thing.
New episodes of Severance season 2release on Fridays on Apple TV+.
Source: Reelgood
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Severance
8/10- Release Date
- February 18, 2022
- Showrunner
- Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman
- Directors
- Ben Stiller
Cast
Mark Scout
Helly Riggs
WHERE TO WATCH
StreamingSeverance is a psychological thriller series featuring Adam Scott as Mark Scout, an employee at Lumon Industries who undergoes a "severance" procedure to separate his work and personal memories. However, as work and life personas mysteriously begin to collide, it quickly becomes clear that not all is as it seems. Created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle.
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The Night Agent
7/10- Release Date
- March 23, 2023
- Network
- Netflix
- Showrunner
- Shawn Ryan
Cast
Peter Sutherland
Hiro KanagawaFBI Director Willett
WHERE TO WATCH
StreamingThe Night Agent is a suspenseful thriller in which a dedicated FBI agent becomes embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy after answering an emergency line call. Set against the backdrop of political intrigue, the agent uncovers a mole within the White House, posing significant risks to national security.
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