So what, right?
Wrong. Because that is actually the show’s 57th consecutive appearance on Netflix’s daily list—something only one other show has done. So if Avatar can hold onto that streak for just one more day, then it’ll truly stand apart from every other show on Netflix.
With that 57th consecutive appearance, Avatar tied Ozark for the record. That means both of those shows have put together longer streaks than binge-worthy behemoths like Tiger King, 13 Reasons Why, Dead to Me and Space Force.
Here are the current ten longest streaks:
- Ozark - 57 days
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - 57 days
- Outer Banks - 51 days
- Tiger King - 50 days
- All American - 42 days
- Love is Blind - 39 days
- Space Force - 34 days
- Dead to Me - 32 days
- 13 Reasons Why - 28 days
- Money Heist - 24 days
As you can see, there’s a gigantic different between the top two shows and the rest of the pack. No show has been able to sustain as long of a run as either Ozark or Avatar.
And certainly no television show outside of Netflix’s control has been able to keep this up for this long. On that list, you’ll only find two shows that weren’t produced by Netflix: Money Heist and Avatar. Which probably explains why Netflix is developing a live-action version of the critically acclaimed animated series that originally aired on Nickelodeon between 2005 and 2008.
In the grand Top 10 rankings (you can read more about the points system here), Avatar ranks as the fourth-most-popular show on Netflix since the Daily Top 10 was introduced back in late February. Since the famed animated series’ Netflix debut on on May 18, Avatar: The Last Airbender has accrued 334 points—which ranks only behind Tiger King (387 points), Ozark (377 points) and Outer Banks (356 points).
While Avatar hasn’t accrued as many points as those Netflix projects, the series has consistently ranked highly since its premiere. In May, the show ranked third amongst all shows on Netflix with 123 points (behind Dead to Me and Outer Banks) and spent its first five days atop the Daily Top 10 list; in June, Avatar ranked third once again with 162 points (behind 13 Reasons Why and Space Force); and currently Avatar ranks sixth in the month of July with 49 points.
However, July has been the worst month for the show yet. For the 14 days the show was eligible for the Daily Top 10 in May, Avatar averaged 8.79 points per day of the maximum possible 10. That average then dipped down to 5.4 points per day in June, and has now lowered even further to 3.77 points per day.
Still, if the beloved cartoon can hold onto that Top 10 ranking for just one more day—even in the #10 position—then it will achieve a milestone that no other show on Netflix can match.
From Forbes:
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Just Accomplished An Amazing (And Unprecedented) Feat On Netflix
When you think of Netflix NFLX -0.3%, several TV shows come to mind—most of them produced by the streaming giant itself. Tiger King, Ozark, Outer Banks, Love is Blind, Space Force, Dead to Me—the list goes on and on.
But there’s one show on Netflix that’s not only been more popular than most of those programs, but also achieved something monumental that none of those projects have accomplished during their Netflix tenures.
Heck, this show wasn’t even produced by Netflix, and in fact premiered all of its episodes between 2005 and 2008 on cable television. This show defies the very idea of “binging” in today’s saturated streaming culture, where new seasons to shows are released, consumed all at once, and then cast aside until a new slate of episodes is ready.
To boot? This show came from Nickelodeon. This show is a cartoon series with just three seasons. This show owns a cult following that continues to spread its reach and capture more and more rabid fans.
This is Avatar: The Last Airbender.
I wrote about Avatar’s potential to break this Netflix record yesterday—and, to be honest, I wasn’t sure the animated series could pull it off. But here we are on July 15, 2020, with a show that’s done something unprecedented on the streaming service: Avatar: The Last Airbender has appeared on the Top 10 Shows list for 58 consecutive days.
Maybe that doesn’t seem like such a big deal. But you have to consider the hype most of these Netflix behemoths receive every time a new season is released. Plus, there are several other non-Netflix-produced shows on the streaming app with multiple seasons and similar cult followings—like The Office, Riverdale, All American—that have not come even close to matching the numbers put up by Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Let’s start with that new record Avatar just set. Here are the ten longest streaks on Netflix for appearing on the Top 10 list for shows:
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - 58 days
- Ozark - 57 days
- Outer Banks - 51 days
- Tiger King - 50 days
- All American - 42 days
- Love is Blind - 39 days
- Space Force - 34 days
- Dead to Me - 32 days
- 13 Reasons Why - 27 days
- Money Heist - 24 days
Most of those shows are produced by and marketed by Netflix—a streaming giant that has every incentive to push its own projects to achieve a financial return. And the other non-Netflix-produced shows came into the digital library with mass followings already built. Yet none of those shows could remain one of the ten most popular programs for nearly two consecutive months—that’s incredible.
Compare that to projects like The Office and Riverdale—the former with a seemingly insurmountable following and the second a cultural phenomenon that dominates memes and tweets—and it’s clear that Avatar has a special formula.
In the 58 days Avatar has been available on Netflix (that’s right: the show has appeared on the Top 10 every single day during its Netflix tenure), the animated series has accrued 336 points (you can read more about the Netflix points system here). That greatly outshines The Office’s 197 points (which ranks 12th-best on the 2020 rankings) and Riverdale’s 146 points (16th-best this year).
In fact, since Netflix started featuring the Top 10 list on its website on February 26 of this year, Avatar has accrued the fourth-most amount of points of any show on Netflix.
Here’s that list as well:
- Tiger King - 387 points
- Ozark - 377 points
- Outer Banks - 356 points
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - 336 points
- Love is Blind - 299 points
- All American - 266 points
- Space Force - 248 points
- Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich - 241 points
- 13 Reasons Why - 233 points
- Dead to Me - 230 points
While Avatar has not been able to accrue as many points as shows like Tiger King or Ozark or Outer Banks, it has remained a popular show on Netflix longer than any of those programs. Thus, the show is a seeming anomaly in today’s digital environment: Avatar has traded in virality for longevity, commanding the world’s most popular streaming service in a way that no other show can match.
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From Newsweek:
'Avatar The Last Airbender' Just Broke A Major Netflix Record
Avatar: The Last Airbender may have stopped airing new episodes on Nickelodeon 12 years ago, but the cartoon has recently reached a whole new audience via Netflix, who added the three seasons of the show onto their service in mid-May. The series has been a mainstay on the Netflix top 10 most-watched TV series charts since then.
On July 20, the show finally left the chart, two months after it first entered at number one on May 18. By appearing on Netflix's chart for 60 consecutive days, The Last Airbender has set a record for Netflix, becoming the show with the longest-consecutive run on the streamer's top 10 TV series chart since the service started doing daily top 10s in late February 2020.
With a 60-day run, Avatar: The Last Airbender is now three days above the show in second place, Ozark, which managed a 57-day run between its Season 3 release date in March and it leaving the chart in May.
The top 10 Netflix shows with the longest chart runs are as follows:
1. Avatar: The Last Airbender: 60 days
2. Ozark: 57 days
3. Outer Banks: 51 days
4. Tiger King: 50 days
5. All American: 42 days
6. Love is Blind: 39 days
7. Space Force: 34 days
8. Dead to Me: 32 days
9. 13 Reasons Why: 28 days
10. Money Heist: 24 days
The fact that Avatar: The Last Airbender managed to top the chart is even more remarkable considering that it is the only show on the list that ended many years before Netflix even had a streaming service, and is one of only two shows on the list that are not Netflix Originals–the other being The CW's All American.
The show had a five-day run at number one on the TV series chart in May and has slowly been making its way down the ranks over the last two months. At the start of July, for example, the show was at number six on the chart. The show finally dropped out of the chart on July 20, after five days at number 10.
The record set by The Last Airbender, however, will be good news for Netflix, who have announced they are making a live-action version of the Nickelodeon series. Originally expected to be coming to the streamer in 2020, the live-action series is now expected in 2021.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is streaming now on Netflix.
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Originally published: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 01:12 BST.
Original source: Forbes.
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