Before The Witcher premiered, fans of the franchise had doubts that the show would do the material justice. A lot of the uncertainty pointed at Geralt's actor, Henry Cavil, for being "too pretty" for the role, and the show's director, Lauren Hissrich, for some of the choices she made during the show's production.
Fast forward two months after the show's premiere, however, and it's the most in-demand and streamed series around the world. Its success has even bolstered the sales of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and The Witcher books written by Andrzej Sapkowski.
This information comes from the data firm Parrot Analytics. The company measured The Witcher's success through something called "demand expressions": a TV measurement accepted around the globe that takes into account the viewership, desire, and engagement of a show weighted by importance. Parrot Analytics then reported the information to Business Insider.
According to the data, despite the fact that The Witcher's viewership has declined in the US, mainly due to the vast majority having already binged it several times since it's release, the show is still the most in-demand television series across all platforms around the world. It's managed to hold that position for the last 30 days, from January 14 to February 12, after beating out The Madolorian for the number 1 spot over seven weeks ago. In the US, specifically, though, The Witcher takes third place in favor of Stranger Things (second place) and The Mandalorian (first place).
Parrot Analytics credits a lot of The Witcher's success to its fantasy-based setting. It also gives credit to the fact that the show comes from a popular preestablished series. It does the same for The Mandalorian in this regard, crediting a lot of its success to the fact that it's a sci-fi series based on popular source material. As such, fans should expect more fantasy and sci-fi shows to be coming from streaming services like Netflix and Amazon in the future.
Overall, it looks Lauren Hissrich's seven-season plan might pan out, after all, considering how successful The Witcher's first season has turned out. Season 2 has already started filming and is currently scheduled to premiere sometime in 2021, which is somewhat disappointing as it means fans will have to wait more than the standard year to experience the new season of the now-hit show. Here's to it reaching the same, if not greater, success as this first season when it does premiere, however.
The Witcher's first season is now available on Netflix.
Source: Business Insider
Parrot Analytics credits a lot of The Witcher's success to its fantasy-based setting. It also gives credit to the fact that the show comes from a popular preestablished series. It does the same for The Mandalorian in this regard, crediting a lot of its success to the fact that it's a sci-fi series based on popular source material. As such, fans should expect more fantasy and sci-fi shows to be coming from streaming services like Netflix and Amazon in the future.
Overall, it looks Lauren Hissrich's seven-season plan might pan out, after all, considering how successful The Witcher's first season has turned out. Season 2 has already started filming and is currently scheduled to premiere sometime in 2021, which is somewhat disappointing as it means fans will have to wait more than the standard year to experience the new season of the now-hit show. Here's to it reaching the same, if not greater, success as this first season when it does premiere, however.
The Witcher's first season is now available on Netflix.
Source: Business Insider