22 AUG

Netflix Ratings Dropped 10 Percent During Total Solar Eclipse

Things were not looking up for Netflix during Monday’s total solar eclipse — because you were.

Several hours after the astronomical phenomenon finished its crawl across the United States, the notoriously secretive streaming service posted a surprisingly honest tweet about how the eclipse affected its ratings:

but really, there was a 10% drop in plays during the eclipse today. Well played, Moon

— Netflix US (@netflix) August 22, 2017

TVLine has reached out to the moon for a response.

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos has on multiple occasions addressed the streaming service’s decision not to release ratings for its shows, including this explanation from 2016: “Once we give a number for a show, then every show will be benchmarked off of that show, even though they were built sometimes for very specific audiences.”

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