The streaming service has changed the way it determines its TV and movie ratings, but it’s not really any more accurate.
For a long while, Netflix has decided the popularity of its most-watched TV series and movies should be determined by how many hours the streaming service’s customers watched it. So, for instance, if you rewatched a season of Stranger Things, you’d be boosting its ratings just even though you’d already seen it. Now Netflix has changed its algorithm—kind of—and it’s to Wednesday’s benefit.
The new system Netflix is using divides the number of hours watched by the runtime of the show or movie, and decides that’s how many people watched it.
