July 6, 2012
Scientists say the human mind is incapable of fully grasping the concept of a million, so it's understandable if your brain is totally exploded by the news that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings delivered yesterday: that we watched one billion hours of Netflix last June. One billion. Are there even a billion hours of programming on Netflix? How many times do you guys need to rewatch every season of Futurama? ...
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Matt commented…
This statistic would be staggering if it was all watched by only one person. But it wasn't. Divided by 23 million subscribers, that equals an average of 42 hours per household. Given that most households probably have more than one person watching, sometimes at different times...this really isn't that staggering of a statistic when broken down on a per capita level.
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Matt commented…
Furthermore, if you divide that 42 hours per household into 30 days, that equals an hour and a half per household per day.
That's really not that much television...
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Jason commented…
Who has that much time for television?!
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Matt commented…
It equals an hour and a half per household per day. That's really not that much time.
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Joshsblake commented…
A lot of times, my friend, a lot...
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