Netflix

Netflix is an American subscription streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California that keeps growing bigger and better with its popularity, shows and content. Netflix was founded on August 29, 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. It offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals.
Today we are going to explore what's inside the Netflix.

Content Release Per Month Over the Years

If a producer wants to release some TV Show content, Considering the year 2021, January, March and May was the months when comparatively much less content was released. Therefore, these months may be a good choice for the success of a new release of TV Shows.

Types of Ratings in Movies

  • The largest count of movies is made by the 'TV-MA' rating, which is designed for mature audiences only.
  • Second largest is the 'TV-14' rating, which may be inappropriate for children younger than 14 years of age.
  • Third largest is the very popular 'R' rating, which has been assessed as having material which may be unsuitable for children under the age of 17.
  • In conclusion Netflix focuses more on the adult & mature audience.

Movies v/s TV Shows

By analysing the count of Netflix content, It is evident that there are more Movies on Netflix than TV shows.

Top IMDB Rated Movies on Netflix

Analysing the IMDB ratings dataset, following are the top rated movies available on the Netflix.

The United States is the leading country with more rated content on Netflix, followed by India.

Netflix Content Growth Over the Years

Netflix has a steady upward flow in making both movies and shows. The most dominating sector is in the movies. But we can see a small drop on the curve after the year 2019 due to Covid.

Neflix Distribution Across the Globe

Going through the countries of films and shows, Netflix have not landed it's feet in Greenland (Denmark) and some African countries like Libya & Congo. In general Netflix platform has a global reach in the world.

Netflix Shows & Movies Adapted from Books

Pie chart brings us to a conclusion that 95% of Netflix content is independent of storyline from the books.

Year-wise Analysis on Movies

The movie content release was maximum at 2017 and minimum at 2006. From this it is clear that the content release in Netflix was growing at a steady rate. But from the year 2019 onwards we can see a gradual decrease in the releasing which is evidently due to Covid.

Top 10 Content Creating Countries

In both movies and shows sector United States is leading the market. It is also visible that Canada, France and United Kindom are in the following positions in both contents.

Duration of Movies

So, a good amount of movies on Netflix are among the duration of 75-120 mins. It is acceptable considering the fact that a fair amount of the audience cannot watch a 3 hour movie in one sitting.

Word-Cloud of Genres

  • Netflix Movie content has dominated genres in Horror, LGBTQ, Documentary, Musical and Drama.
  • Netflix TV Show content has dominated genres in Fantasy, Classic, Teen Show, Comedy, British and Anime Series.
  • So Netflix promises a wide range of mixed genres in both contents.

Lollipop Plot of Genres Count on Netflix

Most popular genres in TV shows are Drama, Crime, Comedy & International Shows. Least popular genres are Teen show, Thriller, Horror & Cult Classic.

Oldest & Latest Shows in Unites States

Content in France

It is very interesting to note that the content in France is very rational. There is no director in the data who has a large number of movies. In my opinion, it shows how different directors are given a chance to showcase their talents.

TV Shows with Largest Number of Seasons

Grey's Anatomy holds the first position with 17 seasons. Supernatural and NCIS share the second position with 15 seasons. But top 3 shows seem to be completely different when it comes to plot and genre.

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