WASHINGTON — How many times have you finished an episode of a show you were streaming and thought, “Do you want to watch one more?”
If you’re like most binge watchers, the answer quite often is “yes.”
Netflix spent nine months analyzing the viewing habits of more than 100 serialized TV series across more than 190 countries and concludes that the average completion time to watch one full season is just five days.
The average time binge watchers spend per day watching those episodes is two hours and 10 minutes.
The typical Netflix binge viewer finishes an entire season in one week.
The study shows thrillers and horror-themed shows rate highest on the binge watching scale and include shows such as “The Walking Dead,” “American Horror Story,” “The Fall,” “Bates Motel,” “Breaking Bad,” “Dexter” and “Sons of Anarchy.”
On the other end are series that Netflix says viewers tend to “savor” more than “devour,” though the binge rate still ranks high. Complex plotlines like the ones in “House of Cards” and “Bloodline” tend to wear a binger out more quickly per binge session.
Crime dramas and dramatic comedies fall somewhere in the middle of the binge scale.
Here is the Netflix Binge Scale, from most savored to most devoured:
Irreverent comedies
- “Arrested Development”
- “BoJack Horseman”
- “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
- “Love”
- “F is for Family”
- “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp”
Political dramas
- “House of Cards”
- “Occupied”
- “The West Wing”
Historical dramas
- “Mad Men”
- “Narcos”
- “Peaky Blinders”
Superhero drama
- “Gotham”
- “Marvel’s Daredevil”
- “Marvel’s Jessica Jones”
- “The Flash”
Crime dramas
- “Better Call Saul”
- “Bloodline”
- “The Blacklist”
- “Twin Peaks”
Dramatic comedies
- “Flaked”
- “Grace & Frankie”
- “Nurse Jackie”
- “Orange is the New Black”
- “Parenthood”
- “Weeds”
Action and adventure
- “Arrow”
- “Marco Polo”
- “Prison Break”
- “Turn”
Sci-fi
- “Ascension”
- “Between”
- “Heroes”
- “Sense8”
- “The 100”
- “The 4400”
Horror
- “American Horror Story”
- “Hemlock Grove”
- “Scream”
- “The Walking Dead”
- “Z Nation”
Thriller
- “Bates Motel”
- “Breaking Bad”
- “Dexter”
- “Sons of Anarchy”
- “The Fall”
- “The Following”
- “The Killing”
