Netflix unveils viewing statistics – and they might surprise you!

Netflix has revealed data about which shows their users like to watch at different times of the day, and the results may surprise you.

According to streaming data, which included accounts across more than twenty countries over a period of six months, the time of day made a significant different as to what shows users decided to watch on Netflix’s platform.

Breakfast viewing was skewed in favour of comedies, which was a clear winner at around 6am in the morning. Apparently early risers were more 34% likely to enjoy the exploits characters of Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother or other sitcoms than at any other time of the day.

At lunchtime, Netflix viewers are most likely to be in the mood for some drama – with 47% of the viewing audience at that time tuning in for dramas such as Orange is The New Black and Breaking Bad on the platform.

As one might expect, drama is also the one to beat in the evenings, with thrillers such as The OA enjoying dominance in the early to mid-evening.

However, as bedtime draws nearer users are more likely to switch over to comedy again to help get them in the mood for sleep. By 11pm, the drama is beginning to filter out for the world of comedies to gain a final foothold in the day’s viewings.

Those who enjoy watching telly in the very early hours of the morning are not ignored, however, and interestingly, they’re 24% more likely to be watching documentaries at this time than any other time of the day.

Cindy Holland, Netflix’s Vice President of Original Content said: “For years our lives had to fit around television, now it’s the other way around.”

“We’ve given consumers control and it’s interesting to see the behaviours that emerge when viewers aren’t tied to a schedule. And even more so to see that these routines are replicated by millions the world over.”

Katie Hopkins accused of racism after posting offensive tweet about Netflix’s Dear White People

Katie Hopkins has disgusted Twitter users after sending out a tweet attacking the Black Lives Matter movement.

The controversial television personality and newspaper columnist has sparked extreme backlash on social media after supposedly tweeting about the show Dear White People.

Alongside an image of the Netflix series, Katie is thought to have wrote: “Dear Black People. If your lives matter why do you stab and shoot each other so much.”

The post was later deleted and, despite there being screenshots from a few people on Twitter, it has yet to be confirmed whether the post was actually sent by the 42-year-old herself.

Netflix’s Dear White People follows American students at the predominantly white Ivy League college as a group of a black students navigate various forms of racial discrimination. The show was released onto the streaming site at the end of last month and has received a 100% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.

A petition has now emerged to have Katie removed from LBC, the chat radio station where she has a weekly slot every Sunday. The petition has already received over 6,000 signatures and the page states: “LBC Radio is one of her current employer and gives her a weekly platform to spread hate. LBC’s silence is collusion with her racism. if they choose to give her a platform they choose to give racism a platform.”

Dear White People is now available to watch on Netflix. 

Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why is labelled “dangerous” by mental health organisation

Mental health organisation Headspace has criticised 13 Reasons Why, arguing “irresponsible reporting of suicide can lead to further death”.

The new series has been a hit with Netflix viewers since its release, but the way in which the show depicts suicide and depression has been labelled as harmful by certain mental health professionals.

13 Reasons Why has been praised by viewers for its raw, emotional and unapologetic portrayal of teen suicide and the drama certainly includes some difficult-to-watch moments, including the clip of Hannah slitting her wrists in a bathtub during the show’s final moments.

However, Headspace has argued that the readily available Netflix content is “risky” and potentially “distressing” for certain viewers.

Headspace boss Dr. Steven Leicester explained: “There is a responsibility for broadcasters to know what they are showing and the impact that certain content can have on an audience – and on a young audience in particular.”

National manager of Headspace school support Kristen Douglas also described how “harmful suicide exposure” can result in “increased risk and possible suicide contagion”.

“It’s not like car crashes or cancer. Irresponsible reporting of suicide can lead to further death,” she told Huffington Post Australia.

“We need to talk more about youth suicide, but there’s a way of doing that and a way we can raise those concerns and have a range of awareness.

“But we need to steer clear of really dangerous things like method, or oversimplifying it to one thing like bullying.”

Show creator Brian Yorkey previously defended the show’s concluding suicide scene. He said: “We worked very hard not to be gratuitous but we did want it to be painful to watch, because we wanted it to be very clear that there is nothing, in any way, worthwhile about suicide.”

Book author Jay Asher also defended the series: “They felt for a TV show, if you’re going to watch it, you want to show it as horrific as it actually is.

“So the way she does it, you can’t watch it and feel like it’s glamourised in any way. It looks and is painful, and then when she’s found by her parents, it absolutely destroys them.”

13 Reasons Why is available to watch on Netflix.