Season two of Toronto-shot The Handmaid’s Tale (MGM Television for Hulu) and Anne with an E (CBC/Netflix) earned slots in the top 10 on Parrot Analytics digital original list for the week of Aug. 7 to 13. Service produced by Toronto’s Take 5 Productions and Whizbang Films, The Handmaid’s Tale earned an average of 1,786,865 demand expressions this week – landing at #5. Meanwhile, Anne with an E (#10), which was recently renewed for a third season by CBC and Netflix, attracted an average of 1,230,965 expressions. At the top of the list, Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black claimed the top position on both the digital originals and overall TV shows charts.
Top 10 Digital Originals: Canada
1. Orange Is The New Black (Netflix): 3,673,365 avg. demand expressions
2. Castle Rock (Space/CraveTV): 2,369,035
3. Stranger Things (Netflix): 1,931,751
4. Star Trek: Discovery (Space/CraveTV): 1,795,463
5. The Handmaid’s Tale (Bravo/CraveTV): 1,786,865
6. Voltron: Legendary Defender (Netflix): 1,670,958
7. Queer Eye (Netflix): 1,589,807
8. 13 Reasons Why (Netflix): 1,372,471
9. Insatiable (Netflix): 1,343,093
10. Anne with an E (Netflix/CBC): 1,230,965
Top 10 Overall TV Shows: Canada
1. Big Brother: 4,235,012 avg. demand expressions
2. Orange Is The New Black: 3,673,365
3. America’s Got Talent: 3,423,828
4. The 100: 3,387,729
5. The Walking Dead: 3,010,292
6. Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 2,916,590
7. Game Of Thrones: 2,752,941
8. American Horror Story: 2,742,707
9. Better Call Saul: 2,713,171
10. Keeping Up With The Kardashians: 2,520,900
The Digital Demand Hot Sheets do not reflect views on proprietary SVODs like Netflix, CraveTV or Amazon Prime Video. The shows listed have been ranked using Parrot Analytics’ global measurement standard, Demand Expressions, which measures demand and engagements through tracking of file-sharing and P2P platforms, social media chatter on sites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, and other online engagement. The content is weighted by importance. For example, a video stream is scored higher than a like on social media. From Parrot Analytics, the top streaming shows for the week of Aug. 7 to 13, 2018.