Netflix’s Ozark leads Parrot Analytics’ top 10 digital originals chart, followed by Castle Rock at #2 and Toronto-shot The Handmaid’s Tale at #3. The Hulu original, service-produced by Take 5 Productions and Whizbang Films, topped Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black and Stranger Things. Meanwhile, Star Trek: Discovery (CBS Television Studios, Living Dead Guy Productions, Roddenberry Entertainment and Secret Hideout) landed at #6, attracting an average of 1,618,038 demand expressions from Canadians.
Top 10 Digital Originals: Canada
1. Ozark (Netflix): 2,706,470 avg. demand expressions
2. Castle Rock (Space/CraveTV): 2,245,751
3. The Handmaid’s Tale (Bravo/CraveTV): 2,052,793
4. Orange Is The New Black (Netflix): 1,984,902
5. Stranger Things (Netflix): 1,975,263
6. Star Trek: Discovery (Space/CraveTV): 1,618,038
7. Voltron: Legendary Defender (Netflix): 1,402,861
8. 13 Reasons Why (Netflix): 1,144,747
9. Narcos (Netflix): 1,137,551
10. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Amazon Prime Video): 1,133,072
Top 10 Overall TV Shows: Canada
1. America’s Got Talent: 3,979,918
2. American Horror Story: 3,406,837
3. Big Brother: 3,182,698
4. This Is Us: 3,074,079
5. Adventure Time: 3,005,703
6. Game Of Thrones: 2,998,574
7. The Walking Dead: 2,868,513
8. The Flash: 2,830,332
9. Ozark: 2,706,470
10. Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 2,655,775
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 Sept. 4 to 10, 2018.