Netflix’s Stranger Things (pictured) took the top spot on the digital originals chart in late October as the supernatural horror nears its final season.
The show, which also came in No. 2 on the overall chart, was 46.1 times more in demand than the average series in Canada during the week of Oct. 20 to 26, according to Parrot Analytics. The first four episodes of Stranger Things‘ fifth and final season will debut on Nov. 26.
NBC’s Saturday Night Live retained the No. 1 spot on the overall chart with a demand average of 55.4. Demand for the show saw a significant drop compared to last week, as the show took a one-week break in late October following its Sabrina Carpenter-hosted episode on Oct. 18.
Prime Video’s Hazbin Hotel landed at No. 2 on the digital originals chart and No. 4 overall. The adult animated comedy has seen its demand surge during the lead-up to its second season, which premiered Oct. 29.
Further down, Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives returned to the digital originals chart for the first time since June. The reality series, which came in at No. 7 with an average of 23.3, debuts its third season on Nov. 13.
Top 10 Digital Originals: Canada (original platforms)
1. Stranger Things (Netflix): 47.1
2. Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video): 44.6
3. Helluva Boss (YouTube): 29.3
4. The Boys (Prime Video): 28.9
5. Gen V (Prime Video): 28.6
6. Peacemaker (HBO Max): 26.8
7. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu): 23.3
8. The Amazing Digital Circus (YouTube): 23.1
9. The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu): 22.9
10. The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video): 22.5
Top 10 Overall TV Shows: Canada (original networks)
1. Saturday Night Live (NBC): 55.4
2. Stranger Things (Netflix): 47.1
3. Sesame Street (PBS): 46.5
4. Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video): 44.6
5. The Daily Show (Comedy Central): 43.5
6. My Hero Academia (YTV): 36.2
7. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC): 35.3
8. Dancing with the Stars (NBC): 34.6
9. The Voice (U.S.) (ABC): 33.5
10. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon): 33
Parrot Analytics calculates its Top 10 lists using Demand Expressions, which are shown by using a metric that demonstrates how much more in-demand the top series are than the average TV show (linear, pay TV, SVOD and AVOD) in Canada. For example, a difference of 1x represents the market average and 10x means a series is 10 times more in demand than the average TV show in this market. Demand is defined as the total audience demand being expressed for a title within a market. Audience demand reflects the desire, engagement and viewership, weighted by importance; thus, a stream or download is a higher expression of demand than a “like” or comment.
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