After its fifth and final season launched April 24, landing it in the digital originals chart’s No. 8 the week of its release, Netflix’s You jumped to the chart’s top spot in the first week of May.
The thriller, which follows a dangerously charming young man who goes to any length to insert himself in the lives of those he is obsessed with, was 61.4 times more in demand than the average series in Canada during the week of April 28 to May 4, according to Parrot Analytics. The previous week, the series landed in the No. 8 spot with a demand average of 27.9.
Prime Video’s Hazbin Hotel followed behind You in the first week of May with a demand average of 43.5 while Disney+’s Andor landed in the No. 3 spot. Andor, which had a demand average of 38.5, led digital originals the week prior following the release of its second season on April 22.
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, which released its final season April 8 and season seven of Netflix’s Black Mirror, which released April 10, round out the top five on the digital originals chart. The Handmaid’s Tale, available on Crave, Prime Video and illico+ in Canada, had a demand average of 38.4 while Black Mirror recorded an average of 29.1.
As its third and final season nears its release, Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty emerged as the No. 10 digital original in the first week of May with a demand average of 25.2. The romantic drama is based on Jenny Han’s trilogy of young adult novels and follows a girl caught in a love triangle with two brothers. The series’ final season releases July 16.
HBO’s The Last of Us, available in Canada on Crave, maintained the No. 1 spot on the overall TV show chart during the week with a demand average of 67.5. Season two of the series, filmed primarily in B.C., is based on the video game The Last of Us: Part II and premiered on April 13.
Top 10 Digital Originals: Canada
1. You (Netflix): 61.4
2. Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video): 43.5
3. Andor (Disney+): 38.5
4. The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu): 38.4
5. Black Mirror (Netflix): 29.1
6. Stranger Things (Netflix): 27.6
7. Invincible (Prime Video): 26.5
8. Reacher (Prime Video): 26.2
9. Letterkenny (Crave): 25.9
10. The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video): 25.2
Top 10 Overall TV Shows: Canada
1. The Last of Us: 67.5
2. You: 61.4
3. Saturday Night Live: 55.7
4. The Daily Show: 49.6
5. Sesame Street: 43.5
6. Hazbin Hotel: 43.5
7. Andor: 38.5
8. The Handmaid’s Tale: 38.4
9. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 38
10. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: 34.4
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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