[dom96]

> The majority of people who buy streaming, I suspect, are interested mainly in the conveyor belt of diverse and engaging content.

I'd love to see this backed up by sources. I for one recall seeing streaming stats from Disney+ and old series like X Files are up there as some of the most streamed.

Anecdotally, I watch and rewatch a lot of old series. Like I'm rewatching Breaking Bad on Netflix right now.

[lolinder]

> streaming stats from Disney+ and old series like X Files are up there as some of the most streamed.

This doesn't contradict OP—Disney's new content is mostly bad, so it's unsurprising that on their platform people are watching older stuff. But would that have been true of Netflix before everything fragmented? And how many people aren't on Disney+ at all because they'd prefer to see new, good content and already finished what little Disney is putting out?

[strunz]

Isn't Suits - a long since lapsed cable series - like the most popular thing on Netflix? So was Friends, Seinfeld, and The Office for a time too. People love to think they can generalize all streamers into a bucket when in reality it's not as simple as anyone thinks. Viewing trends change all the time and can be unpredictable, even horrible stuff gets tons of views.

[nvm0n2]

Apparently not:

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/tv

Top 10 is pretty dynamic. Longest item there was there for 6 weeks and is new content. Hilariously "Fireplace 4K: Crackling Birchwood from Fireplace for Your Home" beats out Squid Game.

[kyriakos]

Squid game show not the actual Korean drama series

[dpflan]

It's definitely relative to some degree, X-Files is new content to people of a certain age.

[scruple]

The perspective isn't "this is old" it's "think of all of the people born after $THING released, it's new to them."