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reddishcarp123 t1_iwtyp8u wrote

Reply to comment by King_Allant in Nielsen Streaming Top 10: ‘House of the Dragon’ Crosses 1 Billion Minutes Viewed in Finale Week by MarvelsGrantMan136

>Because the shows have different airing schedules and are in different formats, these comparisons aren’t exactly apples to apples. “House of the Dragon” also had the benefit of a new episode bumping its viewership during this period, and overall has 10 episodes to count versus “The Rings of Power’s” eight, giving it more available minutes for streaming in the first place.

You forgot to include this

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hopelesscaribou t1_iwuvnwq wrote

And that doesn’t include DVR viewing, meaning we don’t know how many hours were consumed later that week.

I know I always rewatched GoT/HoD on dvr, and presumably those aren't counted minutes.

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inthearticleuidiot t1_iwvfjny wrote

I don't get why Nielsen doesn't just include a metric that's "minutes viewed" divided by "half hours blocks of content" released so far. It won't fully account for all the variable runtimes we have now without advertising blocks, but it's still much better than this if the whole idea is to compare shows against one another.

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