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Is Netflix’s Top Ten List Even Real?

MEDIA Posted: July 20, 2020 4:30 am

Last week, Netflix suddenly decided to “reveal” its Top 10 movies of all time. Hm. “The catch was that Netflix provided the ranking and the numbers itself, meaning there was no way to verify any of it, so the whole list was only slightly more informative than when Netflix insists that something is popular without providing any numbers at all (as it did in 2018 with Bright, a movie that didn’t even appear on the list despite how successful Netflix said it was). Interesting? Yes. Informative? Eh.” – AV Club

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MEDIA Published: 07.19.20

Read the story in AV Club Published: 07.19.20

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