WWE Raw Viewership Hits A STARTLING New Low On Netflix (WWE News)

WWE Raw misses out on Netflix's Top 10 Shows list for a second week in a row.

by Andrew Pollard
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For the second week in a row, WWE Raw has missed out on a spot on Netflix's Top 10 Shows of the week.

To make it clear, Netflix's global charts operate on a one-week delay, so this is in reference to the 1 December episode of Raw, which was the post-Survivor Series show. That follows the 24 November edition of Raw in missing out on a Top 10 position, meaning Raw has been absent from that list for back-to-back weeks.

Now, a couple of major factors in this trend are the release of the first part of Stranger Things' fifth and final season, and also the 50 Cent-produced Sean Combs: The Reckoning.

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To take a look at Netflix's Top 10 Shows globally for the week commencing 1 December, Stranger Things Season 5 Part 1 takes the top spot with 23.6 million views and 112.7 hours viewed. Sean Combs: The Reckoning sits in second place, bringing in 21.8 million views and 89.9 hours viewed. All four previous seasons of Stranger Things are featured in the Top 10, with a combined 24.2 million views and 224 hours viewed, further highlighting the buzz around the series as it gets set to wrap up with Season 5 Part 2 on Christmas Day, and then the show's final episode drops on New Year's Eve. The Abandons (#3), The Rats: A Witcher Tale (#8), The Beast in Me: Limited Series (#9), and Matt Rife: Unwrapped (#10) round out that Top 10 Shows list.

Whether WWE Raw managed to reclaim a spot on the Top 10 with this week's broadcast remains to be seen, but with the continued hype around Stranger Things and Sean Combs: The Reckoning, not to mention viewing habits switching to more festive, holiday-themed content at this time of the year, WWE's Monday night flagship may face an uphill battle across the next few weeks.

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