Netflix Overtakes Rival Streaming Giants With ‘Harry &#038; Meghan’ Breaking Year-Long Viewership Records

The American streaming giant has always been one of the leading streamers in the
television industry, boasting some of its top blockbusters of all time. Along
with the internet’s current obsession with franchises like House of Cards,
Stranger Things [https://netflixjunkie.com/tag/stranger-things/], The Witcher
and others, a record-breaking ‘Royal’ Docuseries, Harry & Meghan has made it to
the top, like no other. And other streaming platforms cannot come close enough
to it. 

As reported by Daily Express
[https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1739188/Harry-and-Meghan-Netflix-ratings],
the controversial Harry & Meghan docuseries by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been giving other streamers tough
competition. And now it has officially taken over Netflix’s top rivals like
Amazon Prime Video and Disney Plus Hotstar. 

> Netflix's documentary series about Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan
> has racked up more viewing time on the streaming service than any other
> documentary during its first week.
> 
> MORE: https://t.co/vRCo52DQxJ [https://t.co/vRCo52DQxJ]
> pic.twitter.com/WYqINICsNa [https://t.co/WYqINICsNa]
> 
> — The Project (@theprojecttv) December 14, 2022
> [https://twitter.com/theprojecttv/status/1602817156051337216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]



The enormous stardom of the tell-all six-part-docuseries far outweighs any
backlash and disputes from media and outraged viewers. For the record, Prime
Video’s highest-rated franchise, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s first
episode, managed to accumulate 3.2 million viewers. On the other hand, Disney
Plus Hotstar-hosted Star of Wars spin-off Obi-Wan Kenobi amassed 3.1 million in
the first week of its release. 

ALSO READ: “They did that to discredit us”- The ‘Harry & Meghan’ Director
Insists That She DID Reach Out To Buckingham For Comments on Docuseries
[https://netflixjunkie.com/netflix-news-they-did-that-to-discredit-us-the-harry-meghan-director-insists-that-she-did-reach-out-to-buckingham-for-comments-on-docuseries/]

To top them all, the stirring royal docuseries, on the other hand, broke
worldwide charts with a viewership record of 4.2 million merely on the first of
its six bombshell episodes. It, in fact, emerged as the UK’s third most-watched
show on any streaming platform. Nonetheless, the streak did not end there. 


HOW DID PRINCE HARRY’S MEMOIR GIVE A BOOST TO HARRY & MEGHAN?

Prince Harry dropped another nuke on his estranged family in the United Kingdom
by releasing his memoir, Spare. The record-breaking memoir made its way to the
Book of Guinness World Records
[https://netflixjunkie.com/netflix-news-king-harry-fans-pour-in-congratulations-as-prince-harry-explosive-memoir-breaks-yet-another-record/]
for being the best top-selling non-fiction of all time. The book, in fact,
killed two birds with one stone as it fetched another hoard of viewers to
Netflix’s Docuseries. 

> The first half of Harry & Meghan has been @Netflix
> [https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]'s biggest documentary debut
> of all time. A rep says it debuted with 81.55M hours viewed by over 28 million
> households (in four days), the highest of any doc in a premiere week. It's
> currently the #2 English TV series globally.
> 
> — Omid Scobie (@scobie) December 13, 2022
> [https://twitter.com/scobie/status/1602756774599135235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]



Having become the most viewed debut documentary series to date, Harry & Meghan
officially registered a total of 81.55 million hours watched in its first week
of December release. The series that evidently took the internet by storm, spent
weeks being in the top 10 most-watched shows in 85 countries and naturally, the
number 1 in the United Kingdom. 

Have you watched the explosive Sussex docuseries on Netflix yet? Tell us how you
liked it in the comments below.

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The American streaming giant has always been one of the leading streamers in the television industry, boasting some of its top blockbusters of all time. Along with the internet&#8217;s current obsession with franchises like House of Cards, <a href="https://netflixjunkie.com/tag/stranger-things/">Stranger Things</a>, The Witcher and others, a record-breaking ‘Royal’ Docuseries, Harry &amp; Meghan has made it to the top, like no other. And other streaming platforms cannot come close enough to it. 
<a href="https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1739188/Harry-and-Meghan-Netflix-ratings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As reported by Daily Express</a>, the controversial Harry &amp; Meghan docuseries by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been giving other streamers tough competition. And now it has officially taken over Netflix&#8217;s top rivals like Amazon Prime Video and Disney Plus Hotstar. 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
Netflix&#39;s documentary series about Britain&#39;s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan has racked up more viewing time on the streaming service than any other documentary during its first week.
MORE: <a href="https://t.co/vRCo52DQxJ">https://t.co/vRCo52DQxJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/WYqINICsNa">pic.twitter.com/WYqINICsNa</a>
&mdash; The Project (@theprojecttv) <a href="https://twitter.com/theprojecttv/status/1602817156051337216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The enormous stardom of the tell-all six-part-docuseries far outweighs any backlash and disputes from media and outraged viewers. For the record, Prime Video&#8217;s highest-rated franchise, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s first episode, managed to accumulate 3.2 million viewers. On the other hand, Disney Plus Hotstar-hosted Star of Wars spin-off Obi-Wan Kenobi amassed 3.1 million in the first week of its release. 
ALSO READ: <a href="https://netflixjunkie.com/netflix-news-they-did-that-to-discredit-us-the-harry-meghan-director-insists-that-she-did-reach-out-to-buckingham-for-comments-on-docuseries/">“They did that to discredit us”- The ‘Harry &amp; Meghan’ Director Insists That She DID Reach Out To Buckingham For Comments on Docuseries</a>
To top them all, the stirring royal docuseries, on the other hand, broke worldwide charts with a viewership record of 4.2 million merely on the first of its six bombshell episodes. It, in fact, emerged as the UK&#8217;s third most-watched show on any streaming platform. Nonetheless, the streak did not end there. 
<h2>How did Prince Harry&#8217;s memoir give a boost to Harry &amp; Meghan?</h2>
Prince Harry dropped another nuke on his estranged family in the United Kingdom by releasing his memoir, Spare. The <a href="https://netflixjunkie.com/netflix-news-king-harry-fans-pour-in-congratulations-as-prince-harry-explosive-memoir-breaks-yet-another-record/">record-breaking memoir made its way to the Book of Guinness World Records</a> for being the best top-selling non-fiction of all time. The book, in fact, killed two birds with one stone as it fetched another hoard of viewers to Netflix&#8217;s Docuseries. 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
The first half of Harry &amp; Meghan has been <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Netflix</a>&#39;s biggest documentary debut of all time. A rep says it debuted with 81.55M hours viewed by over 28 million households (in four days), the highest of any doc in a premiere week. It&#39;s currently the #2 English TV series globally.
&mdash; Omid Scobie (@scobie) <a href="https://twitter.com/scobie/status/1602756774599135235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Having become the most viewed debut documentary series to date, Harry &amp; Meghan officially registered a total of 81.55 million hours watched in its first week of December release. The series that evidently took the internet by storm, spent weeks being in the top 10 most-watched shows in 85 countries and naturally, the number 1 in the United Kingdom. 
Have you watched the explosive Sussex docuseries on Netflix yet? Tell us how you liked it in the comments below.

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