The “Full of lies” ‘Harry and Meghan’ Docuseries Breaks Viewership Records Within The Premiere Week In The Face of Critics

Published 12/14/2022, 12:00 PM EST

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Following its premiere, the Netflix big hit, Harry and Meghan landed as a bombshell docuseries, giving fresh flashbacks of Lady Diana’s BBC scam and their very own infamous Oprah Winfrey interview. As a matter of course, within no time, the multi-million dollar docuseries fell prey to many Royal Experts and commentators who lambasted the Sussex couple. While some called out their supposed lies to shield the Royal Family, others rejoiced in their freedom of speaking the entire truth. 

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Ruthless comments and harsh reviews in the vast majority created a spiraling stir in the media. Nevertheless, walking on the face of it all, the Netflix blockbuster has strived to name some unprecedented records under its name. The six-part-docuseries is due to drop its next three episodes in just a matter of a few hours. However, it seems as if the first three have already worked wonders for the couple. 

Harry and Meghan break Documentary viewership records

As reported by People Magazine, the tell-all explosive Volume of the docuseries has broken Netflix’s Documentary viewership records upon premiere. Merely within a week of its release, the streamer’s statistics show the series has crossed over a staggering amount of viewing hours. Streaming all over the globe, the Harry and Meghan series has successfully crossed 81.55 million hours of viewership to this day. 

The publication also labeled the project as Netflix’s biggest documentary debut week in the history of the American streaming giant. Forbes revealed that 1 million viewers turned to watch it on the first day, which quickly escalated to 28 million sitting through the entire three-hour-long episodes. The previous day, Netflix released the week’s most-watched list of TV series and motion pictures. The Global top 10 consistently had Harry and Meghan as their top 3 contenders on the list. 

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Other critically acclaimed shows and movies include Wednesday Addams as the front-runner. The Addams Family spin-off joined Netflix’s other giants like Stranger Things and Squid Games to breach a billion-hour viewership mark in a matter of the first few weeks. The remnant of three episodes will bring a more striking turn of events that the Sussexes pair went through post their marriage. Starting from the infamous Megxit to the latest updates about the family conflict, the pair is expected to show it all. 

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What do you expect from the last three episodes? Have you watched the first Volume of Harry and Meghan on Netflix yet? 

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Shraddha Das is a Content Lead and the Sub Group Head at Netflix Junkie. Captivated by the power of storytelling and the written word at a young age, which led her to pursue a career in journalism at the Esteemed KIIT School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in Orissa. She has over 1500 articles to her name.

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