The problem with Netflix’s viewership numbers
|New York (CNN Business)Netflix typically keeps its viewership numbers a secret, but the company offered the public a rare glimpse of how some of its original programming fared in an earnings report that came out on Thursday.
Media observers, however, were immediately skeptical.
“Sooooo we’re just taking Netflix’s self-reported numbers as fact now, cool, cool,” New York Times TV critic James Poniewozik tweeted. “Related: I am on track to have six-pack abs within the month.”