I created a site so you can explore Netflix's engagement data
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I created a site so you can explore Netflix's engagement data
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Re: I created a site so you can explore Netflix's engagement data
#2On Tuesday, for the first time, Netflix posted their engagement data for their entire catalog. This data is for H12023 (from January 2023 to June of 2023).
However, they posted the data as a large excel file that you have to download. So, I created a website so you can explore/search the dataset without having to download the file!
I'm a believer in making data accessible and easy to explore, so it's also free. Enjoy. I'll be adding more features over the weekend.
Re: I created a site so you can explore Netflix's engagement data
#3Neat site and thanks for making me aware Netflix released this data. It's fun to see things like The Witcher S1 outperforming S3 given the timeframe of the data.
Some suggestions on the site:
- The dropdowns seem to have a formatting issue where the text in them shows all white except for the dropdown selection you are currently hovering over
- Given the Excel file is 680 KB you could probably just convert it to JSON and pre-Brotli/gzip the file to just serve the entire thing up to the client in I really like the overall simplicity of the page. It has that old-web feel with a modern look.
Re: I created a site so you can explore Netflix's engagement data
#4Neat site and thanks for making me aware Netflix released this data. It's fun to see things like The Witcher S1 outperforming S3 given the timeframe of the data. Some suggestions on the site: - The dropdowns seem to have a formatting issue where the text in them shows all white except for the dropdown selection you are currently hovering over - Given the Excel file is 680 KB you could probably just convert it to JSON…
Thanks for checking it out. Appreciate the feedback!
- What browser are you using? I can't repro in Chrome and Safari.
- Good tip on using gzip, I'll play around with it to see if I can get some better performance (there are ~18k rows). Netflix will be releasing these updates twice a year, so if more data gets released soon, I'll keep the database.
Re: I created a site so you can explore Netflix's engagement data
#5Neat site and thanks for making me aware Netflix released this data. It's fun to see things like The Witcher S1 outperforming S3 given the timeframe of the data. Some suggestions on the site: - The dropdowns seem to have a formatting issue where the text in them shows all white except for the dropdown selection you are currently hovering over - Given the Excel file is 680 KB you could probably just convert it to JSON…
Thanks for checking it out. Appreciate the feedback! - What browser are you using? I can't repro in Chrome and Safari. - Good tip on using gzip, I'll play around with it to see if I can get some better performance (there are ~18k rows). Netflix will be releasing these updates twice a year, so if more data gets released soon, I'll keep the database.
For browser Chrome/Firefox - but on Windows. Given Safari in your list I think you're relying on the system (macOS in your case) to provide a dark style system dropdown so you can customize the font to be white but Windows/some other OS's provide a white themed system dropdown which will result in a customized font color only giving an all white dropdown, until an entry is highlighted in which case the background for that row turns to the selected color (blue in the case of Windows).
