With many still at home, the quest to find the next binge-worthy series is a common issue. The oversaturation of streaming services certainly alleviates this problem, giving viewers several options for movies and television shows. If they were to simply stick to one streaming service, however, there's probably no better destination than Netflix.
The original name in the streaming game, the service is synonymous with tons of classic TV shows, exclusive movies and rather intimate memes and phrases. If one were incredibly bored, in fact, they would be absolutely inundated with the bevy of material on the platform, a selection that would take them literal years to comb through.
Netflix and Freeze
According to stats measured by Reviews.org, Netflix offers far more content than Hulu and the still relatively new Disney+ combined. With over 5,000 unique titles on the service, the time needed to watch all of them is obviously extensive. According to the site, if one were to watch the entirety of Netflix's current lineup, without any titles being added or removed, it would take them 4 years, two months and 8 days.
That would be a grand total of 36,667 hours or the equivalent of 256 round trips to the moon. This makes the task even more daunting, but the dollars would quickly add up, as well. Even if the viewer were somehow able to continue this inhuman binge for 24 hours, 7 days a week, it would still cost them nearly $700 to maintain the Netflix subscription to watch all of the content. With those hours not being spent at a job, let's hope the individual's bank account would be padded enough to stand the very long passage of time. Keep in mind the fact that, according to this same aggregate, the average viewer only watches around 2 percent of Netflix's total library a year. Considering how many use Netflix in the place of cable television, this says volumes about the massive volumes available through the service.
The Mainstream
The aforementioned caveat to make this 4-year odyssey even possible would be Netflix neither adding nor deleting programming from its library. Like many of its competitors, Netflix switches up its library by occasionally removing titles, usually due to timed licensing agreements. On the other hand, they are much more likely to be adding new programming to their lineup, particularly their own. Upon first making a name for themselves in the streaming world, Netflix was determined to have not just the shows and movies that people loved, but also their own quality programming. This led to such classics as Stranger Things and more recently, films like Extraction and Dolemite Is My Name.
The launch of Disney+ also saw the dissolution of the deal that Netflix and Disney/Marvel had in place to produce shows together. This especially drove Netflix to never have to rely on outside studios and creators, pushing them to create even more original content that they and they alone owned. Likewise, they're also constantly acquiring other hits from outside, such as their recent obtaining of the original Jurassic Park trilogy. This is a grievous blow to NBC/Universal's Peacock platform, as the hit films left the streaming service to go to Netflix less than a month after Peacock's launch.
There are also a ton of foreign language options available on Netflix, with the selection being far greater and more accessible than the competition. This includes tons of fan-favorite anime, including Gurren Lagann, Code Geass and One-Punch Man. Other foreign shows include El Chapo, Money Heist, Elite, and Unorthodox, allowing viewers to immerse themselves in a variety of different cultures. With all of these options, it's no wonder that Netflix's library keeps growing. Needless to say, whether you're planning on the 4-year binge or preferring to break it up along the weekend, you'll never have to watch the same thing twice.