The Netflix Effect

A study of social trends that followed the most successful Netflix shows.

Any new Netflix hit is followed by massive hype, raising public interest in everything even remotely related to the show. Cyabra analyzed some of the Netflix Effects hypes of the last years to find out which of them peak and die out after everyone has finished binging the show, and which truly change consumer habits. 

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