Netflix, like the rest of the digital world, is ringing in the new year with a look back at the previous one.
The streaming service this week revealed the most popular releases of 2019, and—spoiler alert—they’re almost all made by Netflix.
“Happy almost 2020,” the company tweeted on Monday, kicking off the shameless self-promotion of its original content.
Look no further than the top 10 “most popular” new releases from 2019—all of which are Netflix originals, with the sole exception of The Incredibles 2 from Disney’s Pixar.
The same goes for TV series, movies, documentaries, reality shows, comedy specials, family content, and international releases: Between eight Top-10 lists (with 80 total entries), only four items (depending on how you count them) are not branded by Netflix.
The Internet calls BS.
And rightfully so.
In teeny text at the bottom of each tweeted graphic, Netflix admits its lists are ranked based on accounts that “choose to watch two minutes or more of a title during its first 26 days.”
That’s well under the firm’s usual 70-percent-of-the-full-runtime metric. And it discounts late bloomers that picked up steam over the course of the year.
Perhaps most perplexing, though, is the fact that Netflix is counting viewing that hasn’t happened yet.
Fantasy series The Witcher, season two of twisted thriller You, and controversial documentary Don’t F**k With Cats have all hit the streaming site within the past two weeks.
Kevin Hart’s new stand-up special, meanwhile, was available for only four days before coming in at No. 2 on Netflix’s year-end comedy list.
The company defended its dodgy practices, telling CNET that the criteria don’t favor Netflix Originals because all titles—original or licensed—were measured the same way.
“Hope this was interesting, and helped you find something new to watch,” Netflix tweeted on Monday, encouraging customers to hunker down with streaming movies and TV shows during the last days of the decade.
10 Most Popular Series on Netflix in 2019:
Stranger Things 3
The Witcher
The Umbrella Academy
Dead to Me
You: S2
When They See Us
Unbelievable
Sex Education
13 Reasons Why: S3
Raising Dion
(Um… Where’s Russian Doll)
10 Most Popular Movies on Netflix in 2019:
Murder Mystery
6 Underground
The Incredibles 2
The Irishman
Triple Frontier
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Highwaymen
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2
Secret Obsession
10 Most Popular Documentaries on Netflix in 2019:
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
Our Planet
FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
Abducted in Plain Sight (released by Netflix, not branded as Netflix Original)
The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
The Family
Street Food
Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up
10 Most Popular Nonfiction Series (i.e. reality TV) on Netflix in 2019:
Tidying Up With Marie Kondo
Jailbirds
Rhythm + Flow
You vs. Wild
Nailed It!: S3
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: New 2019: Freshly Brewed
Awake: The Million Dollar Game
Sugar Rush Christmas
Prank Encounters
Sugar Rush: S2
10 Most Popular Comedy Specials on Netflix in 2019
Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones
Kevin Hart: Irresponsible
Gabriel ‘Fluffy’ Iglesias: One Show Fits All
Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho
Amy Schumer: Growing
Bill Burr: Paper Tiger
Aziz Ansari: Right Now
Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself
Wanda Sykes: Not Normal
Mike Epps: Only One Mike
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- Here’s Everything Coming to Netflix in January 2020
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