Australians are in the top 10 leading ‘binge racers’ in the world as people find it harder and harder to stop watching their favourite new television shows.
Netflix coined the phrase ‘binge racing’ for fans who speed through a new season of a show within 24 hours of its release, and Australians near among the fastest watchers of hit shows in the world.
Australia ranks eighth for binge racing from the 190 countries studied, flying through series like the Gilmore Girls reboot and Marvel’s The Defenders.
Australians are in the top 10 leading ‘binge racers’ in the world as people find it harder and harder to stop watching their favourite new television shows
Netflix has coined the phrase ‘binge racing’ for fans who speed through a new season of a show within 24 hours of its release
Globally, Netflix says over eight million people are binge racing, with Canadians leading the pack ahead of the United States and Denmark.
‘There’s a unique satisfaction that comes from being the first to finish a story – whether it’s the final page of a book or the last, climactic moments of your favourite TV show,’ Brian Wright from Netflix said.
Viewers in the Australian Capital Territory were the most active binge racers, ahead of Queensland and Tasmania.
Gilmore Girls (pictured) was the most popular series among Australian Netflix users
Marvel’s The Defenders (pictured) was the second favourite for Aussie binge watchers
South Australians were the fourth most frequent bingers, trailed by Victorians and Western Australians, with those in New South Wales binging the least.
Sitting at the top of the list as the most popular series for Australians to binge on was the American comedy, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, followed by Marvel’s The Defenders.
Santa Clarita Diet ranked in number three, followed by The Seven Deadly Sins and The Ranch rounding out the top five.
Orange is the New Black unsurprisingly made it into the top 20, coming in at 13
Thrilling original drama series Stranger Things was another go-to binge racing series, with it Australia’s 11th favourite
One Australian Netflix enthusiast has managed to binge race an incredible 13 seasons all in this year.
The accomplished series watcher has landed himself 12th in the world for his many hours of screen time.
Other popular flicks to make their way into Australia’s favourite top 20 were Fuller House, Atypical, White Gold, Friends from College and F is for Family.