{"id":642541,"date":"2013-02-15T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T14:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=216982"},"modified":"2013-02-15T09:53:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T14:53:27","slug":"house-of-cards-is-the-most-popular-tv-show-in-the-world-right-now-according-to-imdb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/642541","title":{"rendered":"House of Cards Is the Most Popular TV Show in the World Right Now (According to IMDb)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the IMDb MOVIEmeter, the Netflix original series <em>House of Cards<\/em> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/search\/title?num_votes=5000%2C&#038;sort=moviemeter&#038;%23038;title_type=tv_series\">currently the most popular TV show in the world right now<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>IMDb&#8217;s MOVIEmeter is based on algorithms that determine levels of public awareness and interest. It takes into account IMDb pageviews and well as star ratings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;IMDb Pro uses proprietary algorithms that take into account several measures of popularity for people and titles. The primary measure is who and what people are looking at on the public IMDb.com website. Other factors include Box office receipts and user quality votes on a scale of 1-10,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.imdb.com\/help\/general\/meters\">says IMDb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to IMDb, this doesn&#8217;t mean that House of Cards is <em>the best<\/em> TV show out there. It&#8217;s not a rank of that. What it does show is a ton of buzz and interest for the new political drama.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix CEO Reed Hastings seems delighted by the news:<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> div.dittoboxf206408209483790 { background-color: #E7EBF2; padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px; font-family: \"lucida grande\",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; } div.dittoboxf206408209483790 div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 { background-color: #FFF; padding: 15px 15px 5px 15px; border: 1px solid #C4CDE0; text-align: left; color: #000; font-size: 15px!important; line-height: 14px; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.pic { display: inline-block; float: left; padding: 0 10px 0 0 } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.pic a img { border: 0; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 span.author { display: inline-block; line-height: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 10px; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 span.author a { font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #385998; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 span.metadata { display: block; font-size: 11px!important; line-height: 13px; padding-top: 5px; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 span.metadata a.timestamp { color: #999; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 span.metadata .fbextra { color: #385998; text-decoration: none; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.fbookmessagebody { border-top: 1px solid #C4CDE0; margin: 15px 0 0 0; padding: 15px 0 0 0; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.fbookmessagebody span.metadata { display: block; font-size: 11px!important; background: #EDEFF4; padding: 5px; margin: 20px 0 0 0; color: #3B5998; width: auto; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 span.metadata { height: auto; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.fbookmessagebody span.metadata a, div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.fbookmessagebody span.metadata a:visited, div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.fbookmessagebody span.metadata a:hover { color: #385998; text-decoration: none; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.fbookmessagebody span.metadata span.powersd { float: right; color: #3B5998; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.fbookshared { font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border: 1px solid #C4CDE0; padding: 10px; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.fbookshared a, div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.fbookshared a:visited, div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.fbookshared a:hover { font-weight: bold; color: #385998; text-decoration: none; line-height: 25px; } div.innerdittoboxf206408209483790 div.facebook-photo { text-align: center; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; } .clear { clear: both; } <\/style>\n<div class=\"dittoboxf206408209483790\">\n<div class=\"innerdittoboxf206408209483790\">\n<div class=\"pic\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reed1960\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/500029583\/picture\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reed1960\">Reed Hastings<\/a><\/span><span class=\"metadata\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/500029583\/posts\/206408209483790\" title=\"Thursday February 14, 2013 at 11:08pm\" class=\"timestamp\">10 hours ago<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fbookmessagebody\"> Wow. House of Cards now the #1 most popular TV show in the world, according to IMDb. And I still can&#8217;t get Ted Sarandos to tell me how many millions are enjoying it on Netflix.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fbookshared\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/external.ak.fbcdn.net\/safe_image.php?d=AQBUF8g1LinK7fVE&#038;w=90&#038;%23038;h=90&#038;%23038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fia.media-imdb.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BODY4Mzg4MzUwOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTgxMTM0OA%40%40._V1._SX54_CR0%2C0%2C54%2C74_.jpg\" style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px; max-width: 100px;\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"vertical-align:top; display: block; float: left; width: 420px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/search\/title?num_votes=5000,&amp;sort=moviemeter&amp;title_type=tv_series\">IMDb: Most Popular TV Series With At Least 5,000 Votes<\/a><br \/>IMDb&#8217;s advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Find exactly what you&#8217;re looking for!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"metadata\"><span class=\"powersd\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialditto.com\/\">Powered by socialditto<\/a><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ientrymail.com\/socialditto\/facebook-icon.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" align=\"top\" alt=\"\" \/>&nbsp; <span class=\"fbextra\">347 likes<\/span>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; <span class=\"fbextra\">9 comments<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this week, we learned from Netflix Content Chief Ted Sarandos that <em>House of Cards<\/em> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/house-of-cards-is-the-most-watched-thing-on-netflix-right-now-2013-02\">currently the most-watched program on Netflix<\/a> &#8211; both in terms of total hours streamed and total viewers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not doing ratings, [but] we\u2019re thrilled with the numbers,\u201d said Sarandos. \u201cIt\u2019s the most watched thing on Netflix in every country we operate in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More good news for Netflix, who spent a pretty penny of this series (and who has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/netflix-to-debut-first-original-series-for-kids-in-december-2013-02\">plenty of<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/netflix-to-debut-pablo-escobar-drama-narcos-in-2014-report-2013-02\">other original series<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/hemlock-grove-the-eli-roth-netflix-series-gets-a-trailer-2013-01\">in the works<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=qfoTQx0eHOk:6mV_nGrYyD8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=qfoTQx0eHOk:6mV_nGrYyD8:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=qfoTQx0eHOk:6mV_nGrYyD8:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=qfoTQx0eHOk:6mV_nGrYyD8:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=qfoTQx0eHOk:6mV_nGrYyD8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=qfoTQx0eHOk:6mV_nGrYyD8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=qfoTQx0eHOk:6mV_nGrYyD8:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=qfoTQx0eHOk:6mV_nGrYyD8:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=qfoTQx0eHOk:6mV_nGrYyD8:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/qfoTQx0eHOk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the IMDb MOVIEmeter, the Netflix original series House of Cards is currently the most popular TV show in the world right now. 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