Welcome to our new monthly feature where we look the total number of TV shows and movies added and removed from the top streaming video platforms in Australia and the United States, with data courtesy of streaming search engine JustWatch where you can find out how to watch your favourite shows and movies online, legally!
In this new monthly feature, we look at the net number of new TV shows and movies added to the most popular streaming outfits, Showtime, HBO Now, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix and STARZ in the US, and Amazon Prime Video, Foxtel Now, Netflix and Stan in Australia. We also take a look at the total number of TV shows and movies that some of these streaming platforms are currently offering.
For June 2020, in the key U.S. market, it was Hulu that was the busiest out of the major streaming platforms when it came to adding new content, with a net 536 new pieces of content. Netflix was the next best with 81, while Disney+ added a net 49 pieces of new content. Amazon Prime Video did some late (northern hemisphere) spring cleaning with the platform losing 455 movies and TV shows (but probably not the ones people watched anyways).
Not unsurprisingly considering the good level of sync between Amazon Prime US and Australia, Prime Video also lost quite a bit of content, more in fact, with 584 pieces of content gone (for now). Foxtel Now, on the other hand, went crazy with adding 1127 new movies and TV shows. Netflix managed 131 with Stan adding 51.
Quality over quantity. But what if you can have both? Here's what the content on these platforms look like when we chart them based on their IMDb rating. Prime Video seems to have the most number of high-quality content compared to all the other major streaming platforms, but in terms ensuring most of their content is of high quality, HBO wins with 93% of content rating between 6 to 9. Disney+ was second with 87%, followed by Netflix with 82% (all those teen Rom-Coms probably hurt it a little). Here's what it looks like in the US.
And in Australia, it was Amazon Prime again leading the way, followed by Netflix. The "only the best" label goes to Foxtel, with 89% of its content being rated between 6 and 9 on IMDb, just beating Netflix with 85%.
Again, special thanks to JustWatch for providing all the data used in this report.
