The Witcher Season 3 of 'The Witcher' Sees a 30% Drop in Viewership. Is Anyone Watching?

According to thegamer, the third season of 'The Witcher' has seen a 30% decline in viewership compared to its second season.

Netflix recently introduced a new metric called 'viewing numbers,' which allows viewers to gauge the success of a show.

Therefore, we can roughly compare the viewership of the first part of the third season of 'The Witcher' to the second season. Within the first 10 days of the second season's release, the show accumulated 310 million hours of watch time. Dividing this by the duration of the second season, we arrive at 41.8 million hours. In contrast, the first part of the third season garnered 139.5 million hours of watch time in the first 11 days, equivalent to 29 million hours based on the new measurement. This represents a decline of approximately 30%.

Of course, there could be multiple reasons behind this decline, and some of them may have nothing to do with the quality of the show. Generally, not all viewers who watched the first two seasons will continue to watch the third season. So, a decline is to be expected. Additionally, only the first part of the third season has been released so far, with the second part scheduled to premiere at the end of the month. Therefore, some viewers may be waiting for the entire season to be available before watching.

Apart from these factors, another possible reason could be Henry Cavill's impending departure after this season, and Wang Fei's handling of the entire series may also be a contributing factor.