Chris Rock set a streaming record with his latest comedy special. In its first full week on Netflix, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage earned the title of most-streamed comedy special in a measurement week from March 6 to 12, according to Nielsen.
That is, at least since Nielsen began tracking streaming content in 2017. The special jumped 48% over its opening weekend viewership to 798M viewing minutes, putting it at No.
9 on Nielsen’s overall streaming charts for that week. Selective Outrage outperformed Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones for the title, far surpassing that special’s previous record of 573M viewing minutes in a week.
Rock’s comedy special also made it into the Top 4 most-streamed comedy specials for the previous measurement week, despite just over 24 hours of availability.
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