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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy • FlixPatrol (flixpatrol.com)
submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website
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Much has been made about SFA’s less than stellar ranking on Paramount+ in the United States and the early US Nielsen rankings (from the first two weeks in January).

This Flix Patrol global roll up of the show’s rankings across streamers provides some helpful insights. Keep in mind that Flix Patrol looks at overall rankings, not just recent releases or originals.

  1. Starfleet Academy is doing very well outside of North America

  2. SFA is doing well on SkyShowtime across many countries -

  3. globally, SFA is doing very well on Amazon channels - # 1 in Germany, # 2 in the US and UK

  4. the streamer where SFA is performing worst is Paramount+ in the United States, which has arguably targeted a red state US market since the ViacomCBS merger, to the detriment of other demographics.

All this seems to say that Starfleet Academy is a global hit for Paramount, reaching new demographics and new markets, but not a fit for the Sheridanverse Pro sports streamer Paramount+ was narrowed towards.

No idea if the executives at Paramount are paying attention to anything beyond Paramount+ or the US market, but my assessment is that SFA provides genuine diversification and is successfully reaching a global audience in a way that Star Trek shows historically have not.

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[–] rogermccoy@startrek.website 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

"All this seems to say that Starfleet Academy is a global hit for Paramount, reaching new demographics and new markets, but not a fit for the Sheridanverse Pro sports streamer Paramount+ was narrowed towards."

If that's true, I guess it's UPN all over again. Starts with Star Trek as the lead only to have it slowly sidelined by a focus on a different audience, including a focus on professional fighting. The only way it could be more like UPN is if it was getting ready to merge with a similar-sized service owned by Warner Bros.

Oh dang.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 20 hours ago

As long as Star Trek remains popular enough, I think it might be advantageous to not be considered one of the "crown jewels" - flying under the radar has its advantages.