Meghan Markle has 100% made her mark on Netflix. Between her and Prince Harry’s standard docuseries Harry & Meghan to her cooking present With Love, Meghan, there are many alternatives to maintain up with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex by the use of a Netflix subscription. Nonetheless, she’s additionally made her mark on the streaming service with Fits. So, I’ve been questioning how the 2 exhibits evaluate by way of reputation. Effectively, we have now a solution.
I’ve to say, whereas the reply doesn’t essentially shock me, it’s a bit jarring. I totally anticipated Fits, a extremely popular and long-running drama, to have extra viewers than the brand new cooking sequence With Love, Meghan. Nonetheless, I didn’t anticipate their rankings on Netflix’s What We Watched report back to be to date aside, because the authorized drama’s first season sits at No. 151 whereas the brand new cooking present landed in spot 383.
Now, let’s break these numbers down additional. Out of Fits’ 9 seasons, the primary 4 of them outrank With Love, Meghan. The order of their rating is as follows:
- No. 151 – Fits Season 1, 86 million hours seen and 9.3 million views
- No. 242 – Fits Season 2, 82.9 million hours seen and seven.2 million views
- No. 306– Fits Season 3, 72.2 million hours seen and 6.2 million views
- No. 378 – Fits Season 4, 61 million hours seen and 5.3 million views
- No. 383 – With Love, Meghan, 25.5 million hours seen and 5.3 million views
Seasons 5 by means of 9 of Fits all rank decrease than the cooking present, with Season 5 at No. 424, Season 6 at No. 465, Season 7 at No. 479, Season 8 at No. 595 and Season 9 at No. 623. It’s value noting that Markle left the present after Season 7.
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General, it’s a bit jarring {that a} model new present, like With Love, Meghan would herald a considerably decrease variety of viewers than Fits, a present that’s been out and over for years. Nonetheless, it’s additionally not shocking.
Fits had fairly the resurgence a few years in the past, and it completely dominated on Netflix in 2023, particularly. Plus, it’s been confirmed time and time once more that long-running and standard exhibits which can be utterly over can retain and develop audiences on streaming as they proceed to seek out new viewers whereas outdated followers re-watch – simply take a look at the sustained reputation of exhibits like The Workplace (which you’ll watch with a Peacock subscription) and Buddies (which is now streamable with an HBO Max subscription).
Additionally, in With Love, Meghan’s protection, it has had much less time on Netflix than Fits. This report tracks numbers between January and June. The authorized drama has been on the streaming service since 2023. The Duchess of Sussex’s sequence was delayed on the 2025 TV schedule because of the LA wildfires, and finally premiered in March. So, the USA Community sequence had a head begin.
Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless a bit wild to see the numbers, contemplating the curiosity the general public has within the Royal Household and Meghan and Harry particularly. Though by no means doubt the facility of a consolation, long-running present, they have been on the air for a very long time for a motive, and clearly have the facility to maintain viewers on streaming, too.