On November 16, former champion Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-pugist Jake Paul faced off in a boxing match broadcast live on Netflix. For the streaming veteran, this rare foray into live streaming paid off well, as shown by the platform's first audience figures.
And the success is confirmed with new figures from Netflix's weekly report for the week of November 11 to 17. We learn that this match generated a record number of 108 million live views and that the total event (including several other matches) ranked in the Top 10 in 91 countries and number 1 in 78 of these countries.
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Let's take this opportunity to salute the performance of another brawling event, the French series La cage which is number 1 in the ranking of series in "foreign language" (compared to English) with 8.7 million views worldwide this same week. Season 2 is also confirmed, unfortunately without surprise (read our review).