How Well Is ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Performing on Netflix? All The Stats So Far

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Cowboy Bebop – Picture: Netflix

Cowboy Bebop is now out on Netflix across the world but how well is it performing on Netflix? We’re compiling all the stats we have across multiple sources right here on What’s on Netflix. 

Released on November 17th, Cowboy Bebop is the brand new live-action series adapted from the popular anime series.


Netflix Top 10 Data for Cowboy Bebop

Netflix’s top 10s provide us a daily look at what’s trending on Netflix. They’re split into multiple categories but the two that apply to Cowboy Bebop include “Netflix Overall Top 10” and “Netflix TV Top 10”. Overall includes both movies and TV shows whereas the TV top 10 is just limited to TV shows.

This data is kindly provided by FlixPatrol and is correct as of December 8th, 2021.

Days in Overall Top 10s

CountryDays in Overall Top 10
Finland13
France13
Germany13
Australia12
Austria12
Canada12
New Zealand12
Norway12
Sweden12
Switzerland12
United Kingdom12
United States12
Czech Republic11
Denmark11
Slovakia11
Romania8
Italy7
South Africa7
Belgium6
Ireland6
Netherlands6
Poland6
Singapore5
Brazil4
Japan4
Turkey4
India3
Portugal3

Netflix TV Top 10s

CountryDays in TV Top 10s
Australia18
Estonia18
Hungary18
Iceland18
New Zealand18
Russia18
Ukraine18
United States18
Finland17
Bulgaria16
France16
Bahamas15
Czech Republic15
Austria14
Canada14
Germany14
Norway14
Switzerland14
United Kingdom14
Denmark13
Latvia13
Luxembourg13
Slovakia13
Slovenia13
Sweden13
Belgium12
Cyprus12
Greece12
Israel12
Italy12
Lithuania12
Mauritius12
Nigeria12
Poland12
Romania12
Serbia12
Singapore12
South Africa12
Trinidad and Tobago12
Turkey12
Croatia11
Jamaica11
Kenya11
Netherlands11
Pakistan10
Thailand10
United Arab Emirates10
Bahrain9
Indonesia9
Malaysia9
Maldives9
Malta9
Qatar9
Bangladesh8
Brazil8
India8
Portugal8
Spain8
Ireland7
Kuwait7
Philippines7
Sri Lanka7
Dominican Republic6
Hong-Kong6
Uruguay6
Egypt5
Japan5
Morocco5
Oman5
Jordan4
Saudi Arabia4
Vietnam4
Argentina3
Chile1

Netflix Hourly Viewing Figures for Cowboy Bebop

Thanks to Netflix’s brand new top 10 site, they release the top 10 hourly viewing figures for four categories every week. Since the release of Cowboy Bebop, the show has been featured each week.

As of December 8th, we’ve got three weeks of data so far where the show has picked up 73,840,000 hours but it’s worth noting that on its current trajectory, the show is unlikely to feature in the top 10s for a fourth week.

The show notably launched several days within the November 14th to 21st week on November 19th.

Week 2 was the first full week the show was on Netflix and in week 3 the show faced a 59 percent drop.

Week PeriodHours Viewed(M)Weeks in Top 10
November 28th, 2021 to December 5th, 202115,260,0003
November 21st, 2021 to November 28th, 202136,950,0002
November 14th, 2021 to November 21st, 202121,630,0001

IMDb MovieMeter

IMDb is the biggest movie search engine on the planet where you can view information and read reviews on shows and movies. With its huge audience, we can tell a shows popularity based on the moviemeter which tracks traffic to individual shows and movie pages.

The show managed to peak on the movie meter chart between November 21st and November 28th (the week following the launch) but slumped down to position 10 the week following.

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IMDb Movie Meter for Cowboy Bebop

Some of the stars of Cowboy Bebop have also rocketed up the StarMeter’s including most notably Daniella Pineda who was number 2 as of December 7th and Elena Satine who rose to number 3.


SambaTV Viewing Statistic for Cowboy Bebop

TV data analytics and software company SambaTV announced a viewing stat for Cowboy Bebop for its first week. Unfortunately, SambaTV data is relatively hard to compare given they often announce stats for different time periods (ie first day, first weekend, first 5 days, first 6 days, and first week).

According to their data 981k US households watched the series premiere of Netflix’s live-action in its first week streaming (November 19th through 25th, 2021.)

In addition, they state that Portland, OR and Seattle were two states that seemed to watch the show more than other locations in the US.

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Additional Statistics for Cowboy Bebop

Google Trends

Google Trends wasn’t particularly insightful but does give as an idea as to where the show is resonating the most. Here are the top regions as of December 7th, 2021:

  • United States – 100
  • New Zealand – 85
  • Canada – 75
  • Australia – 64
  • Puerto Rico – 61
  • Chile – 51
  • Singapore – 44
  • Philippines – 42
  • United Kingdom – 42
  • Ireland – 40

We’ll update this over time to reflect changing viewing figures for Cowboy Bebop.