If you’ve been on Twitter at any point over the last two weeks (I pray that you haven’t), you could probably guess that Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness is a hit for Netflix. Now we have the data to back up the assumption: Nielsen reports that docu-series was watched by 34.3 unique viewers during its first 10 days of release. That’s bigger than Stranger Things season two, and a shade below Stranger Things season three, which ranks among Netflix’s most-watched programs ever. (I say “might,” because Netflix is famously private about its viewership; even the Nielsen numbers are unofficial.)

“[Tiger King] topped season two of Netflix hit Stranger Things, which had 31.2 million unique viewers in its first 10 days, and was within shouting distance of Stranger Things season three, which drew 36.3 million over the comparable 10-day span,” according to Variety. “On an average per-minute basis, Tiger King pulled in an audience of 19.0 million among United States viewers from March 20-29, Nielsen reported. That also was higher than Stranger Things season two (17.5 million) and nearly matched Stranger Things season three (20.5 million).” I can only presume that both Tiger King and every season of Stranger Things finished behind Girlboss. It was too popular for this world!

Buzz built quickly for the show, with Tiger King’s daily average minute audiences jumping to over one million by day three; two million by day seven; and four million by day nine. From March 20-29, it was the number one most-tweeted TV show tracked by Nielsen over that time period, with 1.8 million total organic (non-paid) interactions on Twitter about Tiger King.

Tiger King has been the most-watched program on Netflix for over two weeks, a new record for the streaming service. Much of the show’s popularity can be attributed to people being stuck indoors, with nothing else to do than fire up Netflix. But if “Here Kitty Kitty” hits the Billboard Hot 100, then things will have gone too far.

(Via Variety)

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The wide and accepting genre that is hip-hop has opened its doors to Asian artists over the past half-decade, ushering a new wave of talent most notably led by Rich Brian. Looking at the past three years, artists like Joji, Higher Brothers, Keith Ape and more have joined Brian as successful Asian hip-hop artists making waves around the world. Teaming up with Red Bull, 88Rising — a media company that has played a large role in propelling Asian artists toward U.S. audiences — and the aforementioned artists sat down to speak on their rise to fame, cross-culture, and collaborative work within the 88Rising group.

In the documentary 88Rising founder Sean Miyashiro explained he felt was the reason behind the success of the company.

“The reason for why this is working is a myriad of factors,” Miyashiro said. “It’s certainly the internet and accessibility. The world is more open, and I think that we are certainly bringing it closer together.”

The film is a partnership between Red Bull Japan and Red Bull Media House, and producer Chris Heinrich said the collaboration was an easy success.

“I was fortunate to enough to be a part of this project from the initial conversations and see it grow into the feature documentary that it is today, Heinrich said. “This documentary is just a preview of the art and creativity that these (showcased) and other defining cultures are now getting the opportunity to share on a world stage that is the internet.”