Movies News Talk
Disney+ is jumping on the Top 10 bandwagon! Almost five years after Netflix started showing its Top 10 lists, Disney+ is launching its own version called "Top 10 Today." It's a daily list of trending movies and shows on the platform, designed to help you find something new to watch and keep you hooked on Disney+. Think of it like a built-in recommendation system or highlighting popular or newly released trending content at any given moment within each day.
But here's the thing: your Top 10 list might look different from your friend's. It's personalized based on things like your content rating, what country you're in, and whether you've got the Disney+/Hulu bundle since bundle buyers see even combined rankings spanning content from Hulu and from the usual, usual Disney titles - which seems both logical and really clever for getting the widest cross section viewers.
This move puts Disney+ more in line with other streaming giants, and directly parallels when its Disney+ acquired sibling under its brands - namely Hulu, also launched its own lists last year after market testing! Streaming service subscribers also compare content available when shopping plans or switching - so making such rankings so widely known actually can pull users or switch their views as multiple online discussions cover like the cordcutting one and others related on reddit social also!
It is interesting for those in tech business watching what streaming competitors do for both feature inspiration too! Disney+’s lists lump all their combined catalog for movies with the episodic ones so viewers see crossovers right there also, while other platforms like those by Netflix and its related apps, maintain wholly distinct listings to keep separate viewing tallies there.
Don't think this list is just about what everyone's binge-watching, either. Disney+ claims other considerations affect trending list appearance for titles - such that view counts is only just part of all decision points for Disney in generating these content highlight roll ups. For bundle subscribers these will additionally be different since Disney acquired Hulu when getting 21st Century Fox several years back, all after ComCast also considered it earlier all detailed in headlines now.
While the list uses popularity too it won't automatically give advantage to the super known big tentpole titles at all, in theory giving equal weight there too, if an algorithm and other ranking systems properly surface or provide awareness based only popularity measures used so it seems in how it is explained.
This Top 10 rollout marks another key point within overall product direction that's related towards better “discoverability” as most online sites that cover the streaming market overall, explain for general audiences as they try various new service platform capabilities during tests to discover how engagement is ultimately affected also. Algorithms already steer those suggested content, or other tools based wholly from watching history but other methods exist also to just showcase general trends happening among their most engaged fans too, since every product needs methods for both expert level and entirely newbie level product interaction to gain or maximize user awareness regardless. Given the total overall size of Disney users (150m plus from last June reports by Disney’s last update - since these numbers get widely written about and disseminated) means lots to digest too which gets tracked closely by lots for those paying close, close attention all year and not just earnings season by industry financial coverage also. For those, another look comes from the upcoming release slated from what industry entertainment watchers always are prepared and primed, since every outlet like the Hollywood Reporter reminds too!
The timing is very clever now also coming before Holiday and Winter Holiday breaks also while streaming use also is also discussed about generally now given many changes now across media industries around how audiences enjoy video entertainment across several verticals as the traditional models that originally dominated see many evolving models which affects adjacent sectors too including production - also being discussed openly across entertainment publications like variety and others for film or episodic serialized video formats too so much evolution and fast developments happen and continue to unfold all related to Disney which many, many viewers across generations look to also since it owns everything spanning many aspects impacting the entire viewer product life cycle from creation, production and onward!