The Most Streamed Shows Based on State Might Surprise You
Despite the fact that binge watching has been found to have a negative correlation on both your mental health and body, it doesn’t seem to be a trend that’s going away anytime soon — in fact, it might be growing traction with the introduction of “Apple and Chill.”
Yet not all binge watches are equal. In fact, as High Speed Internet recently discovered, it can vary quite greatly. One man’s (or woman’s!) Gilmore Girls is another’s Making a Murderer (which will officially be returning at some point), and, according to the site, the state you’re from might hold some major clues about which one will be yours.
Taking the top 75 TV shows on Netflix and analyzying it against Google Trends data, they were able to come up with a comprehensive list of the most popular binges by state, and some of the results came as a bit of a surprise!
While we would’ve guessed the top show to be Stranger Things (also returning for a second season) — which, incidentally, only got Idaho’s vote — hands down, it was the politically driven Scandal that came in first place in a landslide, taking the top spot in Arkansas, DC, Iowa, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. Orange Is the New Black ran a close second, getting six nods in Alaska, Arizona, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Other honorable mentions? Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (first place in states like California, Massachusetts, New York and Washington), Bloodline (Florida, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Connecticut) and Making a Murderer in Midwest areas such as Illinois, Minnesota and South Dakota).
Check out the full list of shows by state (and DC) below!
1. Alabama: Bloodline
2. Alaska: Orange Is the New Black
3. Arizona: Orange Is the New Black
4. Arkansas: Scandal
5. California: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
6. Colorado: House of Cards
7. Connecticut: Bloodline
8. Delaware: Shameless
9. DC: Scandal
10. Florida: Bloodline
11. Georgia: Scandal
12. Hawaii: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
13. Idaho: Stranger Things
14. Illinois: Making a Murderer
15. Indiana: Parks and Recreation
16. Iowa: Scandal
17. Kansas: Jane the Virgin
18. Kentucky: The Walking Dead
19. Louisiana: Scandal
20. Maine: Nurse Jackie
21: Maryland: Scandal
22. Massachusetts: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
23. Michigan: Orange Is the New Black
24. Minnesota: Making a Murderer
25. Mississippi: Scandal
26. Missouri: Scandal
27. Montana: Peaky Blinders
28. Nebraska: Orange Is the New Black
29. Nevada: Narcos
30. New Hampshire: Bloodline
31. New Jersey: Narcos
32. New Mexico: Orange Is the New Black
33. New York: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
34. North Carolina: Scandal
35. North Dakota: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
36. Ohio: Scandal
37. Oklahoma: Orange Is the New Black
38. Oregon: Portlandia
39. Pennsylvania: Shameless
40. Rhode Island: Peaky Blinders
41. South Carolina: Bloodline
42. South Dakota: Making a Murderer
43. Tennessee: Gilmore Girls
44. Texas: Narcos
45. Utah: Gilmore Girls
46. Vermont: New Girl
47. Virginia: House of Cards
48. Washington: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
49. West Virginia: American Horror Story
50. Wisconsin: Fuller House
51. Wyoming: iZombie
Does your binge-watch pleasure match your state’s? Tell us @BritandCo!
(h/t Travel & Leisure, photos via High Speed Internet + Frederick M. Brown/Getty)
