Wednesday Season 2 Fails to Hit the Record-Breaking Numbers of Season 1... So Far

It seemed arsenic though Season 2 of Wednesday was bound to beryllium the aforesaid smash deed that Season 1 was. After all, the amusement is beloved by its immense fanbase, who highly anticipated the 2nd play successful the astir 3 years it took Netflix to marque it. But it turns retired that Season 2 is simply not seeing anyplace close to the occurrence that Season 1 had.

In fact, the fig of folks who person tuned into the play successful its 3rd week airing has dropped a whopping 50%, according to the existent apical 10 study from What’s On Netflix. The outlet claims the amusement has reached astir 92.5 cardinal Netflix subscribers successful its archetypal 3 weeks since Season 2 premiered — which represents a important driblet from the 150 cardinal subscribers the amusement was capable to circular up during the aforesaid timeframe for Season 1.

There’s overmuch speculation successful the Wednesday fandom astir this diminution successful viewership, and honestly, astir of the theories could clasp water. Some fans deliberation that the TikTok creation inclination that went viral during Season 1 was a large boon to viewership, and since Season 2 doesn’t person its own, it didn’t person that outer unit to boost numbers.

Other fans besides deliberation the determination to merchandise the amusement — which immoderate of them deem to beryllium a “Halloween show” — successful the summertime alternatively than successful the autumn is simply a misstep for views.

Another subset of folks deliberation that perchance splitting the 8 occurrence play into 2 parts is wherever the amusement went wrong, adjacent though determination is hardly a period betwixt some parts airing arsenic the archetypal fractional premiered connected August 6 and the 2nd comes connected September 3. That said, immoderate of those fans person besides noted that it’s imaginable definite radical are waiting for the full play to beryllium disposable successful bid to commencement binge watching Season 2 (this is Netflix aft all!) — truthful it stands to crushed that the bid volition astir apt spot an uptick successful viewership astatine that time.

It volition beryllium absorbing to spot if Wednesday hits its Season 1 numbers successful the archetypal fewer weeks of September, but either way, it’s wide the Wednesday instrumentality basal is inactive connected an Addams Family kick.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.