Executive Summary
Headline findings from the Netflix content catalog EDA
The Netflix catalog contains 8807 titles, split 69.6% Movies and 30.4% TV Shows — revealing whether the platform is movie-first or TV-first. Content production peaked in 2018, with 84.8% of titles released after 2010, confirming a strong recency bias toward modern content. United States dominates as the top producing country, and the most co-occurring genre pair is Dramas + International Movies, highlighting a dominant content archetype on the platform.
Movie vs TV Show Split
Title count and percentage breakdown by content type
The catalog contains 6131 Movies (69.6%) and 2676 TV Shows (30.4%) out of 8807 total titles. Netflix skews toward movies, though the TV Show share has grown as the platform invests in originals. This split is the most fundamental lens on platform identity and informs every licensing and production budget decision.
Release Year Distribution
Number of titles by original production year
Release years in the catalog span 1925–2021, with a production peak in 2018 (1147 titles). A striking 84.8% of all 8807 titles were released after 2010, confirming that Netflix's catalog is overwhelmingly weighted toward recent content. Thin bars in earlier decades reflect limited library licensing rather than absent production; the platform historically focuses on recent releases where licensing costs are lower.
Content Rating Distribution
Frequency of each content rating, ordered from most to least common
TV-MA is the most common rating, accounting for 36.4% of all 8807 titles — indicating a catalog that leans toward adult audiences. At the other end, 84 min appears only 1 times, showing very narrow representation of certain audience segments. The full rating ladder spans 17 distinct categories, giving a clear picture of how broadly the platform serves viewers from children through adults.
Top Countries by Title Count
Top 15 producing countries ranked by number of catalog titles
United States leads all producing nations with 3690 titles — 3.5x more titles than #2 India. The chart shows the top 15 countries; the long tail of smaller producers is excluded to keep the chart readable. Non-English-speaking countries in the top tier reflect Netflix's international original strategy, where locally produced shows are acquired for global distribution.
Genre Co-occurrence Matrix
How often each pair of the top 10 genre tags appear on the same title
The heatmap covers the top 10 genre tags and counts how many titles share each pair. The strongest co-occurrence is Dramas + International Movies with 1483 shared titles, revealing Netflix's dominant multi-genre archetype. Bright cells off the diagonal identify genre bundles the platform uses systematically — a signal of both licensing strategy and audience targeting. Dark cells indicate genre pairings that essentially never co-occur, showing where the catalog has hard content-type boundaries.
Monthly Content Additions Trend
Number of titles added to Netflix by calendar month
Netflix added content across 108 distinct months (2008-01 to 2021-07). The busiest acquisition month was 2021-07 with 257 titles added — a spike that often coincides with platform strategy shifts or seasonal licensing windows. Sustained plateaus in the trend reflect periods of steady organic growth, while sharp drops can indicate licensing expirations, data collection gaps, or COVID-era production halts.