While Netflix may have recently canceled Daredevil after its third season, it reportedly wasn't due to viewership as the viewer demand for the Marvel show was quite high.

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As reported by Deadline, Parrot Analytics, an analytics firm not associated with Netflix, has revealed that Daredevil "ranked fourth last week in viewer demand among all digital originals in the United States across all streaming platforms."The demand for Daredevil was only bested by Narcos, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Stranger Things, which all also happen to be Netflix series.This report was for the week ending with December 1 and "the chart measures “desire, engagement and viewership” with weighted values that, for example, would give heft to the total “likes” a show accumulates but not as much weight as the total number of actual viewings." Daredevil was officially canceled on November 29, and during the final week of December it finished with "close to 30 million demand expressions," which put it ahead of such shows as Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, House of Cards, and Orange is the New Black.Following Iron Fist and Luke Cage, Daredevil is the third Marvel Netflix show to get cancelled, leaving only Punisher and Jessica Jones with more episodes to come.These cancellations arrive as Disney is preparing its Disney+ streaming service and we discussed if that was the reason for ending these shows, or if there is more to the story. While Netflix has said that the three seasons of Daredevil will "remain on the service for years to come," those looking for new stories will be happy to know that Marvel has promised that we can "look forward to more adventures with the Man without Fear in the future."

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN who feels bad for all the fans of this show, which seemed to have a lot more stories to tell. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst.