Netflix offered some interesting viewer data via a press release on Wednesday, which the video-streaming service says is proof that its "all episodes at once" strategy about TV series' seasons is working.

Through analysis of 16 nations' Netflix watching habits over multiple months in 2015, the company found a key piece of data: which episode of a given series that, after seeing it, convinced 70 percent of viewers to stick it out and stream its entire season. Netflix's release noted that for Breaking Bad, that clincher was the second episode, while Orange Is the New Black and Dexter reached that mark with their third episodes.

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In all, 20 TV programs' stats were studied across the world, and a Buzzfeed report on the story confirmed the full list of programs, along with the clincher episode count—though that report didn't confirm whether that data was for viewers worldwide or merely in the United States. (Netflix's report did point out regional differences—particularly that, for whatever reason, Dutch viewers got hooked on a series one episode earlier than pretty much every other region in the analysis.)

The release pointed out that the traditional network model of creating and promoting new series places a giant stress on pilot episodes, but according to Netflix CCO Ted Sarandos, research revealed that "no one was ever hooked on the pilot"—and as such, he offered the opinion that offering more episodes at once is more likely to "make" fans of a series. The research didn't take a more granular look at whether specific moments played any part in either attracting or repulsing viewers of a given series.

Netflix has long publicly joked about its users' propensity to binge-watch entire seasons of shows; the company even went so far as to serve a video campaign that interrupted viewers' lengthy sessions on April Fools' Day of this year. The "Binge Responsibly" videos starred actors from the company's exclusive series, including Linda Cardellini and Bojack Horseman.