The Witcher ranks third among the most popular American TV series from its premiere to the Christmas holiday

Despite many negative reviews from critics, Netflix's "The Witcher" has been warmly welcomed by players and viewers since the 20th. According to analytical information released over the weekend, "The Witcher" has been the third most popular original series on the streaming platform in the United States from the 20th until the Christmas holiday, second only to "Stranger Things" and Disney's "Star Wars: The Mandalorian".

Businessinsider cited the statistical results of Parrot Analytics, whose "demand algorithm" combines and weights different factors such as audience demand, topic engagement and ratings to serve as a global standard for the popularity of dramas.

As a TV series that only has 8 episodes in the first season, The Witcher can compete with its predecessors, Stranger Things and The Mandalorian, which have a solid foundation. This is obviously due to the popularity of the original work and the adapted game. While the novel The Witcher is regarded as a national treasure of Poland, CDPR's game The Witcher series is one of the best RPG works in history, attracting many players who don't pay much attention to movies and TV series.

Therefore, there is a huge gap between the Rotten Tomatoes score of "The Witcher" of 56% (critics) and 93% (audiences). Netflix has officially announced the renewal of "The Witcher" for the second season in November, and we can fully expect to see a better development in the second season.