Netflix’s Tiger King Is the COVID-19 Lockdown’s First Smash Hit
True-crime docuseries drew 34.3 million viewers in first 10 days

Tiger King's 10-day U.S. ratings were nearly as high as Season 3 of Stranger Things, according to Nielsen.
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Key insights:
- Stranger Things is the only Netflix show with higher ratings.
- Netflix will likely provide more data about Tiger King's audience when it announces its quarterly earnings on April 21.
As Americans continue to stay home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of them are passing the time by getting a glimpse of the outside world—that is, the one with outlandish big cat enthusiasts like Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin.