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Meanwhile, platforms will continue to withhold certain metrics, likely because revealing them might expose underperforming content or reveal that their supposed “blockbusters” aren’t performing as well as advertised.
Conclusion: An Industry in Need of Transparency
Ultimately, the Hollywood industry’s obsession with secrecy about viewership and engagement data reveals a fundamental insecurity. Platforms prefer to spin success stories rather than confront cold, hard facts. This lack of transparency hampers audience understanding, skews advertising strategies, and complicates content creation.