Polly wanna cracker? You're just parroting everything that's been said. It's the 2nd most watched Disney Plus show of 2024. The answer is really: Misogyny, Racism and Bigotry.
Because it didn’t have strong viewership and its production went well over its original budget, and the show’s aesthetics were inexplicably unimpressive considering the aforementioned budget.
How is that not good viewership? Glad you asked! Because strong viewership for a streaming show is measured in actual watch time, not by ranking on a chart. And the Acolyte’s reported watch time started middling and had a sharp decline after the first episode.
Coming in second place sounds impressive only if one doesn’t look at anything else on the graph that stat is coming from. The first most watched show on Disney+ last year was Percy Jackson, and the premiere of that show wasn’t even counted in this data.
And no disrespect to that show, but it’s a bad sign for the property when Star Wars is losing to Percy Jackson.
The fact of the matter is, a lot of people just didn’t watch Acolyte, and it mostly placed second on this one chart because not a lot of people are watching shows on Disney+.
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It was literally the second most watched show in Disney+ in 2024
The most watched Star Wars show in Disney+ in 2024
How is that not good enough viewship?
Also it made into several "best shows" or "must watch shows" list in media sites/magazines
The fact of the matter is, a lot of people just didn’t watch Acolyte, and it mostly placed second on this one chart because not a lot of people are watching shows on Disney+.
https://thatparkplace.com/the-acolyte-viewership-luminate/
https://luminatedata.com/blog/star-wars-struggles/#:~:text=Despite%20this%20strong%20initial%20showing,in%20views%20from%20episode%203.