Neon, a musical comedy series on Netflix, debuted internationally on October 19, 2023, but hasn’t exactly left a lasting impression. Although Netflix hasn’t officially announced the show’s renewal or cancellation as of yet, what do the figures say? Let’s begin.
Mid-October saw the release of eight episodes of the series, which starred Tyler Dean Flores, Emma Ferreira, Jordan Mendoza, and Courtney Taylor. The show followed the four main characters as they attempted to succeed in the neon-lit streets of Miami while delving into the world of reggaeton.
The show has a strong focus on diversity, with much of the team behind the show talking about the importance of BIPOC storytelling in the run-up to its release.
Neon season 2 Renewal status
Official Renewal Status: Not Yet Renewed
Renewal Prediction: Canceled.
Neither has Netflix formally renewed Neon for a second season nor provided an upfront episode order for the program.
We’re now forecasting a cancellation for this series due to the performance thus far; more on that in a moment; it doesn’t appear to have advanced at all from the start and hasn’t since. Although a program doesn’t always
Beyond a few press releases, Netflix didn’t do much to market the series, but TUDUM’s coverage of the program made a significant effort to promote it. Was the program harmed by its name? Not getting any more publicity than Netflix’s TUDUM hurt? Was a portion of that caused by the stars of the show’s inability to promote due of the strikes?
Of course, it’s worth noting that our prediction is just that, a prediction. We’ll keep this post updated over time with more when we get it. Until then, the series will be listed on our pending series list.
By the close of season 1, much of the storylines have been concluded, with Santi, Ness, Felix, and Mia mostly now on the path to achieving their dreams; there are still plenty of avenues for the show to continue.
How well is Neon performing on Netflix?
Using various websites and tools, we can assess most Netflix title’s performance on the service.
The best way to see how a show is performing is through Netflix’s Top 10 website, which publishes new data every Tuesday. The show’s first opportunity to feature in the top 10s would’ve been the window between October 16th and October 22nd, but sadly, it didn’t turn up in the top 10s. A number of shows beat it out that week, including the first season of CoComelon, which took 10th place. It would’ve needed 1.2 million viewing equivalents to feature.
As we’ve outlined in our top 10 reports, most of the shows that miss out on the top 10s are in the “Pending” arena or, in the case of Freeridge, it was announced to be canceled.
Can we go deeper into the performance of the program on a country-by-country basis, as we don’t have worldwide data? We’re able to accomplish that because to FlixPatrol. Every day, they monitor the top 10s in more than 90 locations worldwide.
Their data indicates that the program reached its pinnacle in the top 10s on October 24th, ranking as the 24th largest show globally on the platform that day with 63 points.
The show has featured in the top 10s of 16 countries according to their data with the US seeing the show available for three days before dropping out. The Dominican Republic is the top-performing region at the time of publishing, averaging #6 since its release. You can see the heatmap of the show’s global popularity below as well as the trajectory of the top 10s:
Looking externally, things aren’t particularly strong here for Neon either.
On IMDb, the show peaked in its first week, with it being the #793rd most popular title that week. Typically, we’d want to see a show with a chance of renewal get at least within the top 100. Sticking with IMDb, we can also see that the show hasn’t picked up much traction in its user score. It has a rather depressing 5.1 at the time of publishing based on only 214 reviews.
Another sign the show may have crashed and burned is the views on both the teaser and official trailer for the series. At the time of publishing, both only secured just over 60,000 views each. As we’ve noted previously, there’s a strong correlation between the views a series gets on YouTube and how it performs on Netflix.
We didn’t find too much activity for the show on TikTok either, with the best-performing video being a TV recommendation post that picked up a couple hundred thousand views.
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