"The Dropout," Hulu's 2022 limited series in which Amanda Seyfried portrays Elizabeth Holmes, has experienced a significant rise in viewership due to the recent release of A24's new documentary titled "You Can See Everything."
Viewership of "The Dropout" increased by 186% in September compared to the previous month, largely due to the Sept.
6 announcement that "You Can See Everything" had been secretly produced.This interest continued to grow as the documentary's Oct.16 wide release approached, with viewership climbing by 92% during the week of Oct.12 compared to the prior week.
Looking at the specific numbers, in August, before the buzz around "You Can See Everything" began, "The Dropout" was watched for 420,000 hours, or roughly 62,000 views when divided by the series' nearly seven-hour runtime—already a strong figure for a four-year-old show.
By September, viewership surged to 1.2 million hours, or approximately 176,000 estimated views.The week of Oct.12 alone brought in another 422,000 hours watched, or 62,000 views—meaning "The Dropout" attracted as many viewers during that seven-day period as it did in the entire month of August.
Interest remains high now that the documentary is in theaters: "The Dropout" has reached 997,000 hours watched (or 148,000 views) to date this month, bringing the total since September to 2.2 million hours, or 296,000 estimated views.
JustWatch, a service that consolidates information about where various streaming programs are available, also noted a spike in interest for "The Dropout." The series climbed 200% in search points week-over-week following the documentary's release and currently ranks No.
10 on the site's streaming search rankings.
"The Dropout" isn't the only Holmes-related media benefiting from the success of "You Can See Everything": John Carreyrou, the journalist who exposed Holmes' fraudulent activities, returned to the New York Times bestseller list with his 2018 book "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup."
Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, "You Can See Everything" premiered as a surprise screening during the Telluride Film Festival, with its existence not made public prior to the event.
"The Dropout" was created by Elizabeth Meriwether and received widespread acclaim upon its 2022 release, with Seyfried winning the Emmy for lead actress in a limited series.
In that year, Meriwether and Seyfried both told Variety that they were interested in making another project about Holmes—"I'm not kidding, a two-hour special!" Seyfried said—though Seyfried was more reserved in a recent interview.
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