In the past, the only way to measure how successful TV series were was to look at the ratings. However, with the development of social media, new ratings were added to the ratings. Now, the success of a series on social media is as important as its ratings.
Series Follower, the account who follows the series on Twitter and comments, was not lazy and did a good job. In his TV Series Follower study, they prepared a chart by tracking how many summer TV shows have followed since they were aired and uploaded to YouTube.
According to this table, the TV series Aşk Mantık İntikam, starring Burcu Özberk and İlhan Şen, which went on the air on June 18, has been viewed 8.6 million times on YouTube. Baht Oyunu is in the second row of the table. Baht Oyunu, starring Cemre Baysel and Aytaç Şaşmaz, was left behind even though it was broadcast on June 16, two days before Aşk Mantık İntikam. The number of views of Baht Oyunu on YouTube is 6.3 million.
The biggest rival of Kanal D series Baht Oyunu is the well-known Ada Masalı. The series, which was broadcast on Star TV, started broadcasting on the same evening as Baht Oyunu. However, the result is surprising. Because Ada Masalı has passed the Baht Oyunu both in ratings and in the number of shares on social media, but lagged behind on YouTube. Ada Masalı, starring Ayça Ayşin Turan and Alp Navruz, has 5.7 million views on YouTube.
Another ambitious series of the season is Cam Tavanlar broadcast on Show TV. Cam Tavanlar, which fell far behind Sen Çal Kapımı, which was broadcast on the same night in both ratings and social media posts, has been viewed 4.6 million times on YouTube, although it was broadcast on June 8, well before other summer series.
Kanal D series Aşkın Tarifi, which Serra Arıtürk and Kadir Doğulu started with a big claim, started broadcasting on June 10 and was viewed 4.3 million times on YouTube.
Much later than the others, Kalp Yarası, which began airing on June 28, and Kazara Aşk, which began on June 25, were viewed 1.1 million times. In the meantime, let’s mention that Kalp Yarası has been closed to Turkey since the day it was published. So all of this viewing is from abroad.