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Netflix shows are top digital original shows in 2016

Both are Netflix originals, part of the red-hot catalog that is powering explosive global growth for the Silicon Valley company.

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As you can see, "Stranger Things" won in every market except for Russia, where "BoJack Horseman" took the top slot. If you look closer at the numbers, the divide is even more striking: "BoJack" ranked between sixth and eighth in every other market.

Can we draw massive geopolitical conclusions from this map? Well, it does kind of make sense that the Western powers would like a nostalgic, escapist return to the 1980s, while Russia would like a dark satire of American culture starring an alcoholic talking horse.

Indeed, you get a sense of the outlook in "BoJack" from the appearance in season two of a KGB spy who wakes up from a 30-year coma and resumes his mission to destroy America.

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