Live+3 numbers also aren’t always the best indicators of the success or failure of a series.
Symphony produces its numbers based on cell phone microphones and audio recognition technology in order to identify what program a given viewer is watching, according to The Wrap.
It should be interesting to see how A Series of Unfortunate Events performs when more time has passed and more data has been accumulated.
Of course, Netflix is known for its refusal to share official viewership numbers, so it’s impossible to verify Symphony’s calculations to the exact decimal point.