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Chaeix posted...

notwithstanding that mooglekupo has helpfully pointed out what the data actually means, I would bet that The Office has well exceeded Friends in terms of post-airing and streaming popularity

Anecdotal evidence because i know tons of people whove rewatched The Office multiple times (and still do so) because its just top tier background TV while I know nobody who does this with friends

I know numerous people who do that with Friends!

I am very tired so wont do a deep dive into the numbers, but in 2020 The Office was getting an average of about 12 million views per episode, which is huge, but by the end of its original run Friends was seeing 27 million views per episode on first run alone. Add to that that although The Office did outperform Friends on Netflix in the US, Friends was still the number 2 show, and I think if we look in the net The Office is not quite at Friendss level. A cursory glance also seems to indicate that The Office was bigger on Netflix in the US but Friends was bigger worldwide which is a reasonable view.