# Dark

> Netflix said more than 90% of viewing of its German series Dark came from abroad.

- Owner: Netflix; Wiedemann & Berg Television; creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar
- Kind: Series
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: Sep 2017
- Peak proxy date: 2020-06-29
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 52 (Notable), v1.2
- Mechanics: Mystery & lore, Fandom mobilisation, Platform jump, Press loop, Pairing

## Summary

Dark premiered at Toronto, then launched on Netflix. Overseas viewers shared praise and diagrams. Netflix renewed it. The final season launch produced Parrot’s strongest reported demand proxy for the series.

## Timeline

- 2017-03-01 — Netflix (YouTube) — Netflix released a teaser for its first German original at its Berlin programming presentation.
- Sep 2017 — TIFF / Netflix (Open web) — TIFF premiered the first two episodes of Dark in its Primetime programme.
- 2017-09-14 — IndieWire (Press) — IndieWire reviewed the Toronto premiere and compared Dark with Stranger Things and The OA.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/dark-netflix

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Dark.” Case HIS-01360. Spread Score v1.2: 52/100. Updated 2026-10-22. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01360