The Genre kicked off in 1902 with a trip to the moon movie created by Georges Méliès.

Science fiction and fantasy are dominating Netflix, and subscribers can expect a lot more of it in the
coming months.

Article of Business Insider, analytics firm Ampere Analysis.

In Q1 of 2017, comedy was the most popular genre, with 14% of subscribers calling it their favorite
category on the service. Comedy dropped to a second-place 11% in Q1 of 2018, and it's currently
followed by action and adventure in third place

To meet this change in customer preference, more than one quarter (29%) of Netflix's upcoming original
content fits into the sci-fi and fantasy category.

Netflix's push comes as its competitors are also pursuing high-cost series in the genre. (HBO’s GOT and
West-world)

Netflix's streaming rival, Amazon, in pursuit of its own "Game of Thrones," will reportedly be spending
$1 billion on a "Lord of the Rings" series

Most popular genre of Q1 2018 and 12% subscribers choosing it to be their favorite genre

Over 300 movies and tv series combined in the genre of science fiction.

 Sci-Fi Drama (Bird-Box) 45M+ in just first week

 Sci-Fi TV (Stranger Things)
18.2 million viewers have already watched all eight episodes of Stranger Things Season 3 in just four-
plus days. (Most TV shows these days would kill for 18 million viewers, let alone viewers so devoted that
they’ll consume eight hours of TV in less than a week.)

 Sci-Fi Thriller (Cloverfield Paradox)

 Sci-Fi Fantasy (Lost in Space)
 Sci-Fi Movies (What happened to Moday)
 Action Sci-Fi (The Dark Kinght)
 Alien Sci-Fi (Beyond Skyline)
 Sci-Fi Horror Movies (Annihilation)
 Sci-Fi TV Mysteries (Frequency)
 Crime Sci-Fi Thrillers (Inception)

https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-is-focusing-on-sci-fi-to-meet-increasing-demand-data-2018-4

https://tvline.com/2019/07/08/stranger-things-season-3-ratings-netflix/

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/28/bird-box-breaks-a-netflix-record-with-45m-people-watching-in-its-
first-week/