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You know the feeling. There's a new show coming to Netflix on Watch The Running Mates: Human Rights OnlineFriday, and you've got to watch it all by Monday to talk to everyone. On second thought, maybe you want to finish in a day so you can post about it. Actually, it might be best to finish on day one so that you don't get spoiled – you know what, screw it. Let's binge this bad boy at midnight.

If you identified with the above paragraph on a spiritual level, you're what Netflix calls a "binge racer"; someone who races to get through already bingeable shows in mere hours when it takes other people days, weeks, or months. Netflix found that binge racing has increased 20 timesover the past three years. What used to be a pastime reserved for the most committed television fans is now sweeping the nation – and the world.

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Using viewership data, Netflix defined a binge racer as someone who has finished a full season of a TV show in 24 hours or less. Even if you were an early adopter, there are now some 8.4 million binge racers in the world, according to Netflix – even a one-time trial counts. In 2013, some 200,000 people had done this, and now it's up to 4 million and counting.

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Top Binge Raced Shows In the US:

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1. Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life2. Fuller House3. Marvel's The Defenders4. The Seven Deadly Sins5. The Ranch6. Santa Clarita Diet7. Trailer Park Boys8. F is for Family9. Orange Is the New Black10. Stranger Things11. Friends from College12. Atypical13. Grace and Frankie14. Wet Hot American Summer15. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt16. House of Cards17. Love18. GLOW19. Chewing Gum20. Master of None

Top Binge Racing Countries(percentage of binge racers as it compares to overall country membership):

1. Canada2. United States3. Denmark4. Finland5. Norway6. Germany7. Mexico8. Australia9. Sweden10. Brazil11. Ireland12. United Kingdom13. France14. New Zealand15. Peru16. Netherlands17. Chile18. Portugal19. Italy20. United Arab Emirates

"There’s a unique satisfaction that comes from being the first to finish a story – whether it's the final page of a book or the last, climactic moments of your favorite TV show." said Brian Wright, Vice President, Original Series, in a Netflix press release. “Netflix allows you to watch in a way you never could before, and there's nothing better than seeing a show engage our members and ignite a passion for viewing.”

Anyway, Stranger Thingspremieres Oct. 27.

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