26-05-2025
Netflix parents, rejoice: CoComelon is heading to Disney+
Disney+ is entering the 'crack for kids' business. Frequently compared to the stimulant crack cocaine on social media by the parents of addicted youngsters, CoComelon, the wildly successful and possibly morally bankrupt children's series, is making the jump to Disney+ in 2027, following declining viewership on Netflix. The show represents a significant portion of the children's crack-addicted demographic, with more than 193 million subscribers on YouTube, making it the third most-subscribed channel on YouTube, where videos of big-eyed Boss Babies terrorize the screen time of latchkey children allowed to browse the web unsupervised.
Per Deadline, Netflix's relinquishing of the CoComelon series, which predominantly features CGI toddlers singing nursery rhymes, because of a 60% decline in viewership, aligning with a presumed uptick in treatment for CoComelon viewers—namely, parents catching on to the show's empty calories and addictive qualities and banning their kids from watching it. Nevertheless, the spin-off series CoComelon Lane will remain available to Tudum-based subscribers. The move will coincide with a 2027 CoComelon movie and the arrival of the horsemen Death, Famine, War, and Conquest, heralding the Apocalypse to the tune of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.'
Experts believe that CoComelon is harmless for children despite concerns and exhaustion from parents. A 2011 study revealed that watching nine minutes of fast-paced programming could impair a child's executive function. A 2015 follow-up study rebutted the findings, concluding that the 'fantastical content' harms executive function more than the speed of delivery. In both cases, the effects were short-term. However, the impact of MrBeast and his vast array of supposedly edible Feastible products has yet to be determined.
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Netflix parents, rejoice: CoComelon is heading to Disney+
