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With the increasing availability of online streaming platforms, their large repertoire of shows, and policy to release entire seasons at once, binge-watching (BW)-subsequently watching multiple episodes (Trouleau et al., 2016;Walton-Pattison et al., 2018)-attracts growing theoretical and empirical interest (Schlütz, 2015). BW is a popular and rewarding leisure activity that should not be unnecessarily pathologized (Billieux et al., 2015). However, BW does entail problematic potential as it is linked to negative outcomes such as sleeping