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, for years, was notoriously tight-lipped about its viewership. But after a few years of dropping stats for some of its programming each quarter, Netflix launched a website in mid-November posting from the past week, as well as a global ranking of its .
The charts, which are updated every week and ranked by the , represent an unprecedented trove of data about what’s popular on Netflix. The site details the most popular titles in the last week not only globally but also for more than 90 individual countries. And it’s meant to help subscribers like you get a better sense of the biggest hits on the world’s largest subscription streaming service, in the hope of discovering something new to watch.
The company updates its weekly “Top 10 on Netflix” every Tuesday, based on hours viewed from Monday to Sunday the previous week for both original and licensed titles. The rankings are broken down into top-10 charts for films in English, TV in English, films in non-English languages and TV in non-English languages. In addition to global charts, Netflix provides rankings for more than 90 countries.
A ranking of all-time most watched titles also lives on the site, detailing shows that have the most viewing hours in their first 28 days of release. It too is updated every Tuesday, whenever any programs make it into the charts during the week prior.
Netflix’s most watched TV shows, ranked
The following are Netflix’s most watched series, based on Netflix’s own reporting of total hours viewed in the first 28 days of each titles’ release. If a new season releases its episodes in two parts on different dates, Netflix counts the watch time of the first volume’s episodes for their first 28 days, then it counts the watch time of the second volume’s episodes for their first 28 days.
Any changes in the rankings from the previous week are in bold text.
- (season 1), a Korean survival thriller — 1.65 billion hours.
- (season 4), a retro sci-fi series — 1.15 billion hours.
- (part 5), a Spanish-language thriller — 792.2 million hours.
- (season 2), a period romance — 656.3 million hours.
- Bridgerton (season 1) — 625.5 million hours.
- Money Heist (part 4) — 619 million hours.
- (season 3), Slot a retro sci-fi series — 582.1 million hours.
- (season 5), a fantasy police procedural — 569.5 million hours.
- , a Korean zombie thriller taking place in a high school — 560.8 million hours.
- (season 1), a fantasy show — 541 million hours.
- , a true-crime limited series about a fake socialite — 511.9 million hours
- (season 2), a controversial teen drama — 496.1 million hours.
- (season 4), a crime drama series — 491.1 million hours.
- The Witcher (season 2) — 484.3 million hours.
Additional high-ranking shows that have been bumped out of Netflix’s official all-time charts:
- 13 Reasons Why (season 1) — 475.6 million hours
- , a limited series about a young mother fleeing abuse — 469.1 million hours.
- (season 3), a psychological thriller — 467.8 million hours.
- You (season 2) — 457.4 million hours.
- Stranger Things (season 2) — 427.4 million hours.
- Money Heist (part 3) — 426.4 million hours.
- (season 3), a British teen dramedy — 419 million hours.
- Money Heist (part 5) — 395.1 million hours.
- (season 1), a dramedy about a young mom and kids — 381 million hours.
- (season 1), a Colombian telenovela — 326.9 million hours.
- (part 1), a French heist show — 316.8 million hours.
- (season 3), a Spanish teen drama — 275.3 million hours.
- (season 1), a Mexican mystery thriller — 266.4 million hours.
- Elite (season 4) — 257.1 million hours.
- (season 2), a musical Colombian telenovela — 230.3 million hours.
- Lupin (part 2) — 214.1 million hours.
- (season 1), a Mexican dramatic thriller — 213 million hours.
Netflix’s most watched movies, ranked
The following are Netflix’s most watched movies, based on Netflix’s own reporting of total hours viewed in the first 28 days of each titles’ release. Any changes are in bold text.
- , an action movie starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds — 364 million hours.
- , a dark comedy with a star-packed cast — 359.8 million hours.
- , a post-apocalyptic movie starring Sandra Bullock — 282 million hours.
- , a sci-fi adventure comedy — 233.2 million hours.
- , an action movie starring Chris Hemsworth– 231.3 million hours.
- , a drama about a woman rebuilding her life after prison — 214.7 million hours.
- , a period Mafia epic directed by Martin Scorsese– 214.6 million hours.
- , a teen rom-com sequel — 209.3 million hours.
- , a Michael Bay explosion-fest starring Ryan Reynolds — 205.5 million hours.
- , an action-comedy starring Mark Wahlberg — 197.3 million hours.
Former top-ranking movies that have been bumped out of Netflix’s official all-time charts:
- , a period detective film — 189.9 million hours.
- , a heist set in a zombie apocalypse — 187 million hours.
- , an action-thriller starring Charlize Theron — 186 million hours.
- , a comedy starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston — 170 million hours.
Netflix appears to have never released a non-English-language film that generated enough viewing hours to make it into an overall top-watched ranking. But additional widely watched non-English language movies on Netflix have included:
- , a German/British action horror film set during a plane hijacking — 110.5 million hours.
- , a Spanish social commentary wrapped in a horror film — 108.1 million hours.
- , a Swedish apocalyptic war thriller starring Noomi Rapace — 94.1 million hours.
- , a Spanish teen romance — 92.4 million hours.
- , a French cop comedy — 78.6 million hours.
- , a Spanish action thriller about a breakout from a prison transport vehicle — 78.3 million hours.
- , a French action thriller about an unorthodox team of cops — 66.6 million hours.
- , a Dutch World War II film — 60.9 million hours.
- , a French action thriller — 59.1 million hours.
- , it’s like a Fast & Furious movie but French — 58.3 million hours.
Former top-ranking non-English movies that have been bumped out of the top 10 include:
- , a French comedy about rich siblings tricked into earning their own living — 56.9 million hours.
- , a South Korean about a gamer’s bid to survive the zombie apocalypse — 54.6 million hours.
- , a South Korean space western with a weaponized child-android — 53.3 million hours
- , a French action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme — 52.1 million hours.
- , a Brazilian Christmas comedy — 48 million hours.