Netflix’s Most Watched Series and Movies Ever

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**Over the years, Netflix has released some gigantic hits! Thanks to the top 10 data, here’s your guide to all of the biggest and most-watched movies, series, and live events on Netflix of all time! **

To measure its biggest hits, Netflix uses hours watched and completed-viewing equivalents (CVEs, for short). These viewing hours are derived from Netflix’s global subscriber base, and CVE calculates the show’s or movie’s runtime by dividing the total viewing time by the number of hours watched. It’s not perfect, but it’s substantially better than what other streamers provide.

Before Netflix switched its hourly figures, it used the number of households that watched within the first 28 days. While these numbers are difficult to compare with the list below, we have maintained a record of all the old Netflix viewership statistics here. Those numbers are correct up through October 2021, when Netflix switched.

Below, we’ve compiled a complete list of all titles in the top 10 since mid-2021. This provides a comprehensive list of older 28-day hourly statistics and Netflix’s newer 91-day statistics, which we’ve divided into separate categories.

Most-Watched English Language Series of All Time

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New 91-Day List

*Note: Listed by completed viewing equivalent *

Wednesday (Season 1 – 2022)

Hours Watched: 1,718,800,000

Views: 252,100,000
Adolescence (Limited Series – 2025)

Hours: 546,500,000

Views: 142,600,000
Stranger Things (Season 4 – 2022)

Hours: 1,838,000,000

Views: 140,700,000
**Stranger Things 5 (2025) **

Hours: 1,391,300,000

Views: 133,800,000
**Wednesday (Season 2 – 2025) **

*Hours: 928,500,000

Views: 119,300,000
DAHMER: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Season 1 – 2022)

Hours: 1,031,100,000

Views: 115,600,000
Bridgerton (Season 1 – 2022)

Hours: 929,300,000

Views: 113,300,000
The Queen’s Gambit (Limited Series – 2020)

Hours: 746,400,000

Views: 112,800,000
**Bridgerton (Season 3 – 2024) **

*Hours: 846,500,000

Views: 106,000,000
HIS & HERS (Limited Series – 2026)

Hours: 428,900,000

Views: 98,200,000

Previously in the all-time top 10:

The Night Agent (Season 1 – 2023)

Hours: 803,200,000

Views: 98,200,000
Fool Me Once (Limited Series – 2024)

Hours: 629,800,000

Views: 98,200,000
Stranger Things (Season 3 – 2019)

Hours: 716,100,000

Views: 94,800,000
Bridgerton (Season 2 – 2022)

Hours: 797,200,000

Views: 93,800,000
Baby Reindeer: Limited Series

Hours: 335,200,000

Views: 84,500,000
The Witcher (Season 1 – 2019)

Hours: 663,600,000

Views: 83,000,000
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Limited Series – 2023)

*Hours: 526,800,000 *

Views: 81,300,000
The Watcher (Season 1 – 2022)

Hours: 447,100,000

Views: 79,600,000

Old 28 Day Stats for English Series

*Note: Stats stopped being used in June 2023. *

Stranger Things (Season 4) – 1,352,090,000 hours watched
Wednesday (Season 1) – 1,237,150,000 hours watched
DAHMER (Limited Series) – 856,220,000 hours watched
Bridgerton (Season 2) – 656,260,000 hours watched
The Night Agent (Season 1) – 626,990,000 hours watched
Bridgerton (Season 1) – 625,490,000 hours watched
Stranger Things (Season 3) – 582,100,000 hours watched
Lucifer (Season 5) – 569,480,000 hours watched
The Witcher (Season 1) – 541,010,000 hours watched
Inventing Anna (Limited Series) – 511,920,000 hours watched

Previously featured in all-time top 10:

Ginny & Georgia (Season 2) – 504,780,000 hours watched
13 Reasons Why (Season 2) – 496,120,000 hours watched
Ozark (Season 4) – 491,090,000 hours watched
13 Reasons Why (Season 1) – 475,570,000 hours watched
Maid (Limited Series) – 469,090,000 hours watched
You (Season 3) – 467,820,000 hours watched
You (Season 2) – 457,370,000 hours watched
Stranger Things (Season 2) – 427,440,000 hours watched
Sex Education (Season 3) – 418,760,000 hours watched
Ginny & Georgia (Season 1) – 381,000,000 hours watched

Most Watched English Language Movies of All Time

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New 91-Day List

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

Hours: 541,800,000

Views: 325,100,000
Red Notice (2021)

Hours Viewed: 454,200,000

Views: 230,900,000
Carry-On (2024)

Hours: 344,100,000

Views: 172,100,000
Don’t Look Up (2021)

Hours: 408,600,000

Views: 171,400,000
The Adam Project (2022)

Hours: 281,000,000

Views: 157,600,000
Bird Box (2018)

Hours: 325,300,000

*Views: 157,400,*000
Back in Action (2025)

Hours: 279,700,000

Views 147,200,000
**Leave the World Behind (2023) **

Hours: 339,300,000

Views: 143,400,000
The Gray Man (2022)

Hours: 299,500,000

Views: 139,300,000
Damsel (2024)

Hours: 253,000,000

Views: 138,000,000

Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:

We Can Be Heroes (2020)

Hours: 231,200,000

Views: 137,300,000
**The Mother (2023) **

Hours: 265,900,000

Views: 136,400,000
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

Hours: 320,300,000

Views: 136,300,000
**Extraction (2020) **

Hours: 266,900,000

Views: 135,700,000
Extraction 2 (2023)

Hours: 278,700,000

Views: 134,900,000
Spenser Confidential (2020)

Hours: 238,900,000

Views: 129,100,000

Old 28 Day Stats for English Films

*Note: Stats stopped being used in June 2023. *

Red Notice – 364,020,000 hours watched
Don’t Look Up – 359,790,000 hours watched
Bird Box – 282,020,000 hours watched
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – 279,740,000 hours watched
The Gray Man – 253,870,000 hours watched
The Mother – 234,070,000 hours watched
The Adam Project – 233,160,000 hours watched
Extraction – 231,340,000 hours watched
Purple Hearts – 228,690,000 hours watched
The Unforgivable – 214,700,000 hours watched

Previously featured in all-time top 10:

The Irishman – 214,570,000 hours watched
The Kissing Booth 2 – 209,250,000 hours watched
6 Underground – 205,470,000 hours watched
Spenser Confidential – 197,320,000 hours watched
Enola Holmes – 189,900,000 hours watched
Army of the Dead – 186,540,000 hours watched
The Old Guard – 185,710,000 hours watched
Murder Mystery – 169,590,000 hours watched

Most-Watched Non-English Language Series of All Time

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New 91-Day List

Squid Game (Season 1 – 2021)

Hours Viewed: 2,205,200,000

Views: 265,200,000
Squid Game (Season 2 – 2024)

Hours: 1,380,100,000

Views: 192,600,000
Squid Game (Season 3 – 2025)

Hours: 894,300,000

*Views: 145,800,000 *
Money Heist (Part 4 – 2020)

Hours: 710,200,000

Views: 106,000,000
Lupin (Part 1 – 2021)

Hours: 396,300,000

Views: 99,500,000
Money Heist (Part 5 – 2021)

Hours: 900,700,000

Views: 99,200,000
Money Heist (Part 3 – 2019)

Hours: 519,800,000

Views: 80,000,000
La Palma (Limited Series – 2024)

Hours: 215,700,000

Views: 70,300,000
Lupin (Part 2 – 2021)

Hours: 258,900,000

Views: 68,400,000
Who Killed Sara? (Season 1 – 2021)

Hours: 392,400,000

Views: 58,400,000

Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:

Berlin (Season 1 – 2023)

Hours: 372,600,000

Views: 56,700,000
All of Us Are Dead (Season 1 – 2022)

Hours: 679,300,000

Views: 55,500,000
Dear Child (Limited Series – 2023)

Hours: 245,400,000

Views: 50,900,000
Elite (Season 3 – 2020)

Hours: 334,800,000

Views: 50,000,000
Elite (Season 4 – 2021)

Hours: 302,200,000

Views: 46,300,000

Old 28-Day Stats for Non-English Series

*Note: Stats stopped being used in June 2023. *

Squid Game (Season 1) – 1,650,450,000 hours watched
Money Heist (Part 5) – 792,230,000 hours watched
Money Heist (Part 4) – 619,010,000 hours watched
All of Us Are Dead (Season 1) – 560,780,000 hours watched
The Glory (Season 1) – 436,890,000 hours watched
Money Heist (Part 3) – 426,400,000 hours watched
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Season 1) – 402,470,000 hours watched
Café con aroma de mujer (Season 1) – 326,910,000 hours watched
Lupin (Part 1) – 316,830,000 hours watched
Elite (Season 3) – 275,300,000 hours watched

Previously featured in all-time top 10:

Who Killed Sara? (Season 1) – 266,430,000 hours watched
Money Heist (Part 5) – 395,130,000 hours watched
Elite (Season 4) – 257,090,000 hours watched
Lupin (Part 2) – 214,070,000 hours watched
Dark Desire (Season 1) – 213,790,000 hours watched

Most Watched Non-English Language Movies of All Time

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New 91-Day List

Troll (2022)

Hours Watched: 178,600,000

Views: 103,000,000
Under Paris (2024)

Hours: 177,300,000

Views: 102,300,000
Society of the Snow (2024)

Hours: 239,700,000

*Views: 98,500,000

Exterritorial (2025)

Hours: 166,500,000

Views: 91,700,000
**The Great Flood (2025) **

Hours: 157,300,000

Views: 86,600,000
Nowhere (2023)

Hours: 155,600,000

Views: 85,700,000
The Platform (2020)

Hours: 138,700,000

Views: 82,800,000
Counterattack (2025)

Hours: 94,800,000

Views: 66,900,000
**Ad Vitam (2025) **

Hours: 103,000,000

Views: 63,100,000
**Brick (2025) **

Hours: 104,000,000

Views: 61,800,000

Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:

Through My Window (2022)

Hours: 116,000,000

Views: 61,100,000
AKA (2023)

Hours: 125,900,000

Views: 60,900,000
Blood Red Sky (2021)

Hours: 124,800,000

Views: 60,900,000
My Name Is Vendetta (2022)

Hours: 86,500,000

Views: 56,400,000
Black Crab (2022)

Hours: 103,300,000

Views: 53,900,000
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

Hours: 129,400,000

Views: 52,100,000
Below Zero (2021)

Hours: 86,700,000

Views: 48,600,000
Loving Adults (2022)

Hours: 83,600,000

Views: 47,300,000

Old 28-Day Stats for Non-English Films

*Note: Stats stopped being used in June 2023. *

Troll (Norwegian) – 155,560,000 hours watched
Blood Red Sky (German) – 110,520,000 hours watched
**AKA **(French) – 110,410,000 hours watched
The Platform (Spanish) – 108,090,000 hours watched
All Quiet on the Western Front (German) – 101,360,000 hours watched
Black Crab (Swedish) – 94,130,000 hours watched
Through My Window (Spanish) – 92,440,000 hours watched
Hunger (Thai) – 80,910,000 hours watched
The Takedown (French) – 78,630,000 hours watched
Below Zero (Spanish) – 78,300,000 hours watched

Previously featured in all-time top 10:

My Name Is Vendetta (Italian) – 68,730,000 hours watched
Loving Adults (Danish) – 67,340,000 hours watched
Rogue City (French) – 66,600,000 hours watched
Carter (Korean) – 65,390,000 hours watched
The Forgotten Battle (Dutch) – 60,930,000 hours watched
Restless (French) – 59,060,000 hours watched
Lost Bullet (French) – 58,320,000 hours watched
Spoiled Brats (French) – 56,900,000 hours watched
#Alive (Korean) – 54,620,000 hours watched
Space Sweepers (Korean) – 53,340,000 hours watched
The Last Mercenary (French) – 52,110,000 hours watched
Just Another Christmas (Brazilian) – 48,430,000 hours watched

Most Watched Live Event of All Time

Note: This uses data from the Netflix Engagement Reports and the half-year data in which each title was released, or if that data isn’t yet available, the first week top 10 data. Excludes WWE. Still waiting for data for the 2025 Netflix NFL Games.

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Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson (2024)

Hours: 235,700,000 (Second Half of 2024)

Views: 48,900,000
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023)

Hours: 36,200,000 (H1- 2023)

Views: 31,000,000
The Roast of Tom Brady (2024)

Hours: 68,700,000 (H1- 2024)

Views: 22,400,000
Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford (2025)

Hours: 69,600,000 (September 8 – 14, 2025)

Views: 17,700,000
Christmas Gameday: Ravens vs. Texans (2024)

Hours: 42,800,000 (H2 – 2024)

Views: 14,400,000
Christmas Gameday: Chiefs vs. Steelers (2024)

Hours: 41,200,000 (H2 – 2024)

Views: 14,300,000
Christmas Gameday: Lions vs. Vikings (2025)

Hours: 30,900,000 (H2 -2025)

Views: 12,800,000
Christmas Gameday: Cowboys vs. Commanders (2025)

Hours: 23,800,000

Views: 10,100,000
Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua (2025)

*Hours: 35,300,000 *

Views: 10,900,000
Katt Williams: Woke Foke (2024)

Hours: 10,600,000 (H1 – 2024)

Views: 10,300,000

Previously, in the All-Time Most Watched List

Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (2024)

Hours: 8,300,000 (H2 – 2024)

*Views: 7,400,000 *
Pop the Balloon LIVE: Get It Poppin’ (2025)

Hours: 2,600,000 (H1 – 2025)

Views: 3,400,000
**Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3 (2025) **

*Hours: 9,400,000 *(July 6th, 2025 to July 13th, 2025)

Views: 2,800,000
Netflix Tudum 2025

Hours: 4,200,000 (H1 – 2025)

*Views: 2,200,000 *
Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney: Should I Lend People Money? (2025)

Hours: 1,500,000 (H1 – 2025)

Views: 1,600,00
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef (2024)

Hours: 1,400,000 (H2 -2024)

Views: 1,200,000
The Netflix Slam (2024)

Hours: 2,600,000 (H1 -2024)

*Views: 1,000,000 *
Dinner Time Live with David Chang + Holiday Edition (2024)

Hours: 11,800,000 (2024 Combined – As It Crossed Multiple Months)

Views: 700,000
The Netflix Cup (2023)

Hours: 1,700,000 (H2 -2023)

Views: 700,000

For more on the Netflix top 10s and to search all the titles with hourly data stats released, check out our search tool here.

This post will be updated over time to reflect additions to the top 10s. What’s been your favorite movie or series listed above? Let us know in the comments below.