Bridgerton, Stranger Things, Bird Box … What are the most watched series and movies on Netflix?

Until now, when Netflix deigned to communicate its “audiences”, the company totaled the number of subscriber accounts having viewed at least two minutes of a program. This time around, the streaming giant took an interest in the total number of hours watched for a program in the 28 days following its release on the platform. This method of calculation somewhat upsets the ranking of the most popular series and movies on Netflix. Side series, “The Chronicle of Bridgerton” is essential with these two systems of classification. The royal series also attracted the largest number of accounts (82 million worldwide) and accumulated the largest number of hours watched, 625 million in total. If the first season of “Lupine, in the shadow of Arsene” comes in second place by taking the first method of calculation (76 million connected accounts), it is “La casa de papel: part 4” which takes its up with the other method thanks to 619 million hours streamed. On the third step, season 3 of the series “Stranger Things” exceeds the first season of “The Witcher” in terms of hours watched with 582 million against 541 million for the adaptation of the literary saga.

“Bird Box” and “Tyler Rake” always on top

When it comes to films, the action movie “Tyler Rake” starring Chris Hemsworth tops the charts with 99 million accounts having discovered at least two minutes of the film within 28 days of its release on the platform. The dystopian film “Bird Box” takes second place with 89 million accounts while “Spenser Confidential” with Mark Wahlberg takes third place with 85 million accounts. In terms of the number of hours watched, the top 10 is slightly different. “Bird Box” carried by Sandra Bullock takes first place with 282 million hours against 231 million for “Tyler Rake”. Finally if “Spenser Confidential” comes third of the most watched films in relation to the number of accounts, it is the epic film “The Irishman” with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro which wins with 215 million hours watched. Despite these different rankings, many voices had nonetheless criticized the Netflix system for ranking its best programs, counting only the number of accounts and not of people. Top 10 series / number of accounts (having watched at least two minutes of the program in their first 28 days on Netflix) 1. The Bridgerton Chronicle (season 1) – 82 million 2. Lupine: Part 1 – 76 million 3. The Witcher (saison 1) – 76 millions4. Sex/Life (saison 1) – 67 millions5. Stranger Things (saison 3) – 67 millions6. La casa de papel (part 4) – 65 millions 7. In the kingdom of wild animals (season 1) – 64 millions 8. The Lady’s game – 62 million 9. Sweet Tooth (saison 1) – 60 millions10. Emily in Paris (saison 1) – 58 millions Top 10 movies / number of accounts (having watched at least two minutes of the program in their first 28 days on Netflix) 1. Tyler Rake – 93 millions2. Bird Box – 89 millions3. Spenser Confidential – 85 millions4. 6 Underground – 83 millions5. Murder Mystery – 83 millions6. The Old Guard – 78 millions7. Enola Holmes – 77 millions8. Project Power – 75 millions9. Army of the Dead – 75 millions10. Fatherhood – 74 millions Top 10 series / number of hours watched (during the first 28 days on Netflix) 1. The Bridgerton Chronicle (season 1) – 625 million 2. The paper house – 619 million 3. Strangers Things (saison 3) – 582 millions4. The Witcher (saison 1) – 541 millions5. 13 Reasons Why (saison 2) – 496 millions6. 13 Reasons Why (saison 1) -476 millions7. You (season 2) – 457 million 8. Stranger Things (saison 2) – 427 millions9. La casa de papel (part 3) – 426 millions 10. Ginny & Georgia (season 1) – 381 million Top 10 movies / number of hours watched (during the first 28 days on Netflix) 1. Bird Box – 282 millions2. Tyler Rake – 231 millions3. The Irishman – 215 millions 4. The Kissing Booth 2 – 209 millions5. 6 Underground – 205 millions6. Spenser Confidential – 197 millions7. Enola Holmes – 190 millions 8. Army of the Dead – 187 millions9. The Old Guard – 186 millions10. Murder Mystery – 170 millions