Photo: Netflix. Netflix just released its list of most-streamed shows of all time and only two shows managed to garner more than 1 billion hours of watchtime. South Korean survival drama series, Squid Game, tops the list with 1.65 billion hours and Stranger Things Season 4 came in at second with 1.26 billion hours. Show Stranger Things Season 4 has had a lot of success since it launched on May 27, 2022. However, the American science fiction horror drama still needs to hit another 390 million hours to take the top spot from the viral Korean series. Eleven and her crew may need to conjure up something in the upside down to go past this milestone. The rest of the list saw familiar names like The Witcher, Bridgerton, Lucifer, All of Us are Dead, Money Heist, 13 Reasons Why, Inventing Anna and Ozark. Other notable shows just outside of the list include Sex Education, Colombian series Café Con Aroma de Mujer, and French series Lupin. Here are the top 15 most-watched shows on Netflix for 20221. Squid Game Season 1: 1.65 billion hours 2. Stranger Things Season 4: 1.26 billion hours 3. Money Heist Part 5: 792.2 million hours 4. Bridgerton Season 2: 656.2 million hours 5. Bridgerton Season 1: 625.5 million hours 6. Money Heist part 4: 619 million hours 7. Stranger Things Season 3: 582.1 million hours 8. Lucifer Season 5: 569.5 million hours 9. All of Us Are Dead Season 1: 560.8 million hours 10. The Witcher Season 1: 541 million hours 11. Inventing Anna: 511.9 million hours 12. 13 Reasons Why Season 2: 496.1 million hours 13. Ozark Season 4: 491.1 million hours 14. The Witcher Season 2: 484.3 million hours 15. 13 Reasons Why Season 1: 475.6 million hours Netflix announces partnership with Microsoft for ad-supported subscription plansIn other news, the streaming platform revealed on Thursday that it has partnered with Microsoft for its ad-supported service. The platform has been struggling with subscriptions lately and the company believes that an ad-supported tier with cheaper subscription plans will help attract more subscribers. In a press release, Greg Peters, COO and CPO at Netflix wrote, “Microsoft has the proven ability to support all our advertising needs as we work together to build a new ad-supported offering. More importantly, Microsoft offered the flexibility to innovate over time on both the technology and sales side, as well as strong privacy protections for our members.” “It’s very early days and we have much to work through. But our long term goal is clear. More choice for consumers and a premium, better-than-linear TV brand experience for advertisers. We’re excited to work with Microsoft as we bring this new service to life.”
Netflix, for years, was notoriously tight-lipped about its viewership. But after a few years of dropping stats for some of its programming, Netflix launched a website in mid-November posting charts of its most popular shows and movies from the past week, as well as a global ranking of its all-time most watched titles. The charts, which are updated every week and ranked by the total number of hours that subscribers spent watching them, 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 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 hopes you'll discover something new to watch. The company updates its weekly "Top 10 on Netflix" every Tuesday, based on hours viewed from Monday through Sunday the previous week for 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. 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. 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. These all-time rankings are also updated every Tuesday, whenever any programs make it into the charts during the week prior. Why you won't see Wednesday or 1899 in the rankings (yet)Shows and movies need sustained popularity in many countries to crack into the all-time most watched charts. That means you can see titles with "Top 10" badges in Netflix's app for days, but they still may not be generating enough hours of viewing to make the all-time rankings. For example, Wednesday, a coming-of-age supernatural comedy show based on the character of Wednesday Addams, racked up an eye-popping 341.2 million hours of viewing in just five days. 1899, a period mystery series, has generated 167.2 million in 11 days. Both have much more time in their 28-day windows to generate watch-time. But TV series need nearly half a billion hours watched to make it onto the all-time list, and even the most popular shows and movies need multiple weeks and enduring attention to accumulate enough. Netflix's most watched TV series, rankedThe 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. Again, if a new season releases its episodes in two volumes 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.
Former top-ranking shows that have been bumped out of Netflix's official all-time charts:
Netflix's most watched movies, rankedThe 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.
Former top-ranking movies that have been bumped out of Netflix's official all-time charts:
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:
Former top-ranking non-English movies that have been bumped out of the non-English top 10 include:
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