Stranger Things 5 (left) and Seven Dials (right) – Picture Credits: Netflix
It’s time for another weekly rundown of the Netflix top 10s! Below, we’ll be taking you through the biggest stories from the past week, including debuts and updates to multiple shows. This week, we’ll cover Seven Dials, Stranger Things 5, The Great Flood, Emily in Paris, HIS & HERS, Can This Love Be Translated?, People We Meet on Vacation and more!
A busy day for nerd stats on Netflix, given that, alongside Netflix’s Q4 earnings, they also released the sixth biannual Netflix Engagement Report. We’ll have more analysis to come on that, but if you don’t fancy diving into the Excel spreadsheet Netflix puts the data in, we’ve updated our big Engagement Report search tool, which features the ability to search each of the individual reports in addition to combined reports with breakouts for views and viewing hours. It’s also now got a unified search and the ability to share! Have a play and let us know what you think.
We’ve already done some analysis on The Rip, which debuted at #1 on the English movie charts with 41.6M views, which puts it in the upper tier of movie launches for the past few years. It’s not quite guaranteed a spot on Netflix’s all-time list, given that there are 80-something days still to go before the final 91-day count, but it’s off to a good start.
Let’s begin with this week’s weekly ranks, which date back to mid-2023:
English TV: 67,400,000 (Rank 14 of 135 weeks)
English Film: 99,000,000 (Rank 16 of 135 weeks)
Non-English TV: 25,100,000 (Rank 88 of 135 weeks)
Non-English Film: 14,800,000 (Rank 130 of 135 weeks)
1. Will Stranger Things 5 topple season 4? It’s a nailbiter…
Stranger Things is still dominating the top 10s with all prior seasons STILL in the weekly top 10s despite the finale having aired nearly 3 weeks ago. Those rewatches or first-time watches are incredibly impressive, but viewership is naturally falling away with season 5 facing a 45% drop in hours watched this week, in addition to the 70% drop last week. Completely natural.
Week in Top 10
Week Period
Hours Viewed
Views / CVE
Weekly Rank
1
Nov 23 to Nov 30, 2025
284,200,000 (New)
59,600,000
1
2
Nov 30 to Dec 7, 2025
112,700,000 (-60%)
23,600,000
1
3
Dec 7 to Dec 14, 2025
53,200,000 (-53%)
11,200,000
3
4
Dec 14 to Dec 21, 2025
38,900,000 (-27%)
8,200,000
4
5
Dec 21 to Dec 28, 2025
284,800,000 (+632%)
34,500,000
1
6
Dec 28 to Jan 4, 2026
325,600,000 (+14%)
31,300,000
1
7
Jan 4 to Jan 11, 2026
96,400,000 (-70%)
9,300,000
3
8
Jan 11 to Jan 18, 2026
53,500,000 (-45%)
5,100,000
4
Its performance thus far has now boosted it to the #4 spot on Netflix’s English TV all-time top 10 list, pushing Wednesday season 2 down to #5, and Stranger Things 4 being its next target, but will it get there?
For the trajectory, I once again turn to Frederic of Netflix and Chiffres, who has pretty accurately predicted some of the recent split releases from Netflix and where they ultimately end up. Looking at his chart, it’s an absolute nail-biter with season 5 almost neck and neck with season 4, but the question is how much the decay will be in the weeks to come. You could argue the season 5 curve is already a bit more extreme than season 4’s, but there are a few days in it, and every viewing hour counts.
2. Seven Dials Opens Well (With A Catch)
Picture: Netflix
Netflix UK kicked off its 2026 slate with an adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel. On the face of it, it opened pretty well with 9.9M views, but that’s on viewing hours of 26.6M. That puts it towards the upper end when compared against other limited series in recent years, but there’s a caveat. With only three episodes (and a runtime essentially that of a very long film), that works against it, given the views formula (hours viewed divided by runtime). In simple terms, it’s easier for shows with lower runtimes to get more views off the bat. Therefore, while this looks like a good start, the viewing hours will have to pick up substantially to keep up with other shows in the coming weeks.
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Adolescence, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, The Perfect Couple, All the Light We Cannot See, Wayward and 8 more Netflix titles (1-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 1 weeks for 13 Netflix titles: Adolescence, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, The Perfect Couple, All the Light We Cannot See, Wayward, A Man in Full, Bodies, One Day, House of Guinness - Season 1, Toxic Town, Boots - Season 1, Baby Reindeer, The Decameron. Combined total: 122,000,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Adolescence, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, The Perfect Couple, All the Light We Cannot See, Wayward and 8 more Netflix titles over 1 weeks.
Title
Opening Week Views
Rank
Adolescence
24,300,000
1
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
22,900,000
2
The Perfect Couple
20,300,000
3
All the Light We Cannot See
9,800,000
4
Wayward
8,200,000
5
A Man in Full
6,300,000
6
Bodies
5,500,000
7
One Day
5,300,000
8
House of Guinness - Season 1
5,200,000
9
Toxic Town
4,800,000
10
Boots - Season 1
4,700,000
11
Baby Reindeer
2,600,000
12
The Decameron
2,100,000
13
3. HIS & HERS week 2 and it’s flying high…
Several really big hitters are already in play so far for 2026, and flying high is HIS & HERS, the limited series mystery thriller that already had a strong debut last week and jumped up even higher with a 48% increase in viewing hours in its first full week.
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Adolescence, The Watcher, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, The Perfect Couple, Griselda and 5 more Netflix titles (2-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 2 weeks for 10 Netflix titles: Adolescence, The Watcher, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, The Perfect Couple, Griselda, Zero Day, Sirens, Keep Breathing, American Primeval, Baby Reindeer. Combined total: 387,600,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Adolescence, The Watcher, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, The Perfect Couple, Griselda and 5 more Netflix titles over 2 weeks.
Title
Cumulative Views (2 weeks)
Rank
Adolescence
66,300,000
1
The Watcher
48,700,000
2
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
47,400,000
3
The Perfect Couple
42,200,000
4
Griselda
41,200,000
5
Zero Day
37,000,000
6
Sirens
34,900,000
7
Keep Breathing
29,300,000
8
American Primeval
24,700,000
9
Baby Reindeer
15,900,000
10
It’s maybe a bit too early to be talking “all-time” top 10, but it’s on the right trajectory, particularly if the series keeps up its word of mouth. You can see it tracking just above The Night Agent season 1 at present, which currently occupies the #1 spot on Netflix’s all-time list at the time of publication.
Netflix Cumulative Views Over Time - His and Hers, Adolescence, DAHMER and The Night Agent - Season 1 (10-week trend)
Week-by-week cumulative views for 4 Netflix titles: His and Hers, Adolescence, DAHMER, The Night Agent - Season 1. Combined final total: 346,200,000 views.
Weekly cumulative Netflix views for His and Hers, Adolescence, DAHMER and The Night Agent - Season 1 over 10 weeks.
Title
Week 0
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Final cumulative
His and Hers
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
Adolescence
0
24,300,000
66,300,000
96,700,000
114,500,000
124,200,000
130,200,000
134,000,000
136,300,000
139,900,000
143,400,000
143,400,000
DAHMER
0
22,000,000
55,600,000
78,600,000
92,400,000
100,200,000
104,800,000
108,000,000
—
—
—
108,000,000
The Night Agent - Season 1
0
20,600,000
47,000,000
62,900,000
73,900,000
80,800,000
85,400,000
88,700,000
91,200,000
93,300,000
94,800,000
94,800,000
4. Can This Love Be Translated? Starts Strong
Another Friday means another K-Drama drop, and this week it’s the turn of Can This Love Be Translated?, which saw an unusual big push from Netflix’s US office in terms of marketing, so did it pay off? Somewhat, yes! It debuted with 4M views, which puts it towards the top end compared to other full-season Korean language drops in recent years.
Netflix Viewership Comparison - The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Can This Love Be Translated?, Cashero, Karma, Trigger and 5 more Netflix titles (1-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 1 weeks for 10 Netflix titles: The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Can This Love Be Translated?, Cashero, Karma, Trigger, As You Stood By, The Price of Confession, Dear Hongrang, You and Everything Else, Aema. Combined total: 28,500,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Can This Love Be Translated?, Cashero, Karma, Trigger and 5 more Netflix titles over 1 weeks.
Title
Opening Week Views
Rank
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
4,700,000
1
Can This Love Be Translated?
4,000,000
2
Cashero
3,800,000
3
Karma
3,600,000
4
Trigger
2,900,000
5
As You Stood By
2,300,000
6
The Price of Confession
2,200,000
7
Dear Hongrang
2,200,000
8
You and Everything Else
1,700,000
9
Aema
1,100,000
10
5. Did People We Meet on Vacation Pick Up?
Last week, it felt especially harsh covering People We Meet on Vacation, given it was the first proper movie out of the gate in 2026, and it performed… well, so-so. In week 2, things have picked up with a 36% increase in viewing hours, jumping from 33.8M to 45.8M, and views going from 17.2M to 23.3M. The verdict? Better, but around the middle of the pack, sitting between Lindsay Lohan’s Irish Wish and Amy Schumer’s Kinda Pregnant.
Netflix Viewership Comparison - A Family Affair, Your Place or Mine, The Life List, Mother of the Bride, My Oxford Year and 12 more Netflix titles (2-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 2 weeks for 17 Netflix titles: A Family Affair, Your Place or Mine, The Life List, Mother of the Bride, My Oxford Year, Irish Wish, People We Meet on Vacation, Kinda Pregnant, Nonnas, The Wrong Paris, La Dolce Villa, Find Me Falling, Ruth and Boaz, Happiness for Beginners, A Tourist's Guide to Love, Faraway, The Perfect Find. Combined total: 638,100,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for A Family Affair, Your Place or Mine, The Life List, Mother of the Bride, My Oxford Year and 12 more Netflix titles over 2 weeks.
Title
Cumulative Views (2 weeks)
Rank
A Family Affair
58,700,000
1
Your Place or Mine
56,800,000
2
The Life List
53,600,000
3
Mother of the Bride
52,100,000
4
My Oxford Year
51,800,000
5
Irish Wish
45,000,000
6
People We Meet on Vacation
40,500,000
7
Kinda Pregnant
38,800,000
8
Nonnas
35,300,000
9
The Wrong Paris
34,600,000
10
La Dolce Villa
33,900,000
11
Find Me Falling
30,500,000
12
Ruth and Boaz
24,400,000
13
Happiness for Beginners
22,400,000
14
A Tourist's Guide to Love
21,500,000
15
Faraway
20,200,000
16
The Perfect Find
18,000,000
17
6. Some More Check-Ins
Let’s begin with the Harlan Coben show now that Run Away is in week 3! Each of these limited series debuted on different days, but that becomes less of a factor as the weeks progress. Still, we can say that compared to the other New Year’s Coben drops, Run Away is now in third place, with Fool Me Once being a total outlier.
Netflix Cumulative Views Over Time - Run Away, Fool Me Once, Missing You and Stay Close (6-week trend)
Week-by-week cumulative views for 4 Netflix titles: Run Away, Fool Me Once, Missing You, Stay Close. Combined final total: 204,400,000 views.
Weekly cumulative Netflix views for Run Away, Fool Me Once, Missing You and Stay Close over 6 weeks.
Title
Week 0
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Final cumulative
Run Away
0
12,700,000
28,300,000
34,400,000
38,000,000
—
—
38,000,000
Fool Me Once
0
37,100,000
61,000,000
72,200,000
79,800,000
84,900,000
88,200,000
88,200,000
Missing You
0
21,700,000
36,900,000
42,500,000
45,700,000
—
—
45,700,000
Stay Close
0
5,000,000
19,600,000
28,200,000
32,500,000
—
—
32,500,000
We should also update you on Emily in Paris, despite its future being already secure for a 2026 return with season 6. We can’t directly compare with season 4, since it was split across two parts, but we can still see that the show has decayed season over season. As of week 5, when prior seasons dropped out of the weekly top 10s, season 5 is down 25% from season 3, which is still pretty impressive. We suspect season 5 will also drop out next week, so this will be our last check-in until season 6 drops.
Netflix Cumulative Views Over Time - Emily in Paris - Season 5, Emily in Paris - Season 3 and Emily in Paris - Season 2 (5-week trend)
Week-by-week cumulative views for 3 Netflix titles: Emily in Paris - Season 5, Emily in Paris - Season 3, Emily in Paris - Season 2. Combined final total: 154,900,000 views.
Weekly cumulative Netflix views for Emily in Paris - Season 5, Emily in Paris - Season 3 and Emily in Paris - Season 2 over 5 weeks.
Title
Week 0
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Final cumulative
Emily in Paris - Season 5
0
13,500,000
26,800,000
34,200,000
38,700,000
41,400,000
41,400,000
Emily in Paris - Season 3
0
21,400,000
38,700,000
47,400,000
52,000,000
54,800,000
54,800,000
Emily in Paris - Season 2
0
21,200,000
39,300,000
49,200,000
55,100,000
58,700,000
58,700,000
Finally, The Great Flood’s race in the most-watched list continues, and it’s almost neck and neck with last year’s Exterritorial.
Netflix Cumulative Views Over Time - The Great Flood, Nowhere, Exterritorial and Society of the Snow (8-week trend)
Week-by-week cumulative views for 4 Netflix titles: The Great Flood, Nowhere, Exterritorial, Society of the Snow. Combined final total: 338,600,000 views.
Weekly cumulative Netflix views for The Great Flood, Nowhere, Exterritorial and Society of the Snow over 8 weeks.
Title
Week 0
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Final cumulative
The Great Flood
0
27,900,000
61,000,000
72,100,000
77,300,000
79,800,000
81,200,000
82,200,000
—
82,200,000
Nowhere
0
23,800,000
53,700,000
66,900,000
71,900,000
74,400,000
76,400,000
78,000,000
79,400,000
79,400,000
Exterritorial
0
38,300,000
62,000,000
70,900,000
76,300,000
80,200,000
82,200,000
84,000,000
85,800,000
85,800,000
Society of the Snow
0
22,900,000
51,000,000
64,400,000
75,000,000
81,900,000
86,000,000
89,100,000
91,200,000
91,200,000
What’s your big story from the Netflix top 10s this week? Let us know in the comments.
