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Netflix has had some big hits, and thanks to its top 10 site, we can track the biggest movie and series launches of all time (and those that were previously in the top 10, too). So here’s an updated look at the most watched English and non-English movies and TV shows on Netflix.
To measure its biggest hits, Netflix uses hours watched and completed viewing equivalents (CVE for short). These viewing hours are from Netflix’s global subscriber base, and CVE works by taking the runtime of the show or movie and dividing it 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 who watched within the first 28 days. While these numbers are hard to stack against the list below, we have kept a record of all the old Netflix viewership stats here. Those numbers are correct up through October 2021, when Netflix switched.
Below, we’ve compiled a full list of all titles in the top 10 since mid-2021. This gives us a complete list of older 28-day hourly stats and Netflix’s newer 91-day stat, and we’ve split it into each category.
Note: Last updated on September 11th, 2024, to conclude Under Paris’s run and update numbers for Bridgerton season 3, which is still counting.
Most Watched English Language Series of All Time
Picture: Netflix / MGM Television
New 91-Day List
Note: Listed by completed viewing equivalent
- Wednesday (Season 1 – 2022)
- Hours Watched: 1,718,800,000
- Completed Viewing Equivalent: 252,100,000
- Stranger Things (Season 4 – 2022)
- Hours: 1,838,000,000
- CVE: 140,700,000
- DAHMER: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Season 1 – 2022)
- Hours: 1,031,100,000
- CVE: 115,600,000
- Bridgerton (Season 1 – 2022)
- Hours: 929,300,000
- CVE: 113,300,000
- The Queen’s Gambit (Limited Series – 2020)
- Hours: 746,400,000
- CVE: 112,800,000
- Bridgerton (Season 3 – 2024)*
- Hours: 845,300,000
- CVE: 105,900,000
- Note: It will continue rising through September 2024.
- The Night Agent (Season 1 – 2023)
- Hours: 803,200,000
- CVE: 98,200,000
- Fool Me Once (Limited Series – 2024)
- Hours: 629,800,000
- CVE: 98,200,000
- Stranger Things (Season 3 – 2019)
- Hours: 716,100,000
- CVE: 94,800,000
- Bridgerton (Season 2 – 2022)
- Hours: 797,200,000
- CVE: 93,800,000
Previously in the all-time top 10:
- Baby Reindeer: Limited Series
- Hours: 335,200,000
- CVE: 84,500,000
- The Witcher (Season 1 – 2019)
- Hours: 663,600,000
- CVE: 83,000,000
- Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Limited Series – 2023)
- Hours: 526,800,000
- CVE: 81,300,000
- The Watcher (Season 1 – 2022)
- Hours: 447,100,000
- CVE: 79,600,000
Most Watched English Language Movies of All Time
Red Notice – Picture: Netflix
New 91-Day List
- Red Notice (2021)
- Hours Viewed: 454,200,000
- Completed Viewing Equivalent: 230,900,000
- Don’t Look Up (2021)
- Hours: 408,600,000
- CVE: 171,400,000
- The Adam Project (2022)
- Hours: 281,000,000
- CVE: 157,600,000
- Bird Box (2018)
- Hours: 325,300,000
- CVE: 157,400,000
- Leave the World Behind (2023)
- Hours: 339,300,000
- CVE: 143,400,000
- The Gray Man (2022)
- Hours: 299,500,000
- CVE: 139,300,000
- Damsel (2024)
- Hours: 253,000,000
- CVE: 138,000,000
- We Can Be Heroes (2020)
- Hours: 231,200,000
- CVE: 137,300,000
- The Mother (2023)
- Hours: 265,900,000
- CVE: 136,400,000
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
- Hours: 320,300,000
- CVE: 136,300,000
Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:
- Extraction (2020)
- Hours: 266,900,000
- CVE: 135,700,000
- Extraction 2 (2023)
- Hours: 278,700,000
- CVE: 134,900,000
- Spenser Confidential (2020)
- Hours: 238,900,000
- CVE: 129,100,000
Most Watched Non-English Language Series of All Time
Squid Game – Picture: Netflix
New 91-Day List
- Squid Game (Season 1 – 2021)
- Hours Viewed: 2,205,200,000
- Completed Viewing Equivalent: 265,200,000
- Money Heist (Part 4 – 2020)
- Hours: 710,200,000
- CVE: 106,000,000
- Lupin (Part 1 – 2021)
- Hours: 396,300,000
- CVE: 99,500,000
- Money Heist (Part 5 – 2021)
- Hours: 900,700,000
- CVE: 99,200,000
- Money Heist (Part 3 – 2019)
- Hours: 519,800,000
- CVE: 80,000,000
- Lupin (Part 2 – 2021)
- Hours: 258,900,000
- CVE: 68,400,000
- Who Killed Sara? (Season 1 – 2021)
- Hours: 392,400,000
- CVE: 58,400,000
- Berlin (Season 1 – 2023)
- Hours: 372,600,000
- CVE: 56,700,000
- All of Us Are Dead (Season 1 – 2022)
- Hours: 679,300,000
- CVE: 55,500,000
- Dear Child (Limited Series – 2023)
- Hours: 245,400,000
- CVE: 50,900,000
Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:
- Elite (Season 3 – 2020)
- Hours: 334,800,000
- CVE: 50,000,000
- Elite (Season 4 – 2021)
- Hours: 302,200,000
- CVE: 46,300,000
Most Watched Non-English Language Movies of All Time
Troll – Picture: Netflix
New 91-Day List
- Troll (2022)
- Hours Watched: 178,600,000
- Completed Viewing Equivalent: 103,000,000
- Under Paris (2024)
- Hours: 177,300,000
- CVE: 102,300,000
- Society of the Snow (2024)
- Hours: 239,700,000
- CVE: 98,500,000
- Nowhere (2023)
- Hours: 155,600,000
- CVE: 85,700,000
- The Platform (2020)
- Hours: 129,700,000
- CVE: 82,800,000
- Through My Window (2022)
- Hours: 116,000,000
- CVE: 61,100,000
- AKA (2023)
- Hours: 125,900,000
- CVE: 60,900,000
- Blood Red Sky (2021)
- Hours: 124,800,000
- CVE: 60,900,000
- My Name Is Vendetta (2022)
- Hours: 86,500,000
- CVE: 56,400,000
- Black Crab (2022)
- Hours: 103,300,000
- CVE: 53,900,000
Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:
- All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
- Hours: 129,400,000
- CVE: 52,100,000
- Below Zero (2021)
- Hours: 86,700,000
- CVE: 48,600,000
- Loving Adults (2022)
- Hours: 83,600,000
- CVE: 47,300,000
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.
