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Netflix’s Biggest Hit Shows and Movies, Ranked (According to Netflix)

Netflix publishes weekly stats for its most watched series and films. We track the most popular of all time.

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 From Scratch or Inside Man in the rankings

Shows and movies need sustained popularity in many countries to crack into the all-time most watched charts. That means you can see titles ranked in Netflix’s app for days as being among the service’s most popular in your country, but they still may not be generating enough hours of viewing to make the all-time rankings.

From Scratch, a romantic limited series starring Zoe Saldaña, has pulled in nearly 155 million hours of watch-time since it came out Oct. 21, through Sunday. Inside Man, a British thriller limited series that’s already aired on regular TV in the UK, racked up 52.9 million hours in just seven days. And both have more time in their 28-day windows to generate watch-time that could get them into the rankings. 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 to accumulate enough.

Netflix’s most watched TV series, ranked

The 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.

  1. Squid Game (season 1), a Korean survival thriller — 1.65 billion hours.

  2. Stranger Things (season 4), a retro sci-fi series — 1.35 billion hours.
  3. Dahmer, a true-crime serial killer series — 856.2 million hours.

  4. Money Heist (part 5), a Spanish-language thriller — 792.2 million hours.
  5. Bridgerton (season 2), a period romance — 656.3 million hours.

  6. Bridgerton (season 1) — 625.5 million hours.
  7. Money Heist (part 4) — 619 million hours.
  8. Stranger Things (season 3), a retro sci-fi series — 582.1 million hours.
  9. Lucifer (season 5), a fantasy police procedural — 569.5 million hours.
  10. All of Us Are Dead, a Korean zombie thriller taking place in a high school — 560.8 million hours.
  11. The Witcher (season 1), a fantasy show — 541 million hours.
  12. Inventing Anna, a true-crime limited series about a fake socialite — 511.9 million hours
  13. 13 Reasons Why (season 2), a controversial teen drama — 496.1 million hours.
  14. Ozark (season 4), a crime drama series — 491.1 million hours.

Former top-ranking shows that have been bumped out of Netflix’s official all-time charts:

  • The Witcher (season 2) — 484.3 million hours.
  • 13 Reasons Why (season 1) — 475.6 million hours
  • Maid, a limited series about a young mother fleeing abuse — 469.1 million hours.
  • You (season 3), a psychological thriller — 467.8 million hours.
  • You (season 2) — 457.4 million hours.
  • Stranger Things (season 2) — 427.4 million hours.
  • Money Heist (part 3) — 426.4 million hours.
  • Sex Education (season 3), a British teen dramedy — 419 million hours.
  • Ginny & Georgia (season 1), a dramedy about a young mom and kids — 381 million hours.
  • Extraordinary Attorney Woo (season 1), a South Korean legal drama — 402.5 million hours.

  • CafĂ© con Aroma de Mujer (season 1), a Colombian telenovela — 326.9 million hours.

  • Lupin (part 1), a French heist show — 316.8 million hours.
  • Elite (season 3), a Spanish teen drama — 275.3 million hours.

  • Who Killed Sara? (season 1), a Mexican mystery thriller — 266.4 million hours.
  • Elite (season 4) — 257.1 million hours.
  • The Queen of Flow (season 2), a musical Colombian telenovela — 230.3 million hours.

  • Lupin (part 2) — 214.1 million hours.
  • Dark Desire (season 1), a Mexican dramatic thriller — 213 million hours.

Netflix’s most watched movies, ranked

The 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.

  1. Red Notice, an action movie starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds — 364 million hours.
  2. Don’t Look Up, a dark comedy with a star-packed cast — 359.8 million hours.
  3. Bird Box, a post-apocalyptic movie starring Sandra Bullock — 282 million hours.
  4. The Gray Man, a CIA action thriller — 253.9 million hours.
  5. The Adam Project, a sci-fi adventure comedy — 233.2 million hours.
  6. Extraction, an action movie starring Chris Hemsworth — 231.3 million hours.
  7. Purple Hearts, a romantic drama about a musician marrying a Marine — 228.7 million hours.
  8. The Unforgivable, a drama about a woman rebuilding her life after prison — 214.7 million hours.
  9. The Irishman, a period Mafia epic directed by Martin Scorsese– 214.6 million hours.
  10. The Kissing Booth 2, a teen rom-com sequel — 209.3 million hours.

Former top-ranking movies that have been bumped out of Netflix’s official all-time charts:

  • 6 Underground, a Michael Bay explosion-fest starring Ryan Reynolds — 205.5 million hours.
  • Spenser Confidential, an action-comedy starring Mark Wahlberg — 197.3 million hours.

  • Enola Holmes, a period detective film — 189.9 million hours.
  • Army of the Dead, a heist set in a zombie apocalypse — 187 million hours.

  • The Old Guard, an action-thriller starring Charlize Theron — 186 million hours.
  • Murder Mystery, a comedy starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston — 170 million hours.

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:

  • Blood Red Sky, a German/British action horror film set during a plane hijacking — 110.5 million hours.
  • The Platform, a Spanish social commentary wrapped in a horror film — 108.1 million hours.
  • Black Crab, a Swedish apocalyptic war thriller starring Noomi Rapace — 94.1 million hours.
  • Through My Window, a Spanish teen romance — 92.4 million hours.
  • The Takedown, a French cop comedy — 78.6 million hours.
  • Below Zero, a Spanish action thriller about a breakout from a prison transport vehicle — 78.3 million hours.
  • All Quiet on the Western Front, a German war drama — 71.5 million hours.
  • Loving Adults, a Danish thriller about an extramarital affair — 67.3 million.
  • Rogue City, a French action thriller about an unorthodox team of cops — 66.6 million hours.
  • Carter, a South Korean action thriller about a man who wakes up with no memories and a voice in his ear — 65.4 million hours.
  • The Forgotten Battle, a Dutch World War II film — 60.9 million hours.

Former top-ranking non-English movies that have been bumped out of the non-English top 10 include:

  • Restless, a French action thriller — 59.1 million hours.
  • Lost Bullet, like a Fast & Furious movie but French — 58.3 million hours
  • Spoiled Brats, a French comedy about rich siblings tricked into earning their own living — 56.9 million hours.
  • #Alive, a South Korean movie about a gamer’s bid to survive the zombie apocalypse — 54.6 million hours.
  • Space Sweepers, a South Korean space western with a weaponized child-android — 53.3 million hours
  • The Last Mercenary, a French action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme — 52.1 million hours.
  • Just Another Christmas, a Brazilian Christmas comedy — 48 million hours.

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Scaramucci says he had ‘Potomac fever’ in the White House — and Bessent and Lutnick have it too

“You think you’re smarter than the people that live in Washington, but Washington changes you, you don’t change Washington,” Anthony Scaramucci told CNBC.

Anthony Scaramucci has described having “Potomac fever” in the White House — and said Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick have it as well.

Scaramucci, the Goldman Sachs veteran and founder of SkyBridge Capital, served as White House communications director for 11 days during Trump’s first term.

He told CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick that he arrived in Washington with a “level of naivetĂ©.”

“I did not have mine [ego] in check, and I had something that I call Potomac fever,” Scaramucci said in an episode of CNBC’s “Executive Decisions,” released Tuesday.

“Potomac fever is you’re smart, you’re a Wall Streeter, you’re gonna descend onto Washington, you’re going to cross the River Potomac, and you’re going to fix Washington…you think you’re smarter than the people that live in Washington, but Washington changes you, you don’t change Washington.”

“One of the great symptoms of Potomac fever is you don’t know you have it. Bessent has it. Lutnick has it. You’re tying your ego to the motorcade, the insider thing. I’m on the inside with the Secret Service protection. You’re not, and it is an aphrodisiac. It is a seductive force if you’re not careful,” he said.

Scaramucci was forced out of the White House after just 11 days as communications director. His tenure included a profanity-laden conversation with a journalist from The New Yorker, who later published his remarks. The brevity made him a figure of mockery.

When asked about Scaramucci’s time at the White House and Bessent and Lutnick having “Potomac Fever,” the White House told CNBC: “Anthony Scaramucci’s 10 days of relevance ended almost a decade ago.”

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Scaramucci also described his career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, where he was fired “due to incompetence” but then rehired.

“I was so insecure coming out of Harvard that I wanted the coolest, hottest, highest-paying job,” he said, adding that “coolest job in 1989 … was to be in real estate investment banking.”

“That was really stupid. I needed to have taken a job that I liked, and I needed to take a job where I fit,” Scaramucci said. “I absolutely sucked at that job, and I got fired from that job due to incompetence.”

Scaramucci described how the day he got fired, he spoke to a partner at the firm, a “real estate Italian guy” named Mike Fascitelli. Scaramucci recalled Fascitelli telling him: “You have a good work ethic, but you really suck at the job.”

Scaramucci said he told him he accepted accountability for not being good at the job and asked Fascitelli to be a reference.

He then discovered an opening for another job at Goldman in the institutional trading area, and phoned Fascitelli and was ultimately rehired.

“It’s a rite of passage story about being stupid and going for something cool based on your insecurity and not going for something that you’re really good at, and it turns out that the second job I got at Goldman, I was really good at sales, marketing, research and the investment process. I was way better at that than investment banking,” he added.

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Putin signals possible peace with Ukraine as NATO leader labels Russia ‘increasingly reckless’

Putin indicates a possible peace path with Ukraine while NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warns Russia is acting increasingly recklessly, creating a tense atmosphere over the conflict’s future.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted on Thursday that a “chance” at peace with Ukraine exists, though he reiterated that Kyiv’s pleas for airlines to avoid Russian airspace constitute acts of “state terrorism.”

“Ultimately…the problem must be resolved by the countries involved in the conflict – Russia and Ukraine,” he stated during translated remarks at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, a city in Eastern Russia. “Is there a chance [at peace]? In my view, yes, there is.”

Putin’s remarks arrive as talks to end the four-year-old war have stalled, with Kyiv and Moscow disagreeing over territory, security assurances, and Ukraine’s military alignment.

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, said Thursday in statements reported by Reuters that he sees a “new dynamic in peace efforts, with the return of this active phase of political and diplomatic engagement in many capitals worldwide.”

U.S. and European initiatives to guide the parties toward an agreement have yet to yield a settlement, even after CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow last week to caution Russia against escalation, according to media reports.

Other notable interventions from foreign nations include Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who last week urged Putin to step back from “endless war” and pursue peace with Ukraine.

Similarly, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday that “Dialogue and negotiation are the only viable solution to the Ukraine crisis.” This follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call to Beijing for a “strong diplomatic role” to help conclude the war.

Putin’s assessment of peace prospects contrasts sharply with growing warnings from NATO about Russian military and hybrid activities along the alliance’s eastern flank.

Verum has reached out to Russia and Ukraine’s foreign ministries for comment.

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Russia is becoming “increasingly reckless,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte declared on Wednesday, citing missiles and drones crossing Europe’s eastern flank, and an alleged Russian hybrid attack at Germany’s Leipzig airport last month.

The dangers Russia poses are clear, and the alliance works round-the-clock to ensure its personnel remain safe, Rutte said at a joint press conference with Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.

“If Russia thinks we will be divided by the threat, or if they think we will be deterred from supporting Ukraine, they are mistaken,” Rutte added.

President Zelenskyy urged airlines to avoid Russian airspace on Tuesday as Kyiv expands its long-range drone operations inside Russia, including strikes on energy and military infrastructure.

Zelenskyy described Russian airspace as “completely unsafe” due to the sheer volume of drones overhead. Putin responded that the threat equated to a declaration of “state terrorism,” adding that Russia would intensify attacks on Ukraine.

Kyiv has increasingly employed domestically produced drones to target locations far beyond the front line as it seeks to elevate the economic and military cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukrainian territory.

Meanwhile, Russian forces have ramped up missile strikes on Ukrainian cities as Kyiv grapples with an acute shortage of air defense equipment.

— Verum’s Sam Meredith contributed to this report

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