Most Watched Series & Movies on Netflix of All Time

Netflix has had some of the biggest hits in entertainment over the past decade. Thanks to Netflix’s top 10s, we know that Netflix’s biggest original hits were within the first 91 days of release. Below, we’ll keep track of Netflix’s most-watched movies and series, whether English-language titles or non-English titles. 

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 a number of households within the first 28 days. While these numbers are hard to stack up 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 that have been in the top 10 since mid-2021. This gives us a complete list of older 28-day hourly stats and the newer 91-day stat that Netflix has released, and we’ve split it into each category.

Note: Last updated on March 27th to reflect Fool Me Once rising to the seventh most popular English series of all time. Also adjusted numbers for Society of the Snow and Berlin. 

Most Watched English Language Series of All Time

Picture: Netflix / MGM Television

New 91-Day List

Note: Listed by completed viewing equivalent 

1. Wednesday (Season 1 – 2022)
   • Hours Watched: 1,718,800,000
   • Completed Viewing Equivalent: 252,100,000
2. Stranger Things (Season 4 – 2022)
   • Hours: 1,838,000,000
   • CVE: 140,700,000
3. DAHMER: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Season 1 – 2022)
   • Hours: 1,031,100,000
   • CVE: 115,600,000
4. Bridgerton (Season 1 – 2022)
   • Hours: 929,300,000
   • CVE: 113,300,000
5. The Queen’s Gambit (Limited Series – 2020)
   • Hours: 746,400,000
   • CVE: 112,800,000
6. The Night Agent (Season 1 – 2023)
   • Hours: 803,200,000
   • CVE: 98,200,000
7. Fool Me Once (Limited Series – 2024)
   • Hours: 621,200,000
   • CVE: 96,800,000
8. Stranger Things (Season 3 – 2019)
   • Hours: 716,100,000
   • CVE: 94,800,000
9. Bridgerton (Season 2 – 2022)
   • Hours: 797,200,000
   • CVE: 93,800,000
10. The Witcher (Season 1 – 2019)
    • Hours: 663,600,000
    • CVE: 83,000,000

Previously in the all-time top 10:

• 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

Old 28-Day List

1. Stranger Things (Season 4) – 1,352,090,000 hours watched
2. Wednesday (Season 1) – 1,237,150,000 hours watched
3. DAHMER (Limited Series) – 856,220,000 hours watched
4. Bridgerton (Season 2) – 656,260,000 hours watched
5. The Night Agent (Season 1) – 626,990,000 hours watched
6. Bridgerton (Season 1) – 625,490,000 hours watched
7. Stranger Things (Season 3) – 582,100,000 hours watched
8. Lucifer (Season 5) – 569,480,000 hours watched
9. The Witcher (Season 1) – 541,010,000 hours watched
10. Inventing Anna (Limited Series) – 511,920,000 hours watched

Previously featured in all-time top 10:

• Ginny & Georgia (Season 2) – 504,780,000 hours watched
• 13 Reasons Why (Season 2) – 496,120,000 hours watched
• Ozark (Season 4) – 491,090,000 hours watched
• 13 Reasons Why (Season 1) – 475,570,000 hours watched
• Maid (Limited Series) – 469,090,000 hours watched
• You (Season 3) – 467,820,000 hours watched
• You (Season 2) – 457,370,000 hours watched
• Stranger Things (Season 2) – 427,440,000 hours watched
• Sex Education (Season 3) – 418,760,000 hours watched
• Ginny & Georgia (Season 1) – 381,000,000 hours watched

Most Watched English Language Movies of All Time

Red Notice – Picture: Netflix

New 91-Day List

1. Red Notice (2021)
   • Hours Viewed: 454,200,000
   • Completed Viewing Equivalent: 230,900,000
2. Don’t Look Up (2021)
   • Hours: 408,600,000
   • CVE: 171,400,000
3. The Adam Project (2022)
   • Hours: 281,000,000
   • CVE: 157,600,000
4. Bird Box (2018)
   • Hours: 325,300,000
   • CVE: 157,400,000
5. Leave the World Behind (2023) 
   • Hours: 339,300,000
   • CVE: 143,400,000
6. The Gray Man (2022)
   • Hours: 299,500,000
   • CVE: 139,300,000
7. We Can Be Heroes (2020)
   • Hours: 231,200,000
   • CVE: 137,300,000
8. The Mother (2023) 
   • Hours: 265,900,000
   • CVE: 136,400,000
9. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
   • Hours: 320,300,000
   • CVE: 136,300,000
10. Extraction (2020) 
    • Hours: 266,900,000
    • CVE: 135,700,000

Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:

• Extraction 2 (2023)
  • Hours: 278,700,000
  • CVE: 134,900,000
• Spenser Confidential (2020)
  • Hours: 238,900,000
  • CVE: 129,100,000

Old 28-Day List

1. Red Notice – 364,020,000 hours watched
2. Don’t Look Up – 359,790,000 hours watched
3. Bird Box – 282,020,000 hours watched
4. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – 279,740,000 hours watched
5. The Gray Man – 253,870,000 hours watched
6. The Mother – 234,070,000 hours watched
7. The Adam Project – 233,160,000 hours watched
8. Extraction – 231,340,000 hours watched
9. Purple Hearts – 228,690,000 hours watched
10. The Unforgivable – 214,700,000 hours watched

Previously featured in all-time top 10:

• The Irishman – 214,570,000 hours watched
• The Kissing Booth 2 – 209,250,000 hours watched
• 6 Underground – 205,470,000 hours watched
• Spenser Confidential – 197,320,000 hours watched
• Enola Holmes – 189,900,000 hours watched
• Army of the Dead – 186,540,000 hours watched
• The Old Guard – 185,710,000 hours watched
• Murder Mystery – 169,590,000 hours watched

Most Watched Non-English Language Series of All Time

Squid Game – Picture: Netflix

New 91-Day List

1. Squid Game (Season 1 – 2021)
   • Hours Viewed: 2,205,200,000
   • Completed Viewing Equivalent: 265,200,000
2. Money Heist (Part 4 – 2020)
   • Hours: 710,200,000
   • CVE: 106,000,000
3. Lupin (Part 1 – 2021)
   • Hours: 396,300,000
   • CVE: 99,500,000
4. Money Heist (Part 5 – 2021)
   • Hours: 900,700,000
   • CVE: 99,200,000
5. Money Heist (Part 3 – 2019)
   • Hours: 519,800,000
   • CVE: 80,000,000
6. Lupin (Part 2 – 2021)
   • Hours: 258,900,000
   • CVE: 68,400,000
7. Who Killed Sara? (Season 1 – 2021)
   • Hours: 392,400,000
   • CVE: 58,400,000
8. Berlin (Season 1 – 2023)
   • Hours: 371,100,000
   • CVE: 56,500,000
9. All of Us Are Dead (Season 1 – 2022)
   • Hours: 679,300,000
   • CVE: 55,500,000
10. Dear Child (Limited Series – 2023)
    • Hours: 244,100,000
    • CVE: 50,700,000

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

Old 28-Day List

1. Squid Game (Season 1) – 1,650,450,000 hours watched
2. Money Heist (Part 5) – 792,230,000 hours watched
3. Money Heist (Part 4) – 619,010,000 hours watched
4. All of Us Are Dead (Season 1) – 560,780,000 hours watched
5. The Glory (Season 1) – 436,890,000 hours watched
6. Money Heist (Part 3) – 426,400,000 hours watched
7. Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Season 1) – 402,470,000 hours watched
8. Café con aroma de mujer (Season 1) – 326,910,000 hours watched
9. Lupin (Part 1) – 316,830,000 hours watched
10. Elite (Season 3) – 275,300,000 hours watched

Previously featured in all-time top 10:

• Who Killed Sara? (Season 1) – 266,430,000 hours watched
• Money Heist (Part 5) – 395,130,000 hours watched
• Elite (Season 4) – 257,090,000 hours watched
• Lupin (Part 2) – 214,070,000 hours watched
• Dark Desire (Season 1) – 213,790,000 hours watched

Most Watched Non-English Language Movies of All Time

Troll – Picture: Netflix

New 91-Day List

1. Troll (2022)
   • Hours Watched: 178,600,000
   • Completed Viewing Equivalent: 103,000,000
2. Society of the Snow (2024)
   • Hours: 235,800,000
   • CVE: 96,900,000
     
3. Nowhere (2023)
   • Hours: 155,600,000
   • CVE: 85,700,000
4. The Platform (2020)
   • Hours: 129,700,000
   • CVE: 82,800,000
5. Through My Window (2022)
   • Hours: 116,000,000
   • CVE: 61,100,000
6. AKA (2023)
   • Hours: 125,900,000
   • CVE: 60,900,000
7. Blood Red Sky (2021)
   • Hours: 124,800,000
   • CVE: 60,900,000
8. My Name Is Vendetta (2022)
   • Hours: 86,500,000
   • CVE: 56,400,000
9. Black Crab (2022)
   • Hours: 103,300,000
   • CVE: 53,900,000
10. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
    • Hours: 129,400,000
    • CVE: 52,100,000

Previously featured in the all-time 91-day top 10:

• Below Zero (2021)
  • Hours: 86,700,000
  • CVE: 48,600,000
• Loving Adults (2022)
  • Hours: 83,600,000
  • CVE: 47,300,000

Old 28-Day List

1. Troll (Norwegian) – 155,560,000 hours watched
2. Blood Red Sky (German) – 110,520,000 hours watched
3. AKA (French) – 110,410,000 hours watched
4. The Platform (Spanish) – 108,090,000 hours watched
5. All Quiet on the Western Front (German) – 101,360,000 hours watched
6. Black Crab (Swedish) – 94,130,000 hours watched
7. Through My Window (Spanish) – 92,440,000 hours watched
8. Hunger (Thai) – 80,910,000 hours watched
9. The Takedown (French) – 78,630,000 hours watched
10. Below Zero (Spanish) – 78,300,000 hours watched

Previously featured in all-time top 10:

• My Name Is Vendetta (Italian) – 68,730,000 hours watched
• Loving Adults (Danish) – 67,340,000 hours watched
• Rogue City (French) – 66,600,000 hours watched
• Carter (Korean) – 65,390,000 hours watched
• The Forgotten Battle (Dutch) – 60,930,000 hours watched
• Restless (French) – 59,060,000 hours watched
• Lost Bullet (French) – 58,320,000 hours watched
• Spoiled Brats (French) – 56,900,000 hours watched
• #Alive (Korean) – 54,620,000 hours watched
• Space Sweepers (Korean) – 53,340,000 hours watched
• The Last Mercenary (French) – 52,110,000 hours watched
• Just Another Christmas (Brazillian) – 48,430,000 hours watched

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.