Most Watched Netflix Shows and Movies of All Time As Of 2026

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Over the years, Netflix has released some gigantic hits! Thanks to the top 10 data, here’s your guide to all of the biggest and most-watched movies, series, and live events on Netflix of all time! 
To measure its biggest hits, Netflix uses hours watched and completed-viewing equivalents (CVEs, for short). These viewing hours are derived from Netflix’s global subscriber base, and CVE calculates the show’s or movie’s runtime by dividing the total viewing time 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 that watched within the first 28 days. While these numbers are difficult to compare with the list below, we have maintained a record of all the old Netflix viewership statistics here. Those numbers are correct up through October 2021, when Netflix switched.
Below, we’ve compiled a complete list of all titles in the top 10 since mid-2021. This provides a comprehensive list of older 28-day hourly statistics and Netflix’s newer 91-day statistics, which we’ve divided into separate categories.
Update: 07/28/2026 Swapped has risen to #9 on the movies English chart. I Will Find You knocks out HIS & HERS on the TV English chart.

Most-Watched English Language Series of All Time
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Wednesday (Season 1 – 2022)

Hours Watched: 1,718,800,000
Views: 252,100,000

Adolescence (Limited Series – 2025)

Hours: 546,500,000
Views: 142,600,000

Stranger Things (Season 4 – 2022)

Hours: 1,838,000,000
Views: 140,700,000

Stranger Things 5 (2025) 

Hours: 1,391,300,000
Views: 133,800,000

Wednesday (Season 2 – 2025) 

Hours: 928,500,000

Views: 119,300,000

DAHMER: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Season 1 – 2022)

Hours: 1,031,100,000
Views: 115,600,000

Bridgerton (Season 1 – 2022)

Hours: 929,300,000
Views: 113,300,000

The Queen’s Gambit (Limited Series – 2020)

Hours: 746,400,000
Views: 112,800,000

Bridgerton (Season 3 – 2024) 

Hours: 846,500,000

Views: 106,000,000

I Will Find You (Limited Series – 2026) 

Hours: 558,600,000
Views: 101,900,000
Note: Top 10 period runs through September 17th, 2026

Previously in the all-time top 10:

HIS & HERS (Limited Series – 2026)

Hours: 428,900,000
Views: 98,200,000

The Night Agent (Season 1 – 2023)

Hours: 803,200,000
Views: 98,200,000

Fool Me Once (Limited Series – 2024)

Hours: 629,800,000
Views: 98,200,000

Stranger Things (Season 3 – 2019)

Hours: 716,100,000
Views: 94,800,000

Bridgerton (Season 2 – 2022)

Hours: 797,200,000
Views: 93,800,000

Baby Reindeer: Limited Series

Hours: 335,200,000
Views: 84,500,000

The Witcher (Season 1 – 2019)

Hours: 663,600,000
Views: 83,000,000

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Limited Series – 2023)

Hours: 526,800,000
Views: 81,300,000

The Watcher (Season 1 – 2022)

Hours: 447,100,000
Views: 79,600,000

Old 28 Day Stats for English Series

Note: Stats stopped being used in June 2023. 

Stranger Things (Season 4) – 1,352,090,000 hours watched
Wednesday (Season 1) – 1,237,150,000 hours watched
DAHMER (Limited Series) – 856,220,000 hours watched
Bridgerton (Season 2) – 656,260,000 hours watched
The Night Agent (Season 1) – 626,990,000 hours watched
Bridgerton (Season 1) – 625,490,000 hours watched
Stranger Things (Season 3) – 582,100,000 hours watched
Lucifer (Season 5) – 569,480,000 hours watched
The Witcher (Season 1) – 541,010,000 hours watched
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
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KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

Hours: 541,800,000
Views: 325,100,000

Red Notice (2021)

Hours Viewed: 454,200,000
Views: 230,900,000

Carry-On (2024)

Hours: 344,100,000
Views: 172,100,000

Don’t Look Up (2021)

Hours: 408,600,000
Views: 171,400,000

The Adam Project (2022)

Hours: 281,000,000
Views: 157,600,000

Bird Box (2018)

Hours: 325,300,000
Views: 157,400,000

Back in Action (2025)

Hours: 279,700,000
Views 147,200,000

Leave the World Behind (2023) 

Hours: 339,300,000
Views: 143,400,000

Swapped (2026)*

Hours: 243,500,000
Views: 143,200,000
Note: Top 10 period runs through July 31st, 2026

War Machine (2026)

Hours: 254,200,000
Views: 139,900,000

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

The Gray Man (2022)

Hours: 299,500,000
Views: 139,300,000

Damsel (2024)

Hours: 253,000,000
Views: 138,000,000

We Can Be Heroes (2020)

Hours: 231,200,000
Views: 137,300,000

The Mother (2023) 

Hours: 265,900,000
Views: 136,400,000

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

Hours: 320,300,000
Views: 136,300,000

Extraction (2020) 

Hours: 266,900,000
Views: 135,700,000

Extraction 2 (2023)

Hours: 278,700,000
Views: 134,900,000

Spenser Confidential (2020)

Hours: 238,900,000
Views: 129,100,000

Old 28 Day Stats for English Films

Note: Stats stopped being used in June 2023. 

Red Notice – 364,020,000 hours watched
Don’t Look Up – 359,790,000 hours watched
Bird Box – 282,020,000 hours watched
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – 279,740,000 hours watched
The Gray Man – 253,870,000 hours watched
The Mother – 234,070,000 hours watched
The Adam Project – 233,160,000 hours watched
Extraction – 231,340,000 hours watched
Purple Hearts – 228,690,000 hours watched
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
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Squid Game (Season 1 – 2021)

Hours Viewed: 2,205,200,000
Views: 265,200,000

Squid Game (Season 2 – 2024)

Hours: 1,380,100,000
Views: 192,600,000

Squid Game (Season 3 – 2025)

Hours: 894,300,000
Views: 145,800,000

Money Heist (Part 4 – 2020)

Hours: 710,200,000
Views: 106,000,000

Lupin (Part 1 – 2021)

Hours: 396,300,000
Views: 99,500,000

Money Heist (Part 5 – 2021)

Hours: 900,700,000
Views: 99,200,000

Money Heist (Part 3 – 2019)

Hours: 519,800,000
Views: 80,000,000

La Palma (Limited Series – 2024)

Hours: 215,700,000
Views: 70,300,000

Lupin (Part 2 – 2021)

Hours: 258,900,000
Views: 68,400,000

Who Killed Sara? (Season 1 – 2021)

Hours: 392,400,000
Views: 58,400,000

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

Berlin (Season 1 – 2023)

Hours: 372,600,000
Views: 56,700,000

All of Us Are Dead (Season 1 – 2022)

Hours: 679,300,000
Views: 55,500,000

Dear Child (Limited Series – 2023)

Hours: 245,400,000
Views: 50,900,000

Elite (Season 3 – 2020)

Hours: 334,800,000
Views: 50,000,000

Elite (Season 4 – 2021)

Hours: 302,200,000
Views: 46,300,000

Old 28-Day Stats for Non-English Series

Note: Stats stopped being used in June 2023. 

Squid Game (Season 1) – 1,650,450,000 hours watched
Money Heist (Part 5) – 792,230,000 hours watched
Money Heist (Part 4) – 619,010,000 hours watched
All of Us Are Dead (Season 1) – 560,780,000 hours watched
The Glory (Season 1) – 436,890,000 hours watched
Money Heist (Part 3) – 426,400,000 hours watched
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Season 1) – 402,470,000 hours watched
Café con aroma de mujer (Season 1) – 326,910,000 hours watched
Lupin (Part 1) – 316,830,000 hours watched
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
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New 91-Day List

Troll (2022)

Hours Watched: 178,600,000
Views: 103,000,000

Under Paris (2024)

Hours: 177,300,000
Views: 102,300,000

Society of the Snow (2024)

Hours: 239,700,000
Views: 98,500,000

Exterritorial (2025)

Hours: 166,500,000
Views: 91,700,000

The Great Flood (2025) 

Hours: 157,300,000
Views: 86,600,000

Nowhere (2023)

Hours: 155,600,000
Views: 85,700,000

The Platform (2020)

Hours: 138,700,000
Views: 82,800,000

Counterattack (2025)

Hours: 94,800,000
Views: 66,900,000

Ad Vitam (2025) 

Hours: 103,000,000
Views: 63,100,000

Brick (2025) 

Hours: 104,000,000
Views: 61,800,000

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

Through My Window (2022)

Hours: 116,000,000
Views: 61,100,000

AKA (2023)

Hours: 125,900,000
Views: 60,900,000

Blood Red Sky (2021)

Hours: 124,800,000
Views: 60,900,000

My Name Is Vendetta (2022)

Hours: 86,500,000
Views: 56,400,000

Black Crab (2022)

Hours: 103,300,000
Views: 53,900,000

All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

Hours: 129,400,000
Views: 52,100,000

Below Zero (2021)

Hours: 86,700,000
Views: 48,600,000

Loving Adults (2022)

Hours: 83,600,000
Views: 47,300,000

Old 28-Day Stats for Non-English Films

Note: Stats stopped being used in June 2023. 

Troll (Norwegian) – 155,560,000 hours watched
Blood Red Sky (German) – 110,520,000 hours watched
AKA (French) – 110,410,000 hours watched
The Platform (Spanish) – 108,090,000 hours watched
All Quiet on the Western Front (German) – 101,360,000 hours watched
Black Crab (Swedish) – 94,130,000 hours watched
Through My Window (Spanish) – 92,440,000 hours watched
Hunger (Thai) – 80,910,000 hours watched
The Takedown (French) – 78,630,000 hours watched
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 (Brazilian) – 48,430,000 hours watched

Most Watched Live Event of All Time
Note: This uses data from the Netflix Engagement Reports and, for half-year data, the week each title was released; if that data isn’t yet available, it uses the first week’s top 10 data. Excludes WWE.
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Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson (2024)

Hours: 235,700,000 (Second Half of 2024)
Views: 48,900,000

Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023)

Hours: 36,200,000 (H1- 2023)
Views: 31,000,000

The Roast of Tom Brady (2024)

Hours: 68,700,000 (H1- 2024)
Views: 22,400,000

Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford (2025)

Hours: 69,600,000 (September 8 – 14, 2025)
Views: 17,700,000 

The Roast of Kevin Hart (2026)

Hours: 47,600,000 (May 10 – May 24, 2026)
Views: 16,600,000

Christmas Gameday: Ravens vs. Texans (2024)

Hours: 42,800,000 (H2 – 2024)
Views: 14,400,000

Christmas Gameday: Chiefs vs. Steelers (2024)

Hours: 41,200,000 (H2 – 2024)
Views: 14,300,000

Christmas Gameday: Lions vs. Vikings (2025)

Hours: 30,900,000 (H2 -2025)
Views: 12,800,000

Christmas Gameday: Cowboys vs. Commanders (2025)

Hours: 23,800,000
Views: 10,100,000

Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua (2025)

Hours: 35,300,000 
Views: 10,900,000

Previously, in the All-Time Most Watched List

Katt Williams: Woke Foke (2024)

Hours: 10,600,000 (H1 – 2024)
Views: 10,300,000

Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (2024)

Hours: 8,300,000 (H2 – 2024)
Views: 7,400,000 

Pop the Balloon LIVE: Get It Poppin’ (2025)

Hours: 2,600,000 (H1 – 2025)
Views: 3,400,000

Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3 (2025) 

Hours: 9,400,000 (July 6th, 2025 to July 13th, 2025)
Views: 2,800,000

Netflix Tudum 2025

Hours: 4,200,000 (H1 – 2025)
Views: 2,200,000 

Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney: Should I Lend People Money? (2025)

Hours: 1,500,000 (H1 – 2025)
Views: 1,600,00

Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef (2024)

Hours: 1,400,000 (H2 -2024)
Views: 1,200,000

The Netflix Slam (2024)

Hours: 2,600,000 (H1 -2024)
Views: 1,000,000 

Dinner Time Live with David Chang + Holiday Edition (2024)

Hours: 11,800,000 (2024 Combined – As It Crossed Multiple Months)
Views: 700,000

The Netflix Cup (2023)

Hours: 1,700,000 (H2 -2023)
Views: 700,000

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