This is a list of most-watched Netflix original programming in total hours viewed, in the first 28 days of being uploaded to Netflix. These statistics are released by Netflix based on its proprietary engagement metrics. [1] [2] [3]
Television shows on Netflix with over 500 million views in their first 28 days.
# | Title | Season | Genre | Release date | Hours watched (millions) |
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1 | Squid Game | Season 1 | Survival drama | 17 September 2021 | 1,650.45 |
2 | Stranger Things | Season 4 | Science fiction/Horror | 27 May 2022 | 1,352.09 |
3 | Wednesday | Season 1 | Supernatural horror | 23 November 2022 | 1,237.15 |
4 | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Limited Series | Horror drama | 21 September 2022 | 856.22 |
5 | Money Heist | Part 5 | Heist/Crime drama | 3 September 2021 | 792.23 |
6 | Bridgerton | Season 2 | Historical romance | 25 March 2022 | 656.26 |
7 | Season 1 | Historical romance | 25 December 2020 | 625.49 | |
8 | Money Heist | Part 4 | Heist/Crime drama | 3 April 2020 | 619.01 |
9 | Stranger Things | Season 3 | Science fiction/Horror | 4 July 2019 | 582.10 |
10 | Lucifer | Season 5 | Urban fantasy | 21 August 2020 | 569.48 |
11 | All of Us Are Dead | Season 1 | Survival Drama/Horror | 28 January 2022 | 560.78 |
12 | The Witcher | Season 1 | Fantasy drama | 20 December 2019 | 541.01 |
13 | The Night Agent | Season 1 | Action thriller | 23 March 2023 | 515.57 |
14 | Inventing Anna | Limited Series | Crime drama | 11 February 2022 | 511.92 |
15 | Ginny & Georgia | Season 2 | Drama | 1 May 2023 | 504.78 |
Films on Netflix with over 100 million views in their first 28 days.
# | Title | Genre | Release Date | Hours watched (millions) |
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1 | Red Notice | Action comedy | November 12, 2021 | 364.02 |
2 | Don't Look Up | Satirical science fiction | December 24, 2021 | 359.79 |
3 | Bird Box | Post-apocalyptic horror thriller | December 21, 2018 | 282.02 |
4 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Mystery | December 23, 2022 | 279.74 |
5 | The Gray Man | Action | July 22, 2022 | 253.87 |
6 | The Adam Project | Science fiction adventure | March 11, 2022 | 233.16 |
7 | Extraction | Action | April 24, 2020 | 231.34 |
8 | Purple Hearts | Romance | July 29, 2022 | 228.69 |
9 | The Unforgivable | Drama | December 10, 2021 | 214.70 |
10 | The Irishman | Crime Drama | November 27, 2019 | 214.57 |
11 | The Kissing Booth 2 | Teen romantic comedy | July 24, 2020 | 209.25 |
12 | 6 Underground | Action | December 13, 2019 | 205,47 |
13 | Spenser Confidential | Action comedy | March 6, 2020 | 197.32 |
14 | Enola Holmes | Mystery | September 23, 2020 | 189.90 |
15 | Army of the Dead | Horror, Heist | May 14, 2021 | 186.54 |
16 | The Old Guard | Superhero | July 10, 2020 | 185.71 |
17 | Murder Mystery | Comedy mystery | June 14, 2019 | 169.59 |
18 | Troll | Monster | December 1, 2022 | 155.56 |
19 | Blood Red Sky | Horror | July 23, 2021 | 110.52 |
20 | The Platform | Satirical Science fiction | March 20, 2020 | 108.09 |
21 | All Quiet on the Western Front | War | October 28, 2022 | 101.36 |
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