List of most-watched Netflix original programming

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]

Series

Television shows on Netflix with over 200 million views in their first 30 days.

Most popular television series by hours watched in their first 28 days.^[4]

#	title	Season	Genre	Release date	Hours watched (millions)
1	Squid Game	Season 1	Survival drama	17 September 2021	1,650.90
2	Stranger Things	Season 4	Science fiction/Horror	27 May 2022	1,352.09
3	Wednesday	Season 1	Comedy Horror	23 November 2022	1,237.15
4	Squid Game	Season 2	Survival drama	26 December 2024	1,187.80
5	Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story	Limited Series	Horror drama	21 September 2022	856.22
6	Money Heist	Part 5	Heist/Crime drama	3 September 2021	792.53
7	Bridgerton	Season 3	Historical romance	16 May 2024	786.10
8		Season 2	Historical romance	25 March 2022	656.26
9		Season 1	Historical romance	25 December 2020	625.49
10	Money Heist	Part 4	Heist/Crime drama	3 April 2020	619.01
11	Stranger Things	Season 3	Science fiction/Horror	4 July 2019	582.10
12	Lucifer	Season 5	Urban fantasy	21 August 2020	569.48
13	All of Us Are Dead	Season 1	Survival Drama/Horror	28 January 2022	560.78
14	Adolescence	Limited Series	Crime drama/Psychological drama	13 March 2025	546.50
15	The Witcher	Season 1	Fantasy drama	20 December 2019	541.01
16	The Night Agent	Season 1	Action thriller	23 March 2023	515.57
17	Inventing Anna	Limited Series	Crime drama	11 February 2022	511.92
18	Ginny & Georgia	Season 2	Drama	1 May 2023	504.78
19	Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story	Limited Series	Historical Romance	4 May 2023	503.00

Films

Films on Netflix with over 100 million views in their first 28 days.

Most popular films by hours watched in their first 28 days.^[5]

#	Title	Genre	Release Date	Hours watched (millions)
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 Mother	Action	May 12, 2023	234.07[6]
7	The Adam Project	Science fiction adventure	March 11, 2022	233.16
9	Extraction	Action	April 24, 2020	231.34
10	Purple Hearts	Romance	July 29, 2022	228.69
11	The Unforgivable	Drama	December 10, 2021	214.70
12	The Irishman	Crime Drama	November 27, 2019	214.57
13	The Kissing Booth 2	Teen romantic comedy	July 24, 2020	209.25
14	6 Underground	Action	December 13, 2019	205.47
15	Spenser Confidential	Action comedy	March 6, 2020	197.32
16	Enola Holmes	Mystery	September 23, 2020	189.90
17	Army of the Dead	Horror, Heist	May 14, 2021	186.54
18	The Old Guard	Superhero	July 10, 2020	185.71
19	Murder Mystery	Comedy mystery	June 14, 2019	169.59
20	Troll	Monster	December 1, 2022	155.56
21	Blood Red Sky	Horror	July 23, 2021	110.52
22	The Platform	Satirical Science fiction	March 20, 2022	108.09
23	All Quiet on the Western Front	War	October 28, 2022	101.36