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“Adolescence” continues to make Netflix history. The limited series starring Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper is now the second most-watched English language Netflix series of all time. Overall, the show is also the fourth most-watched Netflix original series to date, putting it behind only “Squid Game” and “Wednesday.”
The four-episode series pushed out “Stranger Things 4” to secure the spot, which saw 140.7 views in its first 91 days of availability. So far, “Adolescence” has accumulated 141.2 million views.
Though the gap between “Adolescence” and “Stranger Things 4” may be close, that’s not the case when it comes to the two series that occupy the top three most-watched spots for the streamer. The first season of “Squid Game” remains Netflix’s No. 1 most-watched show overall, securing 265.2 million views. That’s followed by “Wednesday,” which is currently Netflix’s No. 1 English-language original series and brought in 252.1 million views. In third place in “Squid Game 2,” which saw 192.6 million views.
The rest of Netflix’s most-watched series list is dominated by English-language shows. “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” comes in sixth place (115.6 million views), followed by Season 1 of “Bridgerton” (113.3 million views) and “The Queen’s Gambit” (112.8 million views). Finally, “Bridgerton” Season 3 and “Money Heist” Part 4 come in the ninth and 10th spots, respectively. Though both secured 106 million views during the 91-day measurement period, “Bridgerton” Season 3 saw more hours viewed.
As for Netflix’s most popular titles during the week of May 26, the Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock and Kevin Bacon-led dark comedy “Sirens” was No. 1 for the second week in a row. The English-language series landed on the Top 10 list in 91 countries and secured 18.2 million views. That was followed by the true crime documentary “Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders,” which secured 11.9 million views, and the first season of the thriller “Dept. Q,” which saw 6 million views during the week.
The second most-watched category was non-English movies, led by the Spanish crime thriller “A Widow’s Game,” which saw 15.4 million views during its debut week. That was followed by the Argentinian romantic drama “The Heart Knows” (7.6 million views) and the Indian Hindi-language action drama “Sikandar” (5.1 million views).
When it came to English-language movies, the latest “Fear Street” movie “Fear Street: Prom Queen” led the pack with 8.5 million views. Two library acquisitions — the critically acclaimed “The Wild Robot” and the superhero movie “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” — came in second and third place, both with 5.8 million views.
Last but never least was Netflix’s list of non-English language series. The Danish crime drama “Secrets We Keep” was the most popular title on that particular list, securing 5.1 million views. It was followed by two Korean series, the romantic drama “Tastefully Yours” (4 million views) and the drama “Our Unwritten Seoul” (2.8 million views).
