Most Watched Netflix Series, Movies and Live Events of All Time

Over the years, Netflix has released some gigantic hits! Thanks to the top 10 data, here’s your latest update guide to all of the biggest and most-watched movies and series on Netflix of all time! 

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 dividing the runtime of the show or movie 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 hard to stack 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 complete list of all titles in the top 10 since mid-2021. This gives us a full list of older 28-day hourly stats and Netflix’s newer 91-day stats, and we’ve split it into each category.

Note: Last updated on April 30th to reflect changes in numbers for Adolescence and Back in Action. Ad Vitam has concluded its run. 

Most-Watched English Language Series of All Time

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New 91-Day List

Note: Listed by completed viewing equivalent 

1. Wednesday (Season 1 – 2022)
   • Hours Watched: 1,718,800,000
   • Views: 252,100,000
2. Stranger Things (Season 4 – 2022)
   • Hours: 1,838,000,000
   • Views: 140,700,000
3. Adolescence (Limited Series – 2025)*
   • Hours: 513,500,000
   • Views: 134,000,000
4. DAHMER: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Season 1 – 2022)
   • Hours: 1,031,100,000
   • Views: 115,600,000
5. Bridgerton (Season 1 – 2022)
   • Hours: 929,300,000
   • Views: 113,300,000
6. The Queen’s Gambit (Limited Series – 2020)
   • Hours: 746,400,000
   • Views: 112,800,000
7. Bridgerton (Season 3 – 2024) 
   • Hours: 846,500,000
     
   • Views: 106,000,000
8. The Night Agent (Season 1 – 2023)
   • Hours: 803,200,000
   • Views: 98,200,000
9. Fool Me Once (Limited Series – 2024)
   • Hours: 629,800,000
   • Views: 98,200,000
10. Stranger Things (Season 3 – 2019)
    • Hours: 716,100,000
    • Views: 94,800,000

Previously in the all-time top 10:

• 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

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
   • Views: 230,900,000
2. Carry-On (2024)
   • Hours: 344,100,000
   • Views: 172,100,000
3. Don’t Look Up (2021)
   • Hours: 408,600,000
   • Views: 171,400,000
4. The Adam Project (2022)
   • Hours: 281,000,000
   • Views: 157,600,000
5. Bird Box (2018)
   • Hours: 325,300,000
   • Views: 157,400,000
6. Back in Action (2025)*
   • Hours: 279,700,000
   • Views 147,200,000
7. Leave the World Behind (2023) 
   • Hours: 339,300,000
   • Views: 143,400,000
8. The Gray Man (2022)
   • Hours: 299,500,000
   • Views: 139,300,000
9. Damsel (2024)
   • Hours: 253,000,000
   • Views: 138,000,000
10. We Can Be Heroes (2020)
    • Hours: 231,200,000
    • Views: 137,300,000

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

• 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

Most-Watched Non-English Language Series of All Time

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New 91-Day List

1. Squid Game (Season 1 – 2021)
   • Hours Viewed: 2,205,200,000
   • Views: 265,200,000
2. Squid Game (Season 2 – 2024)*
   • Hours: 1,380,100,000
   • Views: 192,600,000
3. Money Heist (Part 4 – 2020)
   • Hours: 710,200,000
   • Views: 106,000,000
4. Lupin (Part 1 – 2021)
   • Hours: 396,300,000
   • Views: 99,500,000
5. Money Heist (Part 5 – 2021)
   • Hours: 900,700,000
   • Views: 99,200,000
6. Money Heist (Part 3 – 2019)
   • Hours: 519,800,000
   • Views: 80,000,000
7. La Palma (Limited Series – 2024)
   1. Hours: 215,700,000
   2. Views: 70,300,000
8. Lupin (Part 2 – 2021)
   • Hours: 258,900,000
   • Views: 68,400,000
9. Who Killed Sara? (Season 1 – 2021)
   • Hours: 392,400,000
   • Views: 58,400,000
10. Berlin (Season 1 – 2023)
    • Hours: 372,600,000
    • Views: 56,700,000

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

• 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

Most Watched Non-English Language Movies of All Time

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New 91-Day List

1. Troll (2022)
   • Hours Watched: 178,600,000
   • Views: 103,000,000
2. Under Paris (2024)
   • Hours: 177,300,000
   • Views: 102,300,000
3. Society of the Snow (2024)
   • Hours: 239,700,000
   • Views: 98,500,000
     
4. Nowhere (2023)
   • Hours: 155,600,000
   • Views: 85,700,000
5. The Platform (2020)
   • Hours: 129,700,000
   • Views: 82,800,000
6. Ad Vitam (2025) 
   • Hours: 103,000,000
   • Views: 63,100,000
7. Through My Window (2022)
   • Hours: 116,000,000
   • Views: 61,100,000
8. AKA (2023)
   • Hours: 125,900,000
   • Views: 60,900,000
9. Blood Red Sky (2021)
   • Hours: 124,800,000
   • Views: 60,900,000
10. My Name Is Vendetta (2022)
    • Hours: 86,500,000
    • Views: 56,400,000

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

• 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

Most Watched Live Event of All Time

Note: This uses data from the Netflix Engagement Reports and the half-year data in which each title was released.

Picture: Netflix

1. Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson (2024)
   • Hours: 235,700,000 (Half 2 – 2024)
   • Views: 48,900,000
2. Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023)
   • Hours: 36,200,000 (H1- 2023)
   • Views: 31,000,000
3. The Roast of Tom Brady (2024)
   1. Hours: 68,700,000 (H1- 2024)
   2. Views: 22,400,000
4. Christmas Gameday: Ravens vs. Texans (2024)
   • Hours: 42,800,000 (H2 – 2024)
   • Views: 14,400,000
5. Christmas Gameday: Chiefs vs. Steelers (2024)
   • Hours: 41,200,000 (H2 – 2024)
   • Views: 14,300,000
6. Katt Williams: Woke Foke (2024)
   • Hours: 10,600,000 (H1 – 2024)
   • Views: 10,300,000 
7. Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (2024)
   • Hours: 8,300,000 (H2 – 2024)
   • Views: 7,400,000 
8. Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef (2024)
   • Hours: 1,400,000 (H2 -2024)
   • Views: 1,200,000
9. The Netflix Slam (2024)
   • Hours: 2,600,000 (H1 -2024)
   • Views: 1,000,000 
10. Dinner Time Live with David Chang + Holiday Edition (2024)
    • Hours: 11,800,000 (2024 Combined – As It Crossed Multiple Months)
    • Views: 700,000
11. The Netflix Cup (2023)
    • Hours: 1,700,000 (H2 -2023)
    • Views: 700,000

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.