Netflix’s new crime show has quickly become one of its most popular series of all time. Producing original series since 2013, the streaming service is home to several popular TV shows such asStranger Things,Squid Game, andBridgerton, which all have multiple seasons that rank amongNetflix’s most popular showsof all time. However,Wednesdayseason 1 ranks as the streaming service’s most-watched title of all time with 252 million views, over 100 million more than second place,Stranger Thingsseason 4.
Another one of Netflix’s most popular shows is the crime drama,DAHMER: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which originally aired as a miniseries before being expanded into an anthology, with season 2 focusing on the Menedez brothers. Instead,The Queen’s Gambitremains Netflix’s most-watched miniseries of all time. The Harlan Coben crime thriller,Fool Me Once, also ranks among the streaming service’s most-watched shows. Now,another limited series has quickly entered Netflix’s most popular shows of all time.
AdolescenceBecomes One Of Netflix’s Most Popular Series Of All Time
It Ranks 9th After Just Three Weeks
Adolescencehas become one of Netflix’s most popular series of all time. Co-created by Jack Thorne and directed byBoiling Point’s Philip Barantini, with each episode filmed in one continuous take,Netflix’s new miniseries follows a 13-year-old boy who is arrested for the murder of a classmate, leaving his family, therapist, and a detective to question what really happened.Adolescence’s castincludes Stephen Graham, who also co-created the series, alongside Owen Cooper, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty, Faye Marsay, Christine Tremarco, Mark Stanley, Jo Hartley, Amélie Pease, and Austin Haynes.
In just three weeks,Adolescencenow ranks ninth onNetflix’s Global Top 10 most popular shows of all timewith 96.7 million views and 370.7 hours viewed. The limited series has jumped ahead ofStranger Thingsseason 3 and now ranks belowFool Me Once,The Night Agentseason 1,Bridgertonseason 3,The Queen’s Gambit,Bridgertonseason 1,DAHMER: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,Stranger Thingsseason 4, andWednesdayseason 1.
What Adolescence’s Milestone Means For The Show
Could It Keep Climbing?
This is just the latest viewership record thatAdolescencehas set after becoming the first streaming series to top the UK’s Barb Audiences weekly television ratings, and went on to become Netflix’s most-watched limited series and most-watched UK title ever through its first two weeks.
Now, after streaming for three weeks,Adolescencecould keep climbing Netflix’s Top 10 most popular shows. It’s poised to passFool Me OnceandThe Night Agentseason 1, both at 98 million views, before setting its sights onBridgertonseason 3 and dethroningThe Queen’s Gambitas Netflix’s most-watched miniseries with 112 million views.
