Online streaming giant Netflix has released the list of its most watched TV shows and films from the platform in the last one year starting from October 2018 to September 2019 and Stranger Things and Bird Box emmerged to be the most watched TV show and movie respectively.
Duffer Brothers’ horror-science fiction show Stranger Things was the most watched TV show on the platform. The show's season 3 Season 3 is also the most watched season to date, with 64 million member households watching in its first four weeks.
The critically-acclaimed limited series Unbelievable that was released in October 2019 has been watched by 32 million member households in its first 28 days.
Among the movies, Bird Box, a post-apocalyptic horror film starring Sandra Bullock, topped the list. The film starring Sandra Bullock in a post-apocalyptic world has seen around 80 million plays.
#StrangerThings Season 3 was the most watched season to date, with 64 million member households watching in its first four weeks pic.twitter.com/C1BKMThIpj
— See What's Next (@seewhatsnext) October 16, 2019
The critically-acclaimed limited series Unbelievable has been watched by 32 million member households in its first 28 days pic.twitter.com/axZcCdYyGu
— Netflix US (@netflix) October 16, 2019
Netflix announced that it counts anyone who’s watched 70 percent of a single episode within four weeks of a series’ premiere as a ‘viewer’ of that show. so even if you have stopped watching the show after one episode you were still counted aviewer.
However, Netflix data doesnot maka a comparision of other favourites like Game of Thrones from HBO, and Fleabeg from Amazon Prime.
Here's the complete list as compiled by The New York Times
TELEVISION SHOWS:
Stranger Things (64 million)
Umbrella Academy (45 million)
Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) (44 million)
You (40 million)
Sex Education (40 million)
Our Planet (33 million)
Unbelievable (32 million)
Dead to Me (30 million)
When They See Us (25 million)
Elite (20 million)
MOVIES:
Bird Box (80 million)
Murder Mystery (73 million)
Triple Frontier (52 million)
The Perfect Date (48 million)
Tall Girl (41 million)
The Highwaymen (40 million)
Secret Obsession (40 million)
Always Be My Maybe (32 million)
Otherhood (29 million)Fyre (20 million)