Netflix’s library is so large that anyone could binge-watch for months and still have tons of movies and series to watch.
Here are the top 20 of the most popular Netflix original series in the world:
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- In Q2 of 2019, about 64 million member households were watching the third season of Stranger Things in its first 4 weeks on the platform.
- In the second quarter of 2019, Netflix’s subscriber count has gone way down the sink again since 2011 but thanks to the retro sci-fi horror hit Stranger Things, Netflix had gained over 520,000 new paid subscribers in the U.S. in Q3 of 2019 while paid memberships increased by 6.26 million.
- Among the original Netflix TV series around the world, 66 countries prefer crime/thriller genres, followed by continuation genres, which is preferred by 64 countries.
- Among the most popular original Netflix TV series, 62 countries favoured series with drama genre.
- Not all of the popular Netflix original TV series are in English because 73 countries favoured original Netflix TV series that aren’t using English as a primary language.
- 85 countries around the world favoured original Netflix TV series that are listed as Netflix originals but are shown or stream in different countries through distribution rights.
- Only 2 countries favoured the original Netflix TV series that are scripted using foreign language while 4 countries favoured the original Netflix TV series that were co-productions.
To gather a list of all the original programs distributed by Netflix, we used Wikipedia. From there we used Google Trends to find out which TV show was most frequently searched in each country. Specifically, we gathered data starting from February 1, 2013, the date when Netflix streamed “House of Cards”– their first original content.
