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Most Popular Films and TV Shows on Netflix in 2022 so far

Most Popular Films and TV Shows on Netflix in 2022 so far

Looking for something to watch on Netflix can be a nightmare! So I wanted to find a really easy way to find out what the most popular TV shows and Films have been over the year. I wanted to see what was popular by the total number of hours watched as well as an average number of hours watched whilst the show was placed in a top 10 position to get a true ranking order by popularity.

Here’s what I found.

These stats are correct as of the 23rd of August 2022, not including the top 10 weekly stats due to be released today.

TV Shows

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to guess which show takes the top spot on this one.

TV shows by the number of hours watched

PosTitle# of hours watched# Weeks in the top 10
1Stranger Things2,845,460,00012
2Bridgerton949,010,00011
3Ozark751,600,00013
4Inventing Anna654,560,00010
5Manifest466,670,00015
6The Umbrella Academy414,630,0005
7Cobra Kai383,640,0004
8The Lincoln Lawyer305,270,0006
9The Witcher298,580,0006
10Virgin River269,860,0004

TV shows by The Number of hours / Number of weeks in the top ten

PosTitle# of hours watched# Weeks in the top 10
1Stranger Things2,845,460,00012
2The Sandman196,980,0002
3Cobra Kai383,640,0004
4Bridgerton949,010,00011
5The Umbrella Academy414,630,0005
6Virgin River269,860,0004
7Inventing Anna654,560,00010
8Ozark751,600,00013
9Resident Evil173,400,0003
10Never Have I Ever55,010,0001

Most Popular Seasons of 2022 hours watched / weeks in the top 10

PosTitle# of hours watched# Weeks in the top 10
1Stranger Things 41,764,790,00012
2The Sandman: Season 1196,980,0002
3Cobra Kai: Season 4292,950,0004
4Bridgerton: Season 2775,240,00011
5Virgin River: Season 4269,860,0004
6Inventing Anna: Limited Series654,560,00010
7The Umbrella Academy: Season 3301,850,0005
8Resident Evil: Season 1173,400,0003
9Never Have I Ever: Season 355,010,0001
10Vikings: Valhalla: Season 1265,550,0005

what to take away from this is that Stranger Things has been the biggest TV show of 2022 so far and will likely stay in the top position for the rest of the year.

The Sandman is a strong contestant with only being released in the last couple of weeks, but we will have to see how many weeks it stays in the top 10.

If you haven’t watched Ozark and Bridgerton, these are definitely a good place to start however it is interesting to see that Ozark individual seasons have not taken a top 10 spot in the hours/weeks at top to table.

Despite Resident Evil getting shady reviews online and only scoring   maybe it’s not all that bad. I haven’t actually watched it yet but I will give it a shot a provide a review in the next few weeks.

Films and Documentary

I have included 20 films in the charts for this one since there’s less viewing time per title compared to tv shows.

Films by number of hours watched

PosTitle# of hours watched# Weeks in the top 10
1Don’t Look Up278,550,0008
2The Adam Project260,520,0008
3The Gray Man245,080,0004
4Hustle198,310,0006
5Purple Hearts197,190,0003
6The Sea Beast182,030,0006
7The Tinder Swindler172,130,0005
8The Man from Toronto170,820,0006
9Senior Year167,600,0006
10365 Days: This Day122,200,0004
11Sing 2111,890,0008
12A Perfect Pairing91,610,0005
13Interceptor89,410,0003
14Spiderhead83,220,0003
15The In Between82,070,0004
16The Weekend Away79,950,0003
17Brazen79,750,0003
18The Royal Treatment77,580,0003
19Sonic the Hedgehog75,840,0008
20A Madea Homecoming72,790,0004

Films by # of hours watched / # weeks in the top ten

PosTitle# of hours watched# Weeks in the top 10
1Purple Hearts197,190,0003
2The Gray Man245,080,0004
3Day Shift56,510,0001
4Don’t Look Up278,550,0008
5The Tinder Swindler172,130,0005
6Hustle198,310,0006
7The Adam Project260,520,0008
8365 Days: This Day122,200,0004
9The Sea Beast182,030,0006
10Interceptor89,410,0003
11The Man from Toronto170,820,0006
12Senior Year167,600,0006
13Spiderhead83,220,0003
14The Weekend Away79,950,0003
15Brazen79,750,0003
16The Royal Treatment77,580,0003
17Texas Chainsaw Massacre46,620,0002
18Persuasion68,830,0003
19Love & Gelato44,690,0002
20Uncharted44,360,0002

all the above is not an exact science, but it does give a good start on finding some of the most popular content on Netflix

I hope you find this useful and that it helps you find something else to watch.

It is worth a note that this obviously does not include any data after 23/08/2022, including the data due to be released today.

 

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