14 most successful Netflix series of all time: from favourite seasons of Stranger Things, Lucifer, Money Heist and Bridgerton, to The Witcher, Ozark, 13 Reasons Why and new viral smash Dahmer
- Korean smash hit Squid Game is Netflix’s biggest TV show ever, while new release Dahmer is already charting near the top – above both seasons of period drama Bridgerton
- The streaming giant has also raked in millions of viewers for popular series like Inventing Anna and All of Us Are Dead, and boasts cult favourites like Lucifer
Netflix handily ranks all seasons of shows by total viewing hours globally in their first 28 days of availability. So, which shows have raked in the most views ever on Netflix?
14. Ozark season four – 491 million hours
Description: “A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder US$500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.”
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 84 per cent
What critics said: “A chilly, thrilling narco saga told from the perspective of the mob’s money launderer, Ozark deserves its place among the very finest TV takes on American dope, crime and corruption.” – Empire
13. 13 Reasons Why season two – 496 million hours
Description: “High school student Clay Jensen lands in the centre of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend’s tragic suicide.”
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 28 per cent
What critics said: “13 Reasons Why is not fundamentally interested in starting a conversation. It’s interested in shocking, and it does not care how cheaply it might go about creating that shock.” – Vox