Netflix Top 10: The most-watched shows in the world right now

By Andy Meek

Updated May 22nd, 2024 12:22PM EDT

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The latest weekly data dump from Netflix, revealing its most-watched series around the world, makes it abundantly clear which show is the reigning champ of Netflix original TV franchises right now.

The Regency-era drama Bridgerton comprises 30% of the new Netflix Top 10 TV shows list, with the show’s three seasons now having spent a collective 27 weeks on the chart. It’s a reminder that the show — which has also produced a prequel spinoff, Queen Charlotte — remains indispensable to the streaming giant and one of if not the biggest staple at a time when its past hits like Stranger Things and The Crown are either winding down or already over.

We’ll take a closer look at Bridgerton Season 3 below — as well as the rest of the shows on this week’s Netflix Top 10 list.

Netflix Top 10 shows (May 13-May 19)

To learn more about some of this week’s top series, you can also go deeper by checking out our previous coverage of several of the Netflix originals on this list, from the return of a critically acclaimed and fan favorite series about Greek mythology to a quirky series from the Obamas about podcasters visiting a picturesque Irish town, as well as Baby Reindeer — a drama everyone has been losing their minds over for the past several weeks, about a struggling British comedian and the woman who stalks him.

This week’s complete list of the Top 10 English-language shows on Netflix includes:

Bridgerton (Season 3) — 45.1 million views
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies, & Scandal (Season 1) — 9.5 million views
Baby Reindeer — 7.4 million views
Bridgerton (Season 1) — 4.5 million views
Kevin Hart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor — 4.1 million views
Bodkin (Season 1) — 4 million views
The Roast of Tom Brady — 3.4 million views
Bridgerton (Season 2) — 3.3 million views
A Man in Full — 2.4 million views
Blood of Zeus (Season 2) — 1.8 million views

Next, let’s zero in on the biggest Netflix TV release in the world this week.

Bridgerton Season 3 — #1 on Netflix

What’s often the case with a major Netflix franchise over multiple seasons is that its popularity and/or critical acclaim tends to wane, the longer things go on.

However, that’s not the case with Bridgerton, which is more popular than ever three seasons in to this romantic drama that follows the interactions between high society families in England’s Regency era. Viewers come for the debutante balls, matchmaking, romantic entanglements, and steamy love scenes, and they stick around for the addictive storytelling that includes scandal and intrigue as well as romance aplenty.

The second half of Bridgerton‘s new season arrives next month, but for now the new season is a Top 10 Netflix series in 92 countries. Moreover, it’s also the best reviewed of every season, as you can see below from the latest Rotten Tomatoes data:

Bridgerton Season 1 — 87% critics score, 71 audience score
Bridgerton Season 2 — 77% critics score, 75% audience score
Bridgerton Season 3 — 85% critics score, 88% audience score

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Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming.

Over the years, he’s interviewed legendary figures in entertainment and tech that range from Stan Lee to John McAfee, Peter Thiel, and Reed Hastings.