Netflix releases viewership data on all shows, movies; Night Agent S1 tops chart

The Night Agent Season 1 has emerged as Netflix's most-watched show at 812 million viewing hours, the entertainment giant's latest report 'What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement' shows. The engagement report, released twice a year by Netflix, is a comprehensive report of what people watched on Netflix over six months.

This includes hours viewed for every title — original and licenced — watched for over 50,000 hours; the premiere date for any Netflix TV series or film; and whether a title was available globally. 

From India, Rana Naidu ranked the highest on the 336th spot, garnering 46 million hours views, followed by Chor Nikal ke Bhaga (401 rank), Mission Majnu (599 rank). Others in the list include Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway (651 rank), Class (724), Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar (762), Shehzada (840), Scoop (1,248), An Action Hero (1,381), and Gumrah (1,437).

In total, the report covers more than 18,000 titles — representing 99% of all viewing on Netflix — and nearly 100 billion hours viewed. 

Over 60% of Netflix titles released between January and June 2023 also appeared on the company’s weekly 'Top 10' lists, says Netflix. 

Ginny & Georgia: Season 2 was ranked second globally at 665 million hours viewed globally. The other shows in the top 10 included The Glory: Season 1 (622,800,000 hours), Wednesday: Season 1 (507,700,000); Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (503,000,000); You: Season 4 (440,600,000); La Reina del Sur: Season 3 (429,600,000); Outer Banks: Season 3 (402500000); Ginny & Georgia: Season 1 (302,100,000); and FUBAR: Season 1 (266,200,000).

Talking about the emerging trends, Netflix says these shows mark the strength of returning favourites like Ginny & Georgia, Alice in Borderland, The Marked Heart, Outer Banks, You, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, XO Kitty and film sequels Murder Mystery 2 and Extraction 2.

The trends also show the popularity of new series like The Night Agent, The Diplomat, Beef, The Glory, Alpha Males, FUBAR and Fake Profile, which generated huge audiences and fandoms, claims the OTT major.

The company says success on Netflix comes in all shapes and sizes and is not determined by hours viewed alone. "We have enormously successful movies and TV shows with both lower and higher hours viewed. It’s all about whether a movie or TV show thrilled its audience — and the size of that audience relative to the economics of the title."

In its ‘Weekly Top 10’ report, Netflix says ‘Leave the World Behind’ has debuted as the most-watched title of the week with 41.7M views.

Family Switch, the body-swap comedy starring Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms, took second place with 18.6M views. Leo, the animated film from star, co-writer and producer Adam Sandler took third place in its third week on the list with 14.2M views, taking its total views since launch to 72.4M. The Super Mario Bros. Movie skidded into fourth place with 13.2M views. 

The new drama My Life with the Walter Boys debuted at 2 on the English TV list with 7.5 million views. "Epic reality competition series Squid Game: The Challenge — which crowned its first winner on December 6— took third place with 6.6M views." 

Part 1 of The Crown's sixth and final season also took sixth place (2.5 million views) and Season 5 of Virgin River took eighth in its eighth week on the list (2.2 million views).