Stranger Issues 5 (left) and Seven Dials (proper) – Image Credit: Netflix
It’s time for one more weekly rundown of the Netflix prime 10s! Beneath, we’ll be taking you thru the largest tales from the previous week, together with debuts and updates to a number of reveals. This week, we’ll cowl Seven Dials, Stranger Issues 5, The Nice Flood, Emily in Paris, HIS & HERS, Can This Love Be Translated?, Individuals We Meet on Trip and extra!
A busy day for nerd stats on Netflix, on condition that, alongside Netflix’s This fall earnings, in addition they launched the sixth biannual Netflix Engagement Report. We’ll have extra evaluation to come back on that, however should you don’t fancy diving into the Excel spreadsheet Netflix places the info in, we’ve up to date our large Engagement Report search instrument, which options the power to look every of the person stories along with mixed stories with breakouts for views and viewing hours. It’s additionally now acquired a unified search and the power to share! Have a play and tell us what you assume.
We’ve already finished some evaluation on The Rip, which debuted at #1 on the English film charts with 41.6M views, which places it within the higher tier of film launches for the previous few years. It’s not fairly assured a spot on Netflix’s all-time record, on condition that there are 80-something days nonetheless to go earlier than the ultimate 91-day rely, nevertheless it’s off to a superb begin.
Let’s start with this week’s weekly ranks, which date again to mid-2023:
- English TV: 67,400,000 (Rank 14 of 135 weeks)
- English Movie: 99,000,000 (Rank 16 of 135 weeks)
- Non-English TV: 25,100,000 (Rank 88 of 135 weeks)
- Non-English Movie: 14,800,000 (Rank 130 of 135 weeks)
1. Will Stranger Issues 5 topple season 4? It’s a nailbiter…
Stranger Issues continues to be dominating the highest 10s with all prior seasons STILL within the weekly prime 10s regardless of the finale having aired practically 3 weeks in the past. These rewatches or first-time watches are extremely spectacular, however viewership is of course falling away with season 5 dealing with a forty five% drop in hours watched this week, along with the 70% drop final week. Utterly pure.
| Week in Prime 10 | Week Interval | Hours Considered | Views / CVE | Weekly Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 23 to Nov 30, 2025 | 284,200,000 (New) | 59,600,000 | 1 |
| 2 | Nov 30 to Dec 7, 2025 | 112,700,000 (-60%) | 23,600,000 | 1 |
| 3 | Dec 7 to Dec 14, 2025 | 53,200,000 (-53%) | 11,200,000 | 3 |
| 4 | Dec 14 to Dec 21, 2025 | 38,900,000 (-27%) | 8,200,000 | 4 |
| 5 | Dec 21 to Dec 28, 2025 | 284,800,000 (+632%) | 34,500,000 | 1 |
| 6 | Dec 28 to Jan 4, 2026 | 325,600,000 (+14%) | 31,300,000 | 1 |
| 7 | Jan 4 to Jan 11, 2026 | 96,400,000 (-70%) | 9,300,000 | 3 |
| 8 | Jan 11 to Jan 18, 2026 | 53,500,000 (-45%) | 5,100,000 | 4 |
Its efficiency to this point has now boosted it to the #4 spot on Netflix’s English TV all-time prime 10 record, pushing Wednesday season 2 all the way down to #5, and Stranger Issues 4 being its subsequent goal, however will it get there?
For the trajectory, I as soon as once more flip to Frederic of Netflix and Chiffres, who has fairly precisely predicted a number of the latest cut up releases from Netflix and the place they in the end find yourself. Taking a look at his chart, it’s an absolute nail-biter with season 5 nearly neck and neck with season 4, however the query is how a lot the decay will probably be within the weeks to come back. You might argue the season 5 curve is already a bit extra excessive than season 4’s, however there are a number of days in it, and each viewing hour counts.
2. Seven Dials Opens Properly (With A Catch)
Image: Netflix
Netflix UK kicked off its 2026 slate with an adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel. On the face of it, it opened fairly properly with 9.9M views, however that’s on viewing hours of 26.6M. That places it in the direction of the higher finish compared towards different restricted sequence lately, however there’s a caveat. With solely three episodes (and a runtime primarily that of a really lengthy movie), that works towards it, given the views method (hours considered divided by runtime). In easy phrases, it’s simpler for reveals with decrease runtimes to get extra views off the bat. Due to this fact, whereas this seems like a superb begin, the viewing hours must choose up considerably to maintain up with different reveals within the coming weeks.
3. HIS & HERS week 2 and it’s flying excessive…
A number of actually large hitters are already in play to this point for 2026, and flying excessive is HIS & HERS, the restricted sequence thriller thriller that already had a robust debut final week and jumped up even increased with a 48% improve in viewing hours in its first full week.
It’s possibly a bit too early to be speaking “all-time” prime 10, nevertheless it’s on the best trajectory, significantly if the sequence retains up its phrase of mouth. You may see it monitoring simply above The Evening Agent season 1 at current, which presently occupies the #1 spot on Netflix’s all-time record on the time of publication.
4. Can This Love Be Translated? Begins Sturdy
One other Friday means one other Okay-Drama drop, and this week it’s the flip of Can This Love Be Translated?, which noticed an uncommon large push from Netflix’s US workplace when it comes to advertising and marketing, so did it repay? Considerably, sure! It debuted with 4M views, which places it in the direction of the highest finish in comparison with different full-season Korean language drops lately.
5. Did Individuals We Meet on Trip Decide Up?
Final week, it felt particularly harsh overlaying Individuals We Meet on Trip, given it was the primary correct film out of the gate in 2026, and it carried out… properly, so-so. In week 2, issues have picked up with a 36% improve in viewing hours, leaping from 33.8M to 45.8M, and views going from 17.2M to 23.3M. The decision? Higher, however across the center of the pack, sitting between Lindsay Lohan’s Irish Want and Amy Schumer’s Kinda Pregnant.
6. Some Extra Examine-Ins
Let’s start with the Harlan Coben present now that Run Away is in week 3! Every of those restricted sequence debuted on completely different days, however that turns into much less of an element because the weeks progress. Nonetheless, we will say that in comparison with the opposite New 12 months’s Coben drops, Run Away is now in third place, with Idiot Me As soon as being a complete outlier.
We must also replace you on Emily in Paris, regardless of its future being already safe for a 2026 return with season 6. We will’t instantly evaluate with season 4, because it was cut up throughout two components, however we will nonetheless see that the present has decayed season over season. As of week 5, when prior seasons dropped out of the weekly prime 10s, season 5 is down 25% from season 3, which continues to be fairly spectacular. We suspect season 5 will even drop out subsequent week, so this will probably be our final check-in till season 6 drops.
Lastly, The Nice Flood’s race within the most-watched record continues, and it’s nearly neck and neck with final yr’s Exterritorial.
What’s your large story from the Netflix prime 10s this week? Tell us within the feedback.
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