Netflix Releases List of Most Watched Movies and Series of Second Half of 2024
For data nerds – it’s our favorite time of the year – the second half of 2024 viewing data has just been released! We’ve got a lot more to come, but what are the most-watched...
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For data nerds – it’s our favorite time of the year – the second half of 2024 viewing data has just been released! We’ve got a lot more to come, but what are the most-watched movies and series of the second half of the year? Let’s dive straight in.
What are the key points that Netflix has cited as being the most important for this data drop? Netflix reiterated that Engagement (time spent watching) is the best metric to gauge member satisfaction and that this data drop covers ~99% of all video watch time on Netflix and that no single title accounts for more than 1% of total Netflix viewing.
Squid Game S2 had the most hours viewed (0.7% of total viewing), and their total watch time for this period of July to December 2024 was 94B hours (5% increase YoY). Their most-viewed series was Squid Game S2 (87M views) despite premiering only 6 days before year-end.
Most Watched Series on Netflix(July to December 2024)
Squid Game: Season 2 – 86,500,000 views
The Perfect Couple: Season 1 – 75,100,000 views
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story – 69,700,000 views
Emily in Paris: Season 4 – 57,800,000 views
Nobody Wants This: Season 1 – 56,800,000 views
La Palma: Limited Series – 52,200,000 views
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson – 48,900,000 views
The Accident: Season 1 – 41,200,000 views
Black Doves: Season 1 – 38,800,000 views
Cobra Kai: Season 6 – 38,300,000 views
American Murder: Laci Peterson: Season 1 – 37,400,000 views
Outer Banks: Season 4 – 35,700,000 views
The Madness: Limited Series – 34,800,000 views
Supacell: Season 1 – 34,500,000 views
The Lincoln Lawyer: Season 3 – 32,500,000 views
Prison Break: Season 1 – 31,900,000 views
The Umbrella Academy: Season 4 – 27,400,000 views
Deceitful Love: Limited Series – 27,200,000 views
Worst Ex Ever: Season 1 – 26,100,000 views
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: Season 1 – 25,400,000 views
Beauty in Black: Season 1 – 24,900,000 views
Vikings: Valhalla: Season 3 – 24,500,000 views
Arcane: Season 2 – 23,900,000 views
Prison Break: Season 2 – 23,800,000 views
The Cage: Season 1 – 23,100,000 views
Most Watched Movies on Netflix(July to December 2024)
Carry-On – 137,300,000 views
The Union – 131,100,000 views
Rebel Ridge – 129,000,000 views
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F – 97,100,000 views
Our Little Secret – 81,300,000 views
Sing: Thriller – 77,000,000 views
A Family Affair – 74,200,000 views
Uglies – 72,100,000 views
Don’t Move – 69,400,000 views
Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch – 66,500,000 views
Trolls Band Together – 60,700,000 views
That Christmas – 60,100,000 views
Sing (2016) – 58,200,000 views
The Deliverance – 56,800,000 views
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie – 55,600,000 views
Minions: The Rise of Gru – 51,800,000 views
Meet Me Next Christmas – 48,500,000 views
Find Me Falling – 48,400,000 views
Paw Patrol: The Movie – 48,100,000 views
Time Cut – 48,000,000 views
Incoming – 46,400,000 views
The Emoji Movie – 46,200,000 views
The Platform 2 – 45,900,000 views
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – 45,800,000 views
Kingsman: The Secret Service – 43,100,000 views
Top-Performing Content
Animated Films Dominate (10 of the Top 25 films were animated):
Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch – 67M views
Trolls Band Together – 61M views
That Christmas – 60M views
Sing – 58M views
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie – 56M views
True Crime Remains Popular:
The Menendez Brothers – 39M views
American Murder: Laci Peterson – 37M views
Worst Ex Ever – 26M views
Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter – 25M views
The Lost Children – 22M views
Non-English Content Represents Nearly 1/3 of Viewing
Norway: La Palma – 52M views
Mexico: The Accident – 41M views
France: Family Pack – 41M views
Germany: The Empress S2 – 19M views
Brazil: Senna – 15M views
Colombia: One Hundred Years of Solitude – 9M views
Regional Highlights
Japan:
Tokyo Swindlers – 12M views
Drawing Closer – 8M views
Jujutsu Kaisen – 8M views
South Korea:
Officer Black Belt – 40M views
Mission: Cross – 23M views
Love Next Door – 20M views
Culinary Class Wars – 17M views
India:
Maharaja – 25M views
Do Patti – 20M views
IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack – 12M views
You can find the full spreadsheet via Google Sheets here. Netflix notes that these reports will be published bi-annually alongside Q2 and Q4 earnings results moving forward.
More to come…
