Netflix introduced its own daily top 10 rankings of its most popular titles in February. The move further peeled the curtain back on Netflix viewership and helped highlight Netflix's original titles.
Netflix counts a view if an account watches at least two minutes of a TV show or movie, a metric that moreso measures interest in a specific title than how long a viewer is spending with it. The daily lists are based on the previous 24 hours.
Reelgood, a streaming search engine, provided Business Insider a list of the top 10 TV shows on Netflix in 2020, based on Netflix's daily rankings. Reelgood used a points system to determine the list. Every time a show ranked No. 1 on Netflix daily lists, it got 10 points. A show got nine points for every time it placed No. 2, eight points for No. 3, and so on.
The resulting list is dominated by Netflix originals (though two of the shows, "Cocomelon" and "Cobra Kai," originated on YouTube). Just one show ("The Office") in the top 10 is a licensed title. "The Office" is leaving Netflix at the end of December, though, for NBCUniversal's new streaming service Peacock.
From "The Queen's Gambit" to "The Umbrella Academy" to "Cobra Kai," below are the most popular TV shows on Netflix this year from February 27 to December 9.