Netflix's 'Stranger Things' season 4 is on pace to top 'Bridgerton' season 2 in all-time viewership
Travis Clark
- "Stranger Things" season four had the biggest first week for a Netflix English-language series.
- It was viewed for 335 million hours in its first full week of release.
"Stranger Things" season four is already one of Netflix's biggest releases ever.
The season was watched for 335 million hours in its first full week of release, topping "Bridgerton" season two's first week of viewership.
"Stranger Things" season four is already the No. 3 biggest Netflix English-language season ever after debuting on May 27, and No. 5 overall when accounting for non-English-language shows like "Squid Game" and "Money Heist."
The season is on pace to top both seasons of "Bridgerton" as Netflix's biggest English-language series, and could potentially overtake "Money Heist" season five if momentum keeps up.
Each Tuesday, Netflix updates its lists of its most-watched shows and movies, based on hours viewed in the previous week.
Below are the top 10 TV shows on Netflix from May 30 through June 5 (Insider combined Netflix's English-language and non-English-language lists):
10. "My Liberation Notes" season one — 14.24 million hours
Description: "Three siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their unremarkable lives.
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9. "Who Killed Sara?" season three — 15.57 million hours
Description: "After 18 years in prison, Álex takes his revenge on the Lazcano family, who framed him for the murder of his sister Sara to save their reputation."
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8. "Ozark" season four — 16.77 million hours
Description: "A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 85%
What critics said: "'Ozark' never loses sight of the fact that selling your soul is rarely done solely for righteous reasons." — Daily Beast
7. "All American" season four — 30.64 million hours
Description: "Inspired by pro football player Spencer Paysinger, this sports drama features NAACP Image Award winner Taye Diggs as a coach."
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6. "Wrong Side of the Tracks" season one — 37.16 million hours
Description: "When his teenage granddaughter falls victim to the drug dealers overtaking his neighborhood, a fed-up war veteran takes matters into his own hands."
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5. "The Lincoln Lawyer" season one — 42.53 million hours
Description: "Sidelined after an accident, hotshot Los Angeles lawyer Mickey Haller restarts his career — and his trademark Lincoln — when he takes on a murder case."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 79%
What critics said: "No objection here if Netflix wants to provide a well-acted throwback series complete with likable anti-heroes and colorful suspects." — Chicago Sun-Times
4. "Stranger Things" season three — 47.42 million hours
Description: "When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 89%
What critics said: "It isn't the psychokinetic powers that make 'Stranger Things' watchable, it's the suffocating mindlessness of the lovingly recreated small-town landscape." — Times (UK)
3. "Stranger Things" season two — 58.27 million hours
Description: "When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 94%
What critics said: "'Stranger Things' provides a form of escapism that has nothing to do with alternate dimensions. It invites viewers to indulge in the sweet self-righteousness that can come with getting excluded for being uncool." — Buzzfeed
2. "Stranger Things" season one — 75.08 million hours
Description: "When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 97%
What critics said: "There are enough human dramas, soapy teenage love triangles, and nostalgia-coated kids' adventures to make it an engaging eight episodes." — Empire
1. "Stranger Things" season four — 335.01 million hours
Description: "When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 91%
What critics said: "Like its characters, it's still growing — no matter how un-photogenic the journey." — Los Angeles Times
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