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Welcome to this week’s breakdown of the Netflix Top 10s. If Netflix seemed a bit eager to drop new announcements last week, the data from this past week might explain why: we are looking at an incredibly soft week for viewership with a few stumbles out of the gate.
Update: 04/01/2026
A previous iteration of this post included a section on the Red Hot Chili Peppers documentary. It was released the week before this week, so the data was for week 2, not week 1. This section has been removed. We apologize for the error.
In fact, total views across all four major categories—English TV, English Film, Non-English TV, and Non-English Film—are scraping the bottom of our dataset dating back to mid-2023. It was a week defined by quiet debuts, notable no-shows, and returning heavy hitters struggling to match their former glory.
Let’s begin with no shows. The MLB went live on Netflix for the first time this week and didn’t feature it. We also didn’t get a press release from Netflix today. It could be the case, like with the NFL Christmas Day games, that Netflix may be waiting on a third-party provider before dropping its own figures, so we’ll put a pin in that for now. What we do know, thanks to FlixPatrol numbers, is that the event only hit the top 10s in 13 countries (mostly Latin American regions and Japan) and dropped out fully after a day.
Also on the no-show list were The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties and Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride. No surprise with either omission, to be honest.
We also aren’t able to do any good comparisons for the BTS: The Return documentary, which was released on Friday, given that there have been so few docs released from the region. If you scroll down to our section on Red Hot Chili Peppers, you can get a rough idea of where it ranks against those titles with 3.3M views. Not particularly great, given their global footprint and the noise their fans make online.
Let’s check in on the weekly rankings: it was an incredibly soft week for Netflix (perhaps why they were so gun-ho with new announcements), with all of this week’s rankings across categories towards the bottom of the dataset dating back to mid-2023.
English TV: 35,400,000 views (Rank 126 of 145 weeks)
English Film: 62,200,000 (Rank 111 of 145 weeks)
Non-English TV: 26,700,000 (Rank 81 of 145 weeks)
Non-English Film: 26,800,000 (Rank 102 of 145 weeks)
1. Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen Struggles
Predicting the viewership for this new series, produced by The Duffer Brothers, was always going to be difficult given how much it leans into the horror genre, one that’s often struggled on Netflix over the years. Reviews have been pretty positive across the board from critics and definitely leaning positive from audiences in most quarters. Despite that, the series managed second in the overall TV English chart with a pretty low 4.5M views.
Stacked up against other shows from the genre from the past few years and a few other relatively recent comparisons of titles released on a Thursday, it’s a pretty grim first week, but fingers crossed, the completion rate (something we got reiterated to us again just today) is good and justifies the planned season 2.
Netflix Viewership Data – 1 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
Rank
The Watcher
22,300,000
1
1899
10,800,000
2
Resident Evil
10,100,000
3
The Waterfront
8,300,000
4
Ransom Canyon
7,200,000
5
The Beast In Me
6,900,000
6
Black Rabbit
6,600,000
7
Guillermo del Toros Cabinet of Curiosities
6,600,000
8
Pulse
6,500,000
9
Territory
6,400,000
10
The Fall of the House of Usher
6,300,000
11
Bodies
5,500,000
12
House of Guinness
5,200,000
13
Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen
4,500,000
14
The Brothers Sun
4,100,000
15
Death by Lightning
3,200,000
16
Dead Boy Detectives
3,100,000
17
The Midnight Club
2,000,000
18
2. One Piece in Week 3
We’ve been closely tracking the One Piece season 2 viewership for a while now to see how close (or far away) the series is tracking from its season 1 premiere three years ago. Last week, we tracked it to be behind about 33%, and that’s holding steady in week 3, with the actual views for season 2 now sitting at 33.8M, whereas season 1, on the same 20 days, was estimated to be at 50.46M views (or a drop of ~16.6 million views).
Not disaster level, but again, not super good. I’d love to be a fly on the wall in the offices regarding future talks about the series continuing beyond the already confirmed season 3.
3. Detective Hole Another Slow Debut for the Week
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The biggest debut Netflix Original series for the week was Detective Hole, which similarly came in second on the Non-English TV charts with 4.9M views. Given the global nature of that show (and its promotion), it feels a little wrong to compare it only to other Nordic shows, but even when you do, it’s not the prettiest of pictures here either. It currently ranks towards the bottom of the list of other Thursday releases from the region. Like Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, reviews are pretty good, so fingers crossed for some improvement.
Netflix Viewership Data – 1 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
Rank
La Palma – Limited Series
13,100,000
1
Secrets We Keep
10,300,000
2
The Nurse
9,000,000
3
The Åre Murders
8,800,000
4
Ragnarok – Season 3
6,500,000
5
Detective Hole – Season 1
4,900,000
6
The Playlist – Limited Series
2,200,000
7
Diary of a Ditched Girl
1,300,000
8
Billionaire Island – Season 1
1,000,000
9
4. Homicide is back
Renewed and released seemingly out of nowhere, the Dick Wolf-produced docu-series Homicide returned, and perhaps due to a wonky naming convention (it was New York for S1, Los Angeles for S2, and now back to New York for S3), viewership on that original New York series has dropped by over half. Here’s how it stacks up against that and other Wednesday released docu-series.
Netflix Viewership Data – 1 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
Rank
American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden
12,600,000
1
Amy Bradley Is Missing
12,200,000
2
Homicide – New York
10,200,000
3
Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing
9,800,000
4
aka Charlie Sheen
9,700,000
5
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
7,300,000
6
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
5,500,000
7
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia
4,800,000
8
The Manhattan Alien Abduction
4,000,000
9
Homicide – New York Season 2
3,600,000
10
The Diamond Heist
3,100,000
11
Being Gordon Ramsay
2,700,000
12
Critical: Between Life and Death
2,000,000
13
5. Heartbreak High returns for its third and final season
Picture Credit: Netflix
The audience for this Australian teen drama has never been huge, but it has been mostly loyal since its initial debut in 2022, and that’s again the case with season 3. Released on a Thursday, much like the first season (season 2 was released on a Thursday, so we can’t do a 1:1 comparison), views came in at 2.4M, down from 2.7M in season 1.
6. Radioactive Emergency from Brazil in Week 2
An 85% uplift in viewing hours for this Brazilian series was expected (we praised its visuals last week), meaning that it’s now ranking towards the higher end of Netflix Originals from the region in recent years, whereas in its opening week, it was only a middling hit.
7. 53 Sundays from Netflix Spain
Another movie swing from Netflix Spain in 2026 in the comedy sphere, which, as we’ve covered, pretty much only stays local (something its top 10 stats backs up). As a result, towards the bottom compared to relatively recent movies from the region.
Netflix Viewership Data – 1 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
Rank
Bad Influence
16,900,000
1
Bird Box Barcelona
16,300,000
2
A Widow’s Game
15,400,000
3
Firebreak
6,100,000
4
53 Sundays
2,900,000
5
She Walks in Darkness
2,700,000
6
The Champion
2,000,000
7
8. A Movie Check-In
Let’s first check in on the big movie races of 2026! War Machine is now very comfortably ahead of The Rip, although it’s still tracking below Damsel, meaning it’s not currently due a spot on Netflix’s all-time top 10, sadly. In week 2, the Peaky Blinders movie showed some real slowing down with viewership actually declining 23%, suggesting that the hardcore fans turned up for the opening weekend, and that’s about it.
Full List of Netflix Top 10s For Monday, March 23, 2026 to Sunday, March 29, 2026
English TV
Rank
Title
Hours
Views
Week #
1
ONE PIECE: Season 2
47,500,000 (-47.40%)
5,900,000
3
2
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen: Season 1
28,300,000
4,500,000
1
3
Beauty in Black: Season 2
57,700,000 (-21.92%)
4,200,000
5
4
Virgin River: Season 7
33,800,000 (-47.10%)
4,100,000
3
5
Homicide: New York Season 2
15,200,000
3,600,000
1
6
Raw: 2026 – March 23, 2026
5,500,000 (-6.78%)
2,900,000
1
7
The Predator of Seville: Limited Series
6,600,000
2,800,000
1
8
ONE PIECE: Season 1
19,600,000 (-78.29%)
2,600,000
11
9
Heartbreak High: Season 3
15,100,000
2,400,000
1
10
Bridgerton: Season 4
21,100,000 (-26.22%)
2,400,000
9
English Film
Rank
Title
Hours
Views
Week #
1
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
36,900,000 (-23.28%)
19,400,000
2
2
War Machine
18,700,000 (-42.81%)
10,300,000
4
3
Anaconda
13,000,000
7,900,000
1
4
KPop Demon Hunters
8,200,000 (-8.89%)
4,900,000
41
5
The Bad Guys 2
7,400,000
4,300,000
1
6
Minions: The Rise of Gru
5,700,000
3,900,000
12
7
What Happens in Vegas
5,200,000
3,200,000
3
8
40 Acres
5,800,000
3,100,000
1
9
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
4,400,000
2,800,000
1
10
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
3,600,000 (-62.11%)
2,400,000
3
Non-English TV
Rank
Title
Hours
Views
Week #
1
Radioactive Emergency: Season 1
35,900,000 (85.05%)
7,000,000
2
2
Detective Hole: Season 1
36,500,000
4,900,000
1
3
BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG
3,800,000 (-73.61%)
3,600,000
2
4
Phantom Lawyer: Season 1
13,200,000 (23.36%)
2,000,000
3
5
Pursuit of Jade: Season 1
52,100,000 (20.05%)
1,700,000
3
6
STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: 1st STAGE
1,300,000 (-64.86%)
1,700,000
2
7
Furies: Season 2 Resistance
7,400,000 (-15.91%)
1,600,000
2
8
That Night: Limited Series
6,400,000 (-64.64%)
1,600,000
3
9
Boyfriend on Demand: Limited Series
14,600,000 (-38.14%)
1,500,000
4
10
Ready or Not: Texas: Season 1
3,800,000
1,100,000
1
Non-English Film
Rank
Title
Hours
Views
Week #
1
Mardaani 3
9,500,000
4,400,000
1
2
The Red Line
9,700,000
4,200,000
1
3
BTS: THE RETURN
5,200,000
3,300,000
1
4
Dhurandhar
10,200,000 (29.11%)
3,000,000
9
5
53 Sundays
3,800,000
2,900,000
1
6
Border 2
9,400,000 (-15.32%)
2,800,000
2
7
Made in Korea
5,100,000 (-59.84%)
2,700,000
3
8
Pesugihan Sate Gagak
2,200,000
1,300,000
1
9
It Would Be Night in Caracas
1,800,000
1,100,000
1
10
Sous écrous
2,000,000
1,100,000
1
That’s it for this week – we’ll be back for another breakdown of the top 10s next week on Tuesday evening!