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\"Something<\/p>\n

Picture Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n

Welcome to this week\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

In fact, total views across all four major categories\u2014English TV, English Film, Non-English TV, and Non-English Film\u2014are 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.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s begin with no shows. The MLB went live on Netflix for the first time this week and didn\u2019t feature it. We also didn\u2019t 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\u2019ll put a pin in that for now. What we do know, thanks to FlixPatrol numbers<\/a>, 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"One<\/p>\n

We also aren\u2019t 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s 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\u2019s rankings across categories towards the bottom of the dataset<\/a> dating back to mid-2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

English TV: 35,400,000 views (Rank 126 of 145 weeks)
\nEnglish Film: 62,200,000 (Rank 111 of 145 weeks)
\nNon-English TV: 26,700,000 (Rank 81 of 145 weeks)
\nNon-English Film: 26,800,000 (Rank 102 of 145 weeks)<\/p>\n

1. Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen\u00a0Struggles<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s a pretty grim first week, but fingers crossed, the completion rate (something we got reiterated to us again just today<\/a>) is good and justifies the planned season 2.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Netflix Viewership Data – 1 Week Analysis
\n
\n
\n
\n Title
\n Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
\n Rank
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n The Watcher
\n 22,300,000
\n 1
\n
\n
\n 1899
\n 10,800,000
\n 2
\n
\n
\n Resident Evil
\n 10,100,000
\n 3
\n
\n
\n The Waterfront
\n 8,300,000
\n 4
\n
\n
\n Ransom Canyon
\n 7,200,000
\n 5
\n
\n
\n The Beast In Me
\n 6,900,000
\n 6
\n
\n
\n Black Rabbit
\n 6,600,000
\n 7
\n
\n
\n Guillermo del Toros Cabinet of Curiosities
\n 6,600,000
\n 8
\n
\n
\n Pulse
\n 6,500,000
\n 9
\n
\n
\n Territory
\n 6,400,000
\n 10
\n
\n
\n The Fall of the House of Usher
\n 6,300,000
\n 11
\n
\n
\n Bodies
\n 5,500,000
\n 12
\n
\n
\n House of Guinness
\n 5,200,000
\n 13
\n
\n
\n Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen
\n 4,500,000
\n 14
\n
\n
\n The Brothers Sun
\n 4,100,000
\n 15
\n
\n
\n Death by Lightning
\n 3,200,000
\n 16
\n
\n
\n Dead Boy Detectives
\n 3,100,000
\n 17
\n
\n
\n The Midnight Club
\n 2,000,000
\n 18
\n
\n <\/p>\n

2. One Piece in Week 3<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve 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\u2019s 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).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not disaster level, but again, not super good. I\u2019d love to be a fly on the wall in the offices regarding future talks about the series continuing beyond the already confirmed season 3<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"One<\/p>\n

3. Detective Hole Another Slow Debut for the Week<\/p>\n

\"Detective<\/p>\n

Cr. Courtesy of Netflix \u00a9 2024<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Netflix Viewership Data – 1 Week Analysis
\n
\n
\n
\n Title
\n Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
\n Rank
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n La Palma – Limited Series
\n 13,100,000
\n 1
\n
\n
\n Secrets We Keep
\n 10,300,000
\n 2
\n
\n
\n The Nurse
\n 9,000,000
\n 3
\n
\n
\n The \u00c5re Murders
\n 8,800,000
\n 4
\n
\n
\n Ragnarok – Season 3
\n 6,500,000
\n 5
\n
\n
\n Detective Hole – Season 1
\n 4,900,000
\n 6
\n
\n
\n The Playlist – Limited Series
\n 2,200,000
\n 7
\n
\n
\n Diary of a Ditched Girl
\n 1,300,000
\n 8
\n
\n
\n Billionaire Island – Season 1
\n 1,000,000
\n 9
\n
\n <\/p>\n

4. Homicide is back<\/p>\n

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\u2019s how it stacks up against that and other Wednesday released docu-series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Netflix Viewership Data – 1 Week Analysis
\n
\n
\n
\n Title
\n Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
\n Rank
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden
\n 12,600,000
\n 1
\n
\n
\n Amy Bradley Is Missing
\n 12,200,000
\n 2
\n
\n
\n Homicide – New York
\n 10,200,000
\n 3
\n
\n
\n Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing
\n 9,800,000
\n 4
\n
\n
\n aka Charlie Sheen
\n 9,700,000
\n 5
\n
\n
\n Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
\n 7,300,000
\n 6
\n
\n
\n American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
\n 5,500,000
\n 7
\n
\n
\n Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia
\n 4,800,000
\n 8
\n
\n
\n The Manhattan Alien Abduction
\n 4,000,000
\n 9
\n
\n
\n Homicide – New York Season 2
\n 3,600,000
\n 10
\n
\n
\n The Diamond Heist
\n 3,100,000
\n 11
\n
\n
\n Being Gordon Ramsay
\n 2,700,000
\n 12
\n
\n
\n Critical: Between Life and Death
\n 2,000,000
\n 13
\n
\n <\/p>\n

5. Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/p>\n

For a while now, Netflix has struggled to get any of its big Friday documentary features to rank. Queen of Chess, Cover-Up, Breakdown: 1975, The New Yorker at 100, The Stringer, The Man Who Took The Photo, these are all ones from the last six months, which were complete no-shows. To that end, it\u2019s a miracle that the new Red Hot Chili Peppers doc ranked at all, especially given the genre it\u2019s in. If we look back, it\u2019s no surprise that true-crime completely dominates Friday releases, which makes this release look weak, but trust us, it\u2019s a miracle!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Netflix Viewership Data – 1 Week Analysis
\n
\n
\n
\n Title
\n Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
\n Rank
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n The Perfect Neighbor
\n 16,700,000
\n 1
\n
\n
\n A Deadly American Marriage
\n 9,800,000
\n 2
\n
\n
\n Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
\n 8,600,000
\n 3
\n
\n
\n My Father the BTK Killer
\n 5,700,000
\n 4
\n
\n
\n Chaos: The Manson Murders
\n 5,000,000
\n 5
\n
\n
\n Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror
\n 4,400,000
\n 6
\n
\n
\n Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
\n 3,800,000
\n 7
\n
\n
\n The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
\n 3,200,000
\n 8
\n
\n
\n The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother Hillel
\n 2,800,000
\n 9
\n
\n <\/p>\n

6. Heartbreak High returns for its third and final season<\/p>\n

\"Heartbreak<\/p>\n

Picture Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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\u2019t do a 1:1 comparison), views came in at 2.4M, down from 2.7M in season 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

7. Radioactive Emergency from Brazil in Week 2<\/p>\n

An 85% uplift in viewing hours for this Brazilian series was expected (we praised its visuals last week<\/a>), meaning that it\u2019s 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

8. 53 Sundays from Netflix Spain<\/p>\n

Another movie swing from Netflix Spain in 2026 in the comedy sphere, which, as we\u2019ve 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Netflix Viewership Data – 1 Week Analysis
\n
\n
\n
\n Title
\n Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
\n Rank
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n Bad Influence
\n 16,900,000
\n 1
\n
\n
\n Bird Box Barcelona
\n 16,300,000
\n 2
\n
\n
\n A Widow’s Game
\n 15,400,000
\n 3
\n
\n
\n Firebreak
\n 6,100,000
\n 4
\n
\n
\n 53 Sundays
\n 2,900,000
\n 5
\n
\n
\n She Walks in Darkness
\n 2,700,000
\n 6
\n
\n
\n The Champion
\n 2,000,000
\n 7
\n
\n <\/p>\n

9. A Movie Check-In<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s first check in on the big movie races of 2026! War Machine is now very comfortably ahead of The Rip, although it\u2019s still tracking below Damsel, meaning it\u2019s not currently due a spot on Netflix\u2019s 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\u2019s about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Full List of Netflix Top 10s For Monday, March 23, 2026 to Sunday, March 29, 2026
\nEnglish TV<\/p>\n

Rank
\nTitle
\nHours
\nViews
\nWeek #<\/p>\n

1
\nONE PIECE: Season 2<\/a>
\n47,500,000\u00a0(-47.40%)
\n5,900,000
\n3<\/p>\n

2
\nSomething Very Bad Is Going to Happen: Season 1<\/a>
\n28,300,000
\n4,500,000
\n1<\/p>\n

3
\nBeauty in Black: Season 2<\/a>
\n57,700,000\u00a0(-21.92%)
\n4,200,000
\n5<\/p>\n

4
\nVirgin River: Season 7<\/a>
\n33,800,000\u00a0(-47.10%)
\n4,100,000
\n3<\/p>\n

5
\nHomicide: New York Season 2<\/a>
\n15,200,000
\n3,600,000
\n1<\/p>\n

6
\nRaw: 2026 \u2013 March 23, 2026<\/a>
\n5,500,000\u00a0(-6.78%)
\n2,900,000
\n1<\/p>\n

7
\nThe Predator of Seville: Limited Series<\/a>
\n6,600,000
\n2,800,000
\n1<\/p>\n

8
\nONE PIECE: Season 1<\/a>
\n19,600,000\u00a0(-78.29%)
\n2,600,000
\n11<\/p>\n

9
\nHeartbreak High: Season 3<\/a>
\n15,100,000
\n2,400,000
\n1<\/p>\n

10
\nBridgerton: Season 4<\/a>
\n21,100,000\u00a0(-26.22%)
\n2,400,000
\n9<\/p>\n

English Film<\/p>\n

Rank
\nTitle
\nHours
\nViews
\nWeek #<\/p>\n

1
\nPeaky Blinders: The Immortal Man<\/a>
\n36,900,000\u00a0(-23.28%)
\n19,400,000
\n2<\/p>\n

2
\nWar Machine<\/a>
\n18,700,000\u00a0(-42.81%)
\n10,300,000
\n4<\/p>\n

3
\nAnaconda<\/a>
\n13,000,000
\n7,900,000
\n1<\/p>\n

4
\nKPop Demon Hunters<\/a>
\n8,200,000\u00a0(-8.89%)
\n4,900,000
\n41<\/p>\n

5
\nThe Bad Guys 2<\/a>
\n7,400,000
\n4,300,000
\n1<\/p>\n

6
\nMinions: The Rise of Gru<\/a>
\n5,700,000
\n3,900,000
\n12<\/p>\n

7
\nWhat Happens in Vegas<\/a>
\n5,200,000
\n3,200,000
\n3<\/p>\n

8
\n40 Acres<\/a>
\n5,800,000
\n3,100,000
\n1<\/p>\n

9
\nThe Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel<\/a>
\n4,400,000
\n2,800,000
\n1<\/p>\n

10
\nLouis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere<\/a>
\n3,600,000\u00a0(-62.11%)
\n2,400,000
\n3<\/p>\n

Non-English TV<\/p>\n

Rank
\nTitle
\nHours
\nViews
\nWeek #<\/p>\n

1
\nRadioactive Emergency: Season 1<\/a>
\n35,900,000\u00a0(85.05%)
\n7,000,000
\n2<\/p>\n

2
\nDetective Hole: Season 1<\/a>
\n36,500,000
\n4,900,000
\n1<\/p>\n

3
\nBTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG<\/a>
\n3,800,000\u00a0(-73.61%)
\n3,600,000
\n2<\/p>\n

4
\nPhantom Lawyer: Season 1<\/a>
\n13,200,000\u00a0(23.36%)
\n2,000,000
\n3<\/p>\n

5
\nPursuit of Jade: Season 1<\/a>
\n52,100,000\u00a0(20.05%)
\n1,700,000
\n3<\/p>\n

6
\nSTEEL BALL RUN JoJo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure: 1st STAGE<\/a>
\n1,300,000\u00a0(-64.86%)
\n1,700,000
\n2<\/p>\n

7
\nFuries: Season 2 Resistance<\/a>
\n7,400,000\u00a0(-15.91%)
\n1,600,000
\n2<\/p>\n

8
\nThat Night: Limited Series<\/a>
\n6,400,000\u00a0(-64.64%)
\n1,600,000
\n3<\/p>\n

9
\nBoyfriend on Demand: Limited Series<\/a>
\n14,600,000\u00a0(-38.14%)
\n1,500,000
\n4<\/p>\n

10
\nReady or Not: Texas: Season 1<\/a>
\n3,800,000
\n1,100,000
\n1<\/p>\n

Non-English Film<\/p>\n

Rank
\nTitle
\nHours
\nViews
\nWeek #<\/p>\n

1
\nMardaani 3<\/a>
\n9,500,000
\n4,400,000
\n1<\/p>\n

2
\nThe Red Line<\/a>
\n9,700,000
\n4,200,000
\n1<\/p>\n

3
\nBTS: THE RETURN<\/a>
\n5,200,000
\n3,300,000
\n1<\/p>\n

4
\nDhurandhar<\/a>
\n10,200,000\u00a0(29.11%)
\n3,000,000
\n9<\/p>\n

5
\n53 Sundays<\/a>
\n3,800,000
\n2,900,000
\n1<\/p>\n

6
\nBorder 2<\/a>
\n9,400,000\u00a0(-15.32%)
\n2,800,000
\n2<\/p>\n

7
\nMade in Korea<\/a>
\n5,100,000\u00a0(-59.84%)
\n2,700,000
\n3<\/p>\n

8
\nPesugihan Sate Gagak<\/a>
\n2,200,000
\n1,300,000
\n1<\/p>\n

9
\nIt Would Be Night in Caracas<\/a>
\n1,800,000
\n1,100,000
\n1<\/p>\n

10
\nSous \u00e9crous<\/a>
\n2,000,000
\n1,100,000
\n1<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it for this week \u2013 we\u2019ll be back for another breakdown of the top 10s next week on Tuesday evening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Picture Credit: Netflix Welcome to this week\u2019s breakdown of the Netflix Top 10s. If Netflix seemed a bit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-368625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}