In November 2021, Netflix announced that it would publish a weekly list detailing its most popular TV shows over a seven-day period, and it's proven to be a great way to gauge what the world is watching at any given time. .
Title rankings by weekly hours watched, that is, the total number of subscriber hours worldwide for each title between Monday and Sunday of the previous week: Netflix routinely shares four separate lists; two for movies (English and non-English) and two for TV shows (English and non-English).
It's also worth noting that the streamer considers each season of a given series to be separate entities, so you might be watching two of the best seasons of Netflix shows in the same week. That is, if they are popular enough, of course.
Below, we've rounded up the 10 most popular English-language TV shows on the streamer over the past week. We've also rounded up the biggest movies on Netflix, if you want to see the best feature film deals on streamer right now.
1. Invent Ana
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(Image credit: Netflix)Release Date: February 11, 2022
Hours viewed: 195,97 million
Weeks in the Top 10: 2
As the first Shonda Rhimes production to hit Netflix since the Bridgerton and Grey's Anatomy blockbuster signed a mega-multiple-show deal with the streamer, it's no surprise to see Inventing Anna currently at the top of the popularity charts. Based on the famous New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler, this limited series tells the true story of serial con artist Anna Sorokin, a young woman who, posing as Anna Delvey, tricked the elite into believing New Yorkers were a rich heiress
2. Love is blind season 2
Release Date: February 11, 2022
Hours viewed: 58,96 million
Weeks in the Top 10: 2
58,96 million viewers tuned in to the second season of Love Is Blind last week, eager to see which of this year's singles can find a mate through emotional connection alone. The show released its first set of episodes on February 11, with more arriving on February 18, and the season finale dropping on February 25. Therefore, we expect this to remain among the most popular shows on Netflix for at least another week. .
3. Sweet Magnolias Season 2
Release Date: February 4, 2022
Hours viewed: 29,76 million
Weeks in the Top 10: 3
The second season of Sweet Magnolias proves to be just as popular as the first. In this small-screen adaptation of Sherryl Woods' series of novels, three South Carolina women juggle relationships, family and careers in the small town of Serenity. The new episodes, released on February 4, find the trio working through new relationships, old wounds and the politics of the city.
4. Ozark season 4 part 1
Release date: January 21 of 2022
Hours viewed: 17,99 million
Weeks in the Top 10: 5
Part 1 of the fourth and final season of Ozark has already spent five weeks among the most popular TV shows on Netflix. Picking up right where Season 3 left off, new episodes of the series find Marty and Wendy Byrde on the brink of freedom from ruthless Félix Solís cartel boss Omar Navarro, before fragile family ties are broken and threaten to put the couple in an even bigger bind. Expect to see the second part of Ozark Season 4, which is scheduled to arrive later this year, climb even higher in the rankings.
5. Raising Dion season 2
Release Date: February 1, 2022
Hours viewed: 17,55 million
Weeks in the Top 10: 3
Something of a sleeper hit among the streamer's best-known hits on the small screen, Raising Dion first aired in 2019 to little fanfare. However, its long-awaited second season is proving very popular with new and returning fans. The show follows a young boy, Dion, whose superpowers make him a target of exploitation after the death of his father.
6. One of us lies
Release Date: October 7, 2021
Hours viewed: 15,39 million
Weeks in the Top 10: 1
Based on the best-selling book of the same name by Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying unravels the mystery of a murdered student at an American high school. Four of the victim's classmates had the opportunity and the motive to commit the deed, and the series spends its eight episodes tracking down the identity of the real culprit. 15,39 million caught this solo in the last week.
7. The Cuphead Show!
Release Date: February 18, 2022
Hours viewed: 14,63 million
Weeks in the Top 10: 1
A 12-episode television adaptation of the 2017 hit video game, The Cuphead Show! Netflix did pretty well in its first week of release. The series hails from Chad and Jared Moldenhauer (the duo who wrote the original game) and follows the titular character's misadventures as he and his easily influenced brother Mugman travel the Inkwell Islands in search of adventure. We don't expect this to stay among Netflix's most popular TV shows for long, mind you.
8. Raising Dion season 1
Release Date: October 4, 2019
Hours viewed: 14,14 million
Weeks in the Top 10: 3
Surprisingly enough, the first season of Raising Dion is also on Netflix's list of most popular TV shows this week. These first few episodes find the titular hero a much younger boy, struggling with the pressures of his new abilities. 14,14 million viewers watched it last week and probably jumped right into season 2 after that.
9. Disenchantment Season 4
Release Date: February 9, 2022
Hours viewed: 12,3 million
Weeks in the Top 10: 2
Continuing the adventures of Bean, Elfo, and Luci in the medieval fantasy kingdom of Dreamland, season four of Disenchantment finds the gang shaken by the discovery of an underwater castle containing secrets that could threaten the kingdom. The show continues to prove its worth on Netflix, and perhaps its popularity was further fueled by the news that Matt Groening's old comedy Futurama is being resurrected (a 20-episode eighth season coming to Hulu and Disney Plus in 2023). ).
10. The woman in the house opposite the girl in the window
Release date: January 28 of 2022
Hours viewed: 11,04 million
Weeks in the Top 10: 4
After spending four weeks between broadcast's biggest shows, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window is almost guaranteed a second season. A parody of the psychological thriller genre, the series stars Kristen Bell as Anna, a heartbroken woman who is unsure whether or not she is a witness to a murder. Naturally, all manner of paranoia-inducing events begin to occur, and the series quickly welcomes all the murder mystery tropes in the book.