The four biggest shows on Netflix in the first half of 2024 hailed from the UK, according to the streaming service’s latest biannual viewing report.
Netflix’s Engagement Report, covering the period January to June 2024, reports that Fool Me Once headed the list of most watched shows with 108m views, followed by season three of Bridgerton (92m), Baby Reindeer (88m) and The Gentlemen (76m).
Netflix’s 280m subscribers watched 94bn hours’ worth of programming on the service in the first half of the year, up from about 90bn hours for the second half of 2023.
The top 10 series list also includes the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender (71m), Griselda (69m), American Nightmare (55m), 3 Body Problem (52m), Money Heist spinoff Berlin (48.5m) and One Day (39m).
On the film side, the Millie Bobby Brown-led thriller Damsel was the most-watched title — series or movie — of the first half of the year with 144m views.
Non-English stories were also popular, making up nearly a third of all viewing.
Titles from Spain like Society of the Snow (104m) and Berlin (49m) as well as Korea’s Queen of Tears (29m) and Parasyte: The Grey (25m) led the way.
Other notable breakouts include France’s Under Paris (85m) and Italy’s The Tearsmith (53m).
Elsewhere, the Bridgerton universe brought in 189m views in the first half of 2024.
You are not signed in
Only registered users can comment on this article.
IABM reveals winners of the Inaugural IABM Impact Awards 2025
IABM has announced the winners of the 2025 IABM Impact Awards at a ceremony held at IBC in Amsterdam.
AO World’s Geoff Cooper appointed Chair of Channel 4
Geoff Cooper has been appointed as the next Chair of UK broadcaster Channel 4. Currently Chair of online electronics retailer AO World, Cooper will succeed interim Chair Dawn Airey on 1 October 2025.
SMPTE, EBU, and VSF win Emmy award for developing ST 2110
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), and Video Services Forum (VSF) are to receive an Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering, Science & Technology for the development of SMPTE ST 2110.
Big Blue Marble takes on the world
Austria-based ORS Group and Insys Video Technologies are exhibiting for the first time under their joint international Big Blue Marble brand as they present their shared mission to “create a smarter, connected, secure future for content distribution”.
Broadcasters find growth in partnerships
A billion hours of YouTube is watched on TV every day, and broadcasters need to figure out how to adapt.
