Netflix is among the most used and chosen streaming services in the world. Every day millions and millions of users choose to view content on the platform, thanks to a large catalogue, constantly updated and which meets everyone’s needs. There you can find original TV series and films, cult TV series, films that have marked the history of cinema, documentaries, animal cartoons and much more.
Some content on Netflix has become real successes, watched all over the world. The company wanted to analyze the tastes of viewers, elaborating a report on the most watched TV series and films in the first half of 2023. Let’s find out which titles are not to be missed and what Netflix subscribers appreciated during the year that is about to end.
What We Watched: a Netflix Engagement Report, the report on the platform’s most loved titles
Is called What We Watched: a Netflix Engagement Report and it is a report on the TV series and films most loved on the platform by users. In detail, Netflix has decided to publish it twice a year. The one recently released refers to the first half of 2023 contains more than 18 thousand titlesi.e. the contents that represent 99% of Netflix subscribers’ views, and the analysis of over 100 billion hours of viewing.
In the report, processed in an Excel file, they can be found interesting numbers and informationsuch as hours watched for each title, whether the content is original or licensed, whether it was syndicated globally, and the release date.
The hours of viewing, while not providing details on how the film or series was received by the public and their judgment in terms of quality, manage to provide a description on what was able to attract the most attention. The hours of viewing of TV series include all the episodes of a season; therefore, they may appear superior to films and should be taken into account when studying the report.
Netflix, which are the most watched films and series of 2023
Between January and June 2023, the series that attracted the most curiosity of Netflix subscribers was The Night Agent with its first season. It was released in March and has clocked up more than 812 million hours of viewing.
The Night Agent is an action series based on a novel by Matthew Quirk and tells the story of FBI agent Peter Sutherland who tries to save the United States from a dangerous conspiracy. The first season consists of 10 episodes and a second one is already planned.
With over 665 million hours of viewing, follows the second season of Ginny & Georgiathe sequel to a series launched in 2021. Then again TV series in the top five places: The Glorywith its first season, Wednesday e Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.
The first film placed fourteenth place of the ranking. It’s about The Motherwhich has garnered more than 249 million hours of viewing, an action film released in May 2023. It is directed by Niki Caro and involves actors of the caliber of Jennifer Lopez, in the lead role, Omari Hardwick, Joseph Fiennes and others.
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