Netflix's 15 most-streamed shows of all time (by both hours watched and views)

Wednesday is one of Netflix's top 15 streamed shows — (Image credit: Netflix)

The Netflix list of the top 15 most streamed shows has had a big shake-up recently. Not only have some new additions climbed the list (hello, Queen Charlotte) but the streamer has also finally been a bit more upfront about its viewership data.

You see, Netflix only used to release how many hours a show had been viewed for during their first 28 days on the platform. Now, we can see how many hours it's been viewed in total, as well as how many views the show actually got too, which has led to some intriguing revelations.

Some shows, like Squid Game still reign supreme in both metrics, while others have been helped by having longer runtimes, like Stranger Thing season 4 topping the most hours viewed of an English-language show, but being beaten on views by Wednesday.

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So to help you make sense of all of these, we've done the number-crunching to work out exactly what are the most-viewed shows on the platform. Below, we've broken this down by both metrics, and the results might surprise you. And don't worry, we'll keep updating this ranking when Netflix releases new data to see if any new series can match Squid Game's global success.