Netflix has introduced a brand new viewership file for its restricted sequence Adolescence, confirming that the present has overtaken Stranger Issues Season 4 in whole views. The replace comes as Netflix continues to spotlight top-performing titles in its international rankings. The achievement marks Adolescence as a standout success within the platform’s 2025 slate.
Adolescence turns into second most-watched English language present on Netflix
Netflix’s restricted sequence Adolescence has overtaken Stranger Issues Season 4 to develop into the second most-watched English-language sequence within the platform’s historical past. As of June 1, Adolescence recorded 141.2 million views since its March 13 premiere, surpassing the 140.7 million views Stranger Issues Season 4 earned throughout its first 91 days.
The one English-language title forward of Adolescence is Wednesday Season 1, which leads with 252.1 million views. Netflix calculates these numbers primarily based on whole hours seen divided by runtime, measured inside a 91-day window from launch.
Regardless of its shorter whole runtime of three hours and 50 minutes, Adolescence collected 541.4 million hours seen. In distinction, Stranger Issues Season 4 logged 1.83 billion hours seen, largely attributable to its 13-hour runtime. Adolescence nonetheless has days remaining in its 91-day monitoring interval, doubtlessly widening its lead.
In Netflix’s total international rankings throughout all languages, Adolescence at present holds the quantity 4 spot. Squid Recreation Season 1 stays the most-viewed sequence globally with 265.2 million views, adopted by Wednesday and Squid Recreation Season 2, which garnered 192.6 million views.
For the week of Could 26 to June 1, Sirens led Netflix’s international chart with 18.2 million views. Different high titles included Chilly Case: The Tylenol Murders with 11.9 million views, Dept. Q with 6 million views, American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden with 5.4 million views, and Guess with 2.9 million views.
In Netflix’s all-time high 10 for English-language sequence, Adolescence ranks second, adopted by DAHMER with 115.6 million views, Bridgerton Season 1 with 113.3 million, and The Queen’s Gambit with 112.8 million. Stranger Issues Season 3 rounds out the listing at 94.8 million views.
Initially reported by Anubhav Chaudhry on SuperHeroHype.
