on top of its second week netflix top 10“Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” has cracked the streamer’s most popular English-language list and became the second-most-watched English-language series in a week, behind only “Stranger Things 4”.
The controversy-ridden limited series about the infamous serial killer of the same name (played by Emmy winner Evan Peters) and Ryan Murphy, has topped English TV lists for two weeks in a row; From September 26 to October 2, the true crime show – which has drawn harsh condemnation from the families of Dahmer’s victims – clocked nearly 300 million hours.
Overall, “Dahmer” entered the most popular list at number nine after just 12 days with 496.05 million hours of views. When dividing the total hours watched by the series’ runtime, Netflix estimates the show has reached 56 million homes. For context, the streamer’s top series, “Squid Game,” reached 62 million homes in the same time frame, while “Bridgeton” Season 2 reached 53 million in the same time frame.
Last week, it was revealed that Netflix had removed the LGBTQ tag from fictional shows following intense social media backlash after people barred from placing the category on a title that depicted the murders of queer people. (Most of Dahmer’s victims were gay men of color.) The immediate relatives of Dahmer’s victims also advised Netflix to flag the show without consulting them, stating that the series was “replayed” for their experiences. : trauma”.
Here are the current top 10 most popular English language shows in Netflix history, ranked by hours watched:
- Stranger Things 4 – 1,352,090,000
- Bridgerton: Season 2 – 656,260,000
- Bridgerton: Season 1 – 625,490,000
- Stranger Things 3 – 582,100,000
- Lucifer: Season 5 – 569,100,000
- The Witcher: Season 1 – 541,010,000
- Anna’s Invention: Limited Series – 511,920,000
- 13 Reasons Why: Season 2 – 496, 120,000
- Dahmer: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story – 496,050,000
- Ozark: Season 4 – 491,090,000