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‘Murder Mystery,’ ‘Stranger Things 3’ Top Netflix’s Popular
Netflix acquired within the end-of-year spirit Monday by sharing its personal set of Top 10 lists for 2019, together with its hottest titles that launched within the U.S. over the past 365 days, which is lead by the Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler comedy “Murder Mystery” and the third season of “Stranger Things.”
According to Netflix, its “most popular” home releases for the yr are, so as, “Murder Mystery,” “Stranger Things 3,” “6 Underground,” “The Incredibles 2” (which had its theatrical launch in 2018, however launched on Netflix this yr), “The Irishman,” “The Witcher,” “Triple Frontier,” “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” “The Umbrella Academy” and “The Highwaymen.”
No viewership knowledge was included with the record — which shouldn’t come as an entire shock, seeing as Netflix is famously selective about releasing numbers — however a person with information of the streaming service’s methodology tells TheWrap that the titles have been ranked by the variety of U.S. accounts that selected to look at not less than two minutes of a collection, film or particular throughout its first 28 days on Netflix in 2019.
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Along with its primary Top 10 ranker, Netflix additionally revealed its hottest releases amongst U.S. viewers for the yr in these classes: TV collection, films, “nonfiction” packages, documentaries, comedy specials, worldwide titles and children & household reveals.
For tv collection, “Stranger Things 3” led the best way, adopted by “The Witcher,” “The Umbrella Academy,” “Dead to Me,” “You” Season 2, “When They See Us,” “Unbelievable,” “Sex Education,” the third season of “13 Reasons Why” and “Raising Dion.”
On the movie aspect, these have been the Top 10 titles, so as: “Murder Mystery,” “6 Underground,” “The Incredibles 2,” “The Irishman,” “Triple Frontier,” “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” “The Highwaymen,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2” and “Secret Obsession.”
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“6 Underground” (launched Dec. 13), “The Witcher” (launched Dec. 20) and the second season of “You” (launched Dec. 26) have been capable of make the lists as a result of Netflix is projecting 28-day viewership tallies for these titles based mostly on their launch-to-date knowledge, in accordance with the insider acquainted with Netflix’s calculations.
The streaming service restricted its end-of-year lists to solely the TV collection or movies that premiered on the platform in 2019, which applies to each licensed films and reveals, in addition to Netflix originals, the person informed us. For TV reveals particularly, Netflix counted solely the “most popular” season of that collection in these rankings.
See beneath for all eight of Netflix’s Top 10 lists for the U.S. in 2019.
Top 10 Most Popular Releases of 2019 (US)
- Murder Mystery
- Stranger Things 3
- 6 Underground
- The Incredibles 2
- The Irishman
- The Witcher
- Triple Frontier
- Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
- The Umbrella Academy
- The Highwaymen
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Top 10 Most Popular Series Releases of 2019 (US)
- Stranger Things 3
- The Witcher
- The Umbrella Academy
- Dead to Me
- You, Season 2
- When They See Us
- Unbelievable
- Sex Education
- 13 Reasons Why, Season 3
- Raising Dion
Top 10 Most Popular Movie Releases of 2019 (US)
- Murder Mystery
- 6 Underground
- The Incredibles 2
- The Irishman
- Triple Frontier
- Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
- The Highwaymen
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2
- Secret Obsession
Top 10 Most Popular Nonfiction Releases of 2019 (US)
- Tidying Up With Marie Kondo
- Jailbirds
- Rhythm + Flow
- You vs. Wild
- Nailed It!, Season 3
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