Netflix has been going through a tough phase. Besides dwindling subscription numbers and a sharp fall in stock prices, the streamer is stealthily laying off employees and stopping productions, drawing an immense backlash. However, Netflix has been adding new titles to its shelves in Jun2 2022, many of which have become exceedingly popular.
Every week, we present the ten most popular series on Netflix at Best of Netflix, which often include new releases and old favourites that storm the charts and induce social media banter.
Stranger Things season four had a record-breaking premiere after releasing the first volume comprising seven episodes on May 27th, 2022. Created by the Duffer Brothers, the show returned to Netflix after a three-year-long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Topping the global charts for the fourth time since its release, the first volume has been viewed for nearly 102 million hours this week.
The fourth season is darker and scarier than the previous seasons. Taking place across Hawkins, California and Kamchatka in Russia, the fourth season sees the demonic Vecna wreak havoc on Hawkins, killing people in a gruesome manner. The fourth season has also piqued a sharp rise in the popularity of Kate Bush’s 1985 song, “Running Up That Heal (Make a Deal With God)” due to its significance in the show.
While fans are eagerly awaiting the second volume to drop on July 1st, 2022, they have been watching the first three seasons as well to stay updated with the events. The third season has been viewed for nearly 39 million hours, the second for 38 million and the first for nearly 36 million hours.
The fourth season starred Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Gaten Matarazzo, Sadie Sink, and Maya Hawke, among others.
Steven Knight’s popular BBC British crime drama series Peaky Blinders premiered its sixth and final season on Netflix this week, amassing a viewership of 61 million hours.
Starring Cillian Murphy in the lead as Thomas Shelby, the period piece also stars Tom Hardy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sophie Rundle, Paul Anderson, Sam Claflin, Finn Cole, Amber Anderson and Stephen Graham.
“Intense” and “heavy”, the sixth season forays into the timeline of the Second World War and records the escapades of the Shelbys amidst rising fascism. The first season, too, has reached the Top 10s charts, with a viewership of 16 million hours.
Netflix has released a harrowing real-life documentary which has been dubbed “real-life The Handmaid’s Tale” and has been viewed for 27 million hours. While Margaret Atwood’s book dealt with women being seen as fertility machines in oppressive religious structures, Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey is a disturbing tale about exploitation and abuse that went on in the mysterious and perverse world of the FLDS Church under the guise of religious freedom.
Here are the ten most popular series on Netflix this week in June 2022:
Netflix’s most popular series this week:
- Stranger Things (Season 4)
- Peaky Blinders (Season 6)
- First Kill (Season 1)
- Stranger Things (Season 3)
- Stranger Things (Season 2)
- Stranger Things (Season 1)
- Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (Limited Series)
- God’s Favourite Idiot (Season 1)
- The Lincoln Lawyer (Season 1)
- Peaky Blinders (Season 1)
