The 10 most popular series on Netflix US this week: September 2026
It is almost unbelievable that a 29-minute Netflix documentary about an Air Force One switch has outgunned Guy Ritchie. But if anything was going to have America written all over it, surely it was this!
But both of those shows could not beat the one true love of America – a true-crime docuseries about a pastor killing his wife. Death of the Pastor’s Wife is ruling the chart for its second week now, and as more people are catching up on it, it’s trending globally at number one too.
Next we have Beauty in Black season three, and remember Kimmie? She wanted the Bellarie throne, and she got it, and now look at the headache that came with it! She has climbed right to the top of the empire, only to learn that getting power and holding onto it are very different jobs.
Then we get the 29-minute doc that we mentioned before, Instadocs: The Decoy Plane, which shows how President Trump left Air Force One after a NATO summit, got into a catering truck and boarded another aircraft while the travelling press continued without him. Read that again!
Leanne season two gives us a breather from all the serious drama – well, as much of a breather as you can get when Leanne is dating after a 33-year marriage and her family keeps sticking its nose in.
Parents, Danny Go! season two is back as well, and you already know how that story ends, don’t you? The movement games get the kids off the sofa, the dance-along songs start playing, and — bam! Congratulations, one of them now lives in your head rent-free.
Further down, The Gentlemen season two has finally slipped the rank and is now sitting at number six, while Outer Banks season five leaves the Pogues broke and homeless as the Blue Crown hunt takes over.
Then Earle Meets World brings Alix Earle’s family tensions onto reality television, Talamasca: The Secret Order sends a clairvoyant into Anne Rice’s supernatural society, and Ms Rachel finishes the chart by adding more child-friendliness to the list.
The 10 most popular series on Netflix US this week
- Death of the Pastor’s Wife: Season 1
- Beauty in Black: Season 3
- Instadocs: The Decoy Plane
- Leanne: Season 2
- Danny Go!: Season 2
- The Gentlemen: Season 2
- Outer Banks: Season 5
- Earle Meets World: Season 1
- Talamasca: The Secret Order: Season 1
- Ms. Rachel: Season 1