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America decided to open Netflix this week and immediately expose itself. The entire Top 10 looks like the homepage of someone who hasn’t seen daylight since Friday. Funny, or is it concerning? It won’t be wrong to say that this chart says more about the people of America than any political survey.

To give you a broader overview, let’s start with the number one performer in almost every country: Stranger Things 5. Well, what did you expect? This show was treated in the US like a national emergency broadcast. People volunteered to enter the Upside Down as if the show contained the lottery number of a billion-dollar prize. Schools have genuinely reported tired students, whereas some offices have “urgent meetings” mysteriously scheduled on Monday morning.

Right under it is Kevin Hart: Acting My Age, which Americans apparently use as emotional recovery after being traumatised by fictional monsters. Every household did the same ritual: finish an episode of Stranger Things, stare at the end credits in shock, then click on Kevin Hart because everyone wants to watch something light to recover from the fact that Will Byers now has powers. Thank you, Kevin Hart, for lightening the mood.

Now, The Beast in Me sliding into the Top 10 is… interesting. Americans love a fresh limited series that ruins their peace, and The Beast in Me has been doing that for free for three weeks now. And given its rising popularity, we speculate that it is not going anywhere for another four weeks or more.

And then you again have another season of Stranger Things popping back into the ranking (season one). And it isn’t because the US is sentimental. No. It’s because the entire country decided to rewatch the whole show “for context”, even though they remember every plot point better than their own family history.

Missing: Dead or Alive? Season two holds strong because Americans can and WILL switch from supernatural horror to true crime at the speed of light. US viewers love a documentary where someone looks suspicious purely because of how they breathe.

Then Stranger Things four returns because people want to re-expose themselves to pain. Like, why stop at being emotional once? Let’s revisit everything that broke us the first time.

Is It Cake? Holiday Season two snatches the seventh spot because Americans adore screaming at their TV over dessert deception. One minute they’re analysing Vecna theories, the next they are arguing whether a Christmas tree is edible. The switch is insane.

Then Stranger Things two strolls back in like an old friend who shows up uninvited, but everyone lets them in anyway.

Raw (2025) being here is the peak US. A few weeks or maybe months later, Stranger Things will slip from the list, but Raw will be there, as it has always been.

And closing the list? Mark Rober’s CrunchLabs, which holds onto its spot because kids love it and adults are watching it with them. It’s the only show here that feels productive. Everything else is vibes.

The most popular series on Netflix US this week:

• Stranger Things: Season 5
• Kevin Hart: Acting My Age
• The Beast in Me: Limited Series
• Stranger Things: Season 1
• Missing: Dead or Alive?: Season 2
• Stranger Things: Season 4
• Is It Cake? Holiday: Season 2
• Stranger Things: Season 2
• Raw: 2025 – November 24, 2025
• Mark Rober’s CrunchLabs: Season 1