Netflix has revealed it’s most-watched TV shows and movies for the second half of 2025 - with the final season of Stranger Things beaten only by Wednesday.
From July to December 2025, Netflix subscribers watched a total of 96 billion hours of content via the service. the most triumphant title on Netflix – by quiet some margin – was KPop Demon Hunters, which had a staggering 482 million views (Netflix defines views as total hours watched divided by runtime).
stranger Things’ fifth and final season (94 million views) ended up in second place on the streamer’s chart of most-watched series, behind Wednesday’s second season (124 million views). It’s a great result for stranger Things considering its launch late in the year, and the fact its finale actually dropped on New Year’s Day 2026 – so will not have been counted here.
all five seasons of Stranger Things factored into Netflix’s top 15 most-watched TV seasons over the past six months, with a combined 275 million views. With the show originally debuting in 2016, this suggests that plenty of subscribers decided to rewatch the series ahead of its final episodes’ arrival.
Eric Bana’s Untamed,a crime drama set in Yosemite National Park,sat just slightly behind Stranger Things with 93 million views.Squid Game’s third and possibly-final season ended up with 79 million views, while Stranger Things’ first season charted with 57 million views.
On the movie side, KPop Demon Hunters’ haul of 482 million views eclipsed anything else in Netflix’s chart, with Happy Gilmore 2 in second place earning 135 million views for the A
