Netflix has released its latest viewership figures with some surprising insights into its most-watched programming. The numbers released on Thursday (23 May) detail the streaming service’s top films and TV series for the period of July to December 2023. In a push to provide a wider picture of what audiences are enjoying, the list includes thousands of programmes along with their views, runtime and hours viewed, rather than just the top performers.
It comes as the streamer is poised to buy the most divisive film to air this year at the Cannes Film Festival, Emilia Pérez , a crime musical drama. According to “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report”, audiences watched 90 billion hours of content in the 6 month period, with 183 billion hours of watch time for the whole year. The top movie title for the period was the apocalyptic film, Leave The World Behind , racking up over 121 million views and 286 million hours watched.
The film, an apocalyptic drama starring Julia Roberts , Mahershala Ali , Ethan Hawke and Kevin Bacon, was produced by Higher Ground Productions , the company founded by former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. Adapted from the 2020 novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind follows a society that unravels after technological infrastructure, from phones to TVs, starts to collapse. Also in the top 10 titles for the second half of the year were, Heart of Stone (109 million views), Leo (96 million), Nowhere (86 millio.
