Bridgerton ’s highly anticipated third series has positioned itself at the top of Netflix ’s most-watched list – and looking at the figures, we’re predicting it’s going to be a hard one to beat. In its first three days on the streaming platform, season three part one accumulated more than 45 million views. That’s over 35 million more than the second entry – Netflix’s latest documentary, Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal, which peaked at 9.
4 million during its first week. And these Bridgerton numbers just reflect the first four episodes – the second half of the series isn’t set for release until June 13. So, we’d put money on the next drop making just as much, if not more, of a bang.
The newest available episodes of the Regency era drama, which are based on the books by Julia Quinn, focus on the blossoming relationship between the third Bridgerton child, Colin (Luke Newton), and Penelope Featherington ( Nicola Coughlan ). Fans went wild after ‘Polin’ embarked on a rather steamy carriage copulation , which was followed by Colin’s emotional marriage proposal to Penelope. Viewers quickly took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to debrief the major moment, with one fan writing: ‘The scream I scrumpt when Colin “hungry boi” Bridgerton feasted on Penelope’s cleavage like a starving man.
I threw my laptop across the room like a hot potato.’ Another added: ‘This was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen because that’s not lust, that’s de.