Netflix makes an update to their list of most popular films, and a 2023 film manages to make the cut. Since releasing more viewership data, Netflix has come out with a number of different viewership lists. This includes weekly charts tracking viewership numbers, along with a Top 10 most popular chart. The latter list is based on movies’ viewership numbers within their first 91 days on the platform.
Netflix updates their top 10 most popular list for English-language films, and 2023 thriller Leave the World Behind makes the cut. Leave the World Behind came in no. 8 on the top 10 most popular chart, amassing 136.3 million views. Topping the list were Red Notice with 230.9 million views, and Don’t Look Up with 171.4 million views.
Making Sense of the Netflix Top 10 Most Popular Chart
Netflix’s full updated list was: Red Notice (no. 1, 230.9 million views), Don’t Look Up (no. 2, 171.4 million views), The Adam Project (no. 3, 157.6 million views), Bird Box (no. 4, 157.4 million views), The Gray Man (no. 5, 139.3 million views), We Can Be Heroes (no. 6, 137.3 million views), The Mother (no. 7, 136.4 million views), Leave the World Behind (no. 8, 136.3 million views), Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (no. 9, 136.3 million views), and Extraction (no. 10, 135.7 million views).
Looking at this group of films, the high view counts clearly trend towards action and thriller. Movies like Bird Box and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery have mystery and twist elements, which are likely to get people talking, leading to their chart-topping popularity. 2022 also seems like it was a relatively successful year for Netflix, as it garnered three of the titles (The Adam Project, The Gray Man, and Glass Onion).
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Leave the World Behind was not the only 2023 film to make it onto the top 10 most popular list. The Jennifer Lopez-led The Mother actually just beat Leave the World Behind in the rankings. While Leave the World Behind is much more critically acclaimed, the ranking of both The Mother and Leave the World Behind show that 2023 was the year of the hit Netflix thriller.
