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Netflix has a very specific number it uses for global views: 91 days. That is the number of days that the streaming giant uses to rank its most-watched series. This makes sense as most people will tune in during the first three months of release, and Netflix isn't going to need to spend a lot on advertising after that time frame.
This is where Stranger Things season 4 and Adolescence come in. Before the release of the latter, the second-most viewed English-language series on Netflix was Eleven and her friends. Now, Adolescence is.
According to a report from Variety, the UK drama about whether a child murdered a classmate or not, was viewed an astonishing 141.2 million times through 91 days. Stranger Things 4 received 140.7 million views.
Adolescence slips by Stranger Things 4 in number of views
The most-viewed English-language series dwarfs the numbers of Stranger Things and Adolescence. First place belongs to season one of Wednesday, which has an incredible 252.1 million views. Still, of all the Netflix Originals, Wednesday is not number one. Instead, season one of Squid Game holds the mantle with 265.2 million views.
What will be interesting to watch is how much things have changed, if at all, by this time next year. Squid Game's final season will be released on June 27. The second season was met with mixed reviews and fewer views than season one. Upon further reflection, season 2 seemed more like a setup for how the ending will go, and it set it up well.
The first part of season 2 of Wednesday will drop on August 6, with the second part being released on September 3. Will the same number of people who watched the first season come back for more?
The final season of Stranger Things will also be split, but into three parts. The first four episodes will drop on November 26, the next three episodes on Christmas Day at 8 pm ET, and the final on New Year's Eve at 8 pm ET.
If the penultimate season of Stranger Things received 140 million views, surely the final season, or any part of it, will surpass that number.