Wednesday excels in its field. After Stranger Things 4 and Dahmer – Monster: Homecoming, the series is currently Netflix’s third most popular English-language television series ever. The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer.
Wednesday has been watched 752.52 million hours since its premiere on November 16.
Dahmer and Stranger Things 4 both exceeded 1 billion hours of viewing within 60 days of their release, for example. Wednesday appears to be on track to achieve a similar milestone at this rate. Netflix’s most-watched series ever is still Squid Game.
Wednesday maintained its position as the No. 1 spot on Netflix’s English TV charts with an additional 411.29 million hours watched, surpassing the previous week’s record for the most hours watched by any English-language television show in a single week.
In its first week on Netflix, Wednesday was viewed 341.23 million hours last week. That was better than the first seven episodes of Stranger Things 4, which received 335 million hours of viewing time in their first full week on the service and spent their second week in the Top 10. Squid Game holds the current record with 571.8 million hours viewed during its peak week on Netflix.
Wednesday has been viewed in approximately 115 million households, according to Netflix. It’s still no. 1 out of 89 nations.
The series, which stars Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, follows her years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she tries to master her new psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the town, and solve the murder mystery that engulfed her parents 25 years ago. She also has to navigate her new relationships, which are very tangled.
Gwendoline Christie, Jamie McShane, and Percy Hynes White also appear in the show. Other cast members include Hunter Doohan, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Naomi J. Ogawa, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, and Riki Lindhome. Along with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Fred Arimisen, and Isaac Ordonez, the series also features Christina Ricci. Al Gough and Miles Millar are the show’s creators and showrunners. Tim Burton is the director and executive producer of Wednesday.
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