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Netflix Reveals Most Watched TV Shows & Movies of 2025 (So Far!) | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

WORLDWIDE, JUL 18 – Netflix's U.K. series Adolescence earned 144.8 million views since March, while Back in Action leads movies with 164.7 million views, Netflix reported in its 2025 half-year data.

  • Netflix released its biannual report on July 17, 2025, detailing viewing habits from January through June globally.
  • The report reflects strong demand for non-English content, with over one-third of all viewing from foreign-language titles.
  • The UK series Adolescence led TV with 145 million views and 13 Emmy nominations, while Back in Action topped movies with 165 million views.
  • Other notable figures include Squid Game at 231 million views across seasons, Tyler Perry’s Straw at 103 million, and films from various countries reaching millions.
  • These results suggest growing global audience engagement, highlighting the impact of diverse international content on Netflix's platform.
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The series, which deals with a fictional teenage murder, achieved a viewership record after its premiere.

Netflix has released its top-rated shows for the first half of this year, revealing that subscribers were most interested in the British crime drama Adolescence. In our review of the miniseries, we wrote that the script is great, the visuals are brilliant, the acting is great, and it paints an uncomfortably realistic picture of a number of very current phenomena. The second season of Squid Game came in second place on the series list, while the …

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Just Jared broke the news in on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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