The 10 most popular TV shows on Netflix right now | Digital Trends

Exploring the thousands of titles on Netflix can be both exciting and overwhelming. Content of all types abounds, from dramas and comedies to reality shows and documentaries. It’s a good thing there’s a list to help narrow your decision by letting you see the most popular Netflix shows. That’s right, every week, Netflix releases its list of the 10 most-watched TV shows over a recent seven-day period.

There’s no stopping the Pogues. Outer Banks season 4 returned to Netflix last week and quickly became the No. 1 show. Nobody Wants This, which recently received a season 2 renewal, remained at No. 2, followed by Love is Blind at No. 3. Below, we have listed the top 10 shows in the U.S. from October 7 to October 13, along with general information about each show, including genre, rating, cast, and synopsis.

We’ve also rounded up the best shows to stream this week, the best shows on Netflix, the best shows on Hulu, the best shows on Amazon Prime Video, the best shows on Max, and the best shows on Disney+. For Netflix fans, also check out the 10 most popular movies on Netflix right now.

Based on the popular manga by Yukinobu Tatsu, Da Da Dan is an anime rooted in sci-fi and horror. Momo Ayase is a girl with an affinity for ghosts and spirits, having come from a family of mediums. Ken Takakura, aka Okarun, believes in aliens but not ghosts. To determine who is right, Momo visits an abandoned hospital with supernatural occurrences while Okarun goes to a haunted tunnel.

Unfortunately for each person, they are both right, as ghosts and aliens exist in both places. Furthermore, Momo and Okarun develop powers and face off against paranormal forces. Da Da Dan is a sci-fi anime, but there’s also a love story between Momo and Okarun that will attract rom-com fans.

In The Amazing Digital Circus, a group of humans become trapped in a virtual circus. The humans in this adult animated series include Pomni (Lizzie Freeman), Jax (Michael Kovach), Ragatha (Amanda Hufford), Gangle (Marissa Lenti), Kinger (Sean Chiplock), and Zooble (Ashley Nichols). The group is guided by the AI ringmaster known as Caine (Alex Rochon).

This may be an animated show, but it’s not made for the kids. The Amazing Digital Circus is a dark comedy, where each person must confront their own personal traumas and fears while embarking on an adventure. It’s a creative show with a funny twist, proving animation can be for adults.

Calling all detectives: Unsolved Mysteries returns with a new season of puzzling enigmas that need answers. Volume 5 features four new cases that will make even the smartest people scratch their heads. This season’s mysteries include a park bench murderer, a paranormal partner, cattle mutilations, and an alleged UFO incident.

Like previous iterations of the show, Netflix provides additional evidence on its Tudum site, so you can examine it like you’re a cop working the case. Get ready to be baffled, frustrated, and motivated by these episodes. In particular, the cattle mutilation one will make your head spin.

Bakers, are you ready to step inside the white tent? A new crop of contestants compete to be crowned the best amateur baker in The Great British Baking Show. The bakers must compete in several challenges testing their creativity and culinary skills. Being that it’s a baking show, the competitors will bake a variety of goods, from cakes and custards to bread and biscuits.

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith return as judges, while Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding handle hosting duties. The competition kicked off on September 27, and new episodes will drop every week thereafter on Fridays. May the best baker win!

It’s a steamy Italian romance in Deceitful Love. Based on the British miniseries Gold Digger, Deceitful Love stars Monica Guerritore as Gabriella, a hotel owner on the shores of the Amalfi Coast. On her 60th birthday, Gabriella sees Elia (Giacomo Gianniotti), a beautiful man in his 30s, swimming in the water. It’s love at first sight for Gabriella.

When she finally meets Elia, sparks fly, as the two begin a passionate love affair. However, their age gap raises suspicions from Gabriella’s children, who believe Elia may be in this for money. Is Elia taking advantage of Gabriella, or is he in this relationship for love?

Ali Wong is coming off a banner year in 2023. The comedian soared to new heights with Beef, Netflix’s black comedy series, which dominated at the Emmys. Wong became the first Asian woman to win a lead acting Emmy. Best known for his stand-up comedy, the San Francisco comedian filmed her fourth original comedy special for Netflix, Single Lady.

The special was filmed during Wong’s residency at The Wiltern in Los Angeles at Netflix Is A Joke Fest. In Single Lady, Wong riffs about re-entering the dating scene after divorcing her husband of 10 years in 2022. However, Wong remains good friends with her ex, something she jokes about in the special. Wong’s special feels like a therapy session with jokes, as she opens up about trying to find love again.

In 1989, brothers Erik and Lyle Menéndez walked into their family home and murdered their parents, José and Kitty. Years later, they were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Since then, the brothers have maintained their innocence, saying they killed José in self-defense after years of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Kitty was allegedly complicit in the abuse, so the boys killed her, too.

This notorious case is dramatized in Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez star as Erik and Lyle Menéndez, while Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny play José and Kitty. Are the brothers the monsters the public propped them up to be, or is there more to the story?

Love is Blind is back for season 7. Netflix’s dating experiment welcomes 30 new singles to the pods as they search for love. The singles try to form relationships by talking to each other through a speaker. When the daters make a connection, they can extend a marriage proposal.

If a marriage proposal is accepted, the contestants can finally meet each other face-to-face. After a couples retreat and a multiweek stint living together, it all comes down to the wedding. Will the couples go through with the marriage or end the engagement? New episodes will be released every Wednesday this month, with the finale airing on October 23.

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody are millennial royalty. During the mid-2000s, Bell starred in the titular role on Veronica Mars, while Brody played the lovable goof, Seth Cohen on The O.C. 20 years later, Bell and Brody are older, but their charm is still there in Nobody Wants This, a rom-com series from Erin Foster.

Joanne (Bell) is an agnostic woman who hosts a sex and relationship podcast with her sister, Morgan (Justine Lupe). Noah (Brody) is a kind, attractive rabbi. Joanne and Noah meet at a friend’s dinner party and instantly hit it off. Their courtship eventually turns into a relationship. However, their opposing views and familial backgrounds threaten to derail this love story.

The Pogues are back for another treasure-hunting adventure in Outer Banks season 4. After finding El Dorado, the Pogues — including John B (Chase Stokes), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), JJ (Rudy Pankow), Kie (Madison Bailey), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), and Cleo (Carlacia Grant) — return to the Outer Banks to start new lives.

With their money from the gold, the Pogues build a surf shop and live together on the property. However, a few costly decisions drain their savings, forcing them to return as treasure hunters. Their new task is to find Blackbeard’s treasure. Per usual, the Pogues are not the only ones looking for the treasure, as they come into contact with dangerous enemies. Season 4, part 2, will launch on November 7.