Netflix Top 10: Menendez Doc and Ryan Murphy Series Lead the Charts

By Selome Hailu

Netflix continues to draw strong viewership with content surrounding Lyle and Erik Menendez.

True crime documentary “The Menendez Brothers” was the the most-watched title on the streamer during the week of Oct. 6-12. Premiering on Oct. 7, it hit 22.7 million views in its first six days of availability.

The film benefitted from recently increased attention on the brothers, drummed up by real-life developments in their case as well as Ryan Murphy’s scripted series “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” Having premiered on Sept. 19, the series is in its fourth week on the Netflix Top 10 and remains popular, landing at No. 3 with 8.7 million views.

The two TV titles to beat “Monsters” were Season 4 of “Outer Banks,” which debuted No. 1 with 15.5 million views in its first three days of availability, and “Nobody Wants This,” back at No. 2 with 9.6 million views after debuting there and then spending one week in the top position.

“Outer Banks” will certainly spend an extended period on the Netflix Top 10; in addition to its already established popularity, only the first five episodes of Season 4 premiered on Oct. 10, while another five will debut on Nov. 7.

“Nobody Wants This” was one of three romance-related titles on this week’s TV chart: there was also “Love Is Blind” Season 7 at No. 4 with 4.9 million views and “Heartstopper” Season 3 with 2.6 million views. Netflix has seen significant success in the genre this year: Last week, for example, “Emily in Paris” Season 4 wrapped up an eight-week stint on the Top 10, while “Bridgerton” became the streamer’s sixth-most-watched English-language title of all time this summer.

“The Amazing Digital Circus” took fifth place with 3.6 million views, followed by Ali Wong’s stand-up special “Single Lady” with 2.7 million. After “Heartstopper,” the bottom three positions went to “The Perfect Couple” with 2.5 million views in its sixth week on the chart, Volume 5 of “Unsolved Mysteries” with 1.9 million and Season 1 of “Prison Break,” which has been enjoying renewed interest after its recent addition to Netflix.

See Netflix’s Top 10 lists for the week of Oct. 6-12 below. The lists begin with English-language series and are followed by non-English-language TV shows, English-language movies, and then non-English-language movies.