Netflix Top 10: The most-watched series in the world right now

Netflix subscribers have flocked to the newly debuted season of one of the streamer’s most popular action thrillers, sending it to the top of Netflix’s weekly global Top 10 chart to make it the biggest show in the world this week.

The Night Agent, based on the novel of the same name by Matthew Quirk, returned with a new season on Jan. 23. It promised more of the same pulse-pounding intrigue, high-stakes conspiracy, and relentless action that made the first season such a hit. And while it’s certainly dominating viewership on Netflix this week, several other shows are also racking up big numbers, too. Netflix publishes its ranking of the hottest TV shows each week, and we'll take a closer look at the new season of The Night Agent below, as well as the rest of what's hot on the streamer at the moment.

Netflix Top 10 shows

Here are this week's complete list of the Top 10 English-language shows on Netflix, based on the latest updated data from the company:

1. The Night Agent (Season 2) -- 13.9 million views
2. XO, Kitty (Season 2) -- 9.2 million views
3. American Primeval -- 6.7 million views
4. The Night Agent (Season 1) -- 4.9 million views
5. XO, Kitty (Season 1) -- 3.8 million views
6. Missing You -- 3.2 million views
7. Raw: 2025 (Jan. 20, 2025) -- 3 million views
8. W.A.G.s to Riches -- 2.3 million views
9. Castlevania: Nocturne (Season 2) -- 1.9 million views
10. The Recruit (Season 1) -- 1.7 million views

To learn more about some of this week's other most-watched series, you can go deeper by checking out our previous coverage of some of the Netflix originals on this list, such as the dark and super-violent new Western American Primeval from showrunner Eric Newman and starring Taylor Kitsch (which I've previously argued was Netflix's first must-watch hit of 2025). For now, though, let's focus on the biggest Netflix TV release in the world at the moment.

The Night Agent (Season 2) -- #1 on Netflix

This week's top-ranked Netflix title in the world by viewership, The Night Agent, shot to #1 with a little less than a full week's streaming availability under its belt.

Unfortunately, there's reason to believe that much of the viewership this week was from fans of the show eager to see if the new episodes would live up to Season 1 -- which helped the new season push the show into the Top 10 in 48 countries this week. The split between critics and fans on Rotten Tomatoes, however, really tells the story (as does many the emails I've gotten from disappointed viewers about the show).

The critics' score for Season 2 of The Night Agent currently stands at a strong 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience score, however, is around half of that -- a terrible 43% as of this writing.

Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland in "The Night Agent." Image source: Siviroon Srisuwan/Netflix

There's a lot that goes into this sort of thing. Some critics might not want to dump on one of Netflix's most popular shows, for fear of falling out of favor with this streamer. Netflix also doesn't always make every episode of a season available to the press to screen; moreover, critics sometimes just watch an episode or two and then crank out a positive review that doesn't encompass a season's totality -- but which, nevertheless, gets feed into the overall Rotten Tomatoes critics' rating.

It will be quite telling to see where the show stands on Netflix's Top 10 next week, once there's been a chance for the audience displeasure to shake out. Meanwhile, here's some of what viewers have to say about the new season (which, again, is the #1 show on Netflix at the moment):

• "Storyline was good, but the Rose character was RUINED. In the first season, she was a rule-breaker, non-conformist and helped uptight Peter loosen up in his decision making. This season she acts naive and taking weird moral stands that 1) don't advance the story and 2) are TOTALLY ludicrous. I will watch season 3 bc looks like NO Rose!" (2.5/5 stars)

• "The story is very contrived where the plot is unnaturally forced to prolong the show to 10 episodes. It's like watching a horror flick where the characters make decisions and say things like an 8 year old, very silly and stupid." (2/5 stars)

• "Ridiculous storyline. Stale acting. Seems like the writers were forced to get something out the door without one iota of creating thinking. Season one was terrific; season two contrived and not worth watching - a flop." (1/5 stars)

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