‘Adolescence’ Sets Netflix Record With 66.3 Million Views, Best Ever Two-Week Total for a Limited Series

variety.com:

Selome Hailu “Adolescence” has already set a major viewership record after its second weekend of streaming on Netflix. After opening with a massive 24.3 million views in its first four days, “Adolescence” was the most watched title on Netflix during the week of March 17-23 with another 42 million views, taking the show to 66.3 million views total thus far — more than any other Netflix limited series has achieved within a two-week period, and the U.K.

crime story managed that within just 11 days. The second-most watched TV title of the week was “The Residence,” the Shonda Rhimes-produced drama series starring Uzo Aduba, which debuted 6.4 million views in four days.

It was followed by “Running Point,” which landed in third place with 3.5 million views in its fourth week on the chart. Live wrestling special “Raw: 2025” continued to chart, with the March 17 edition taking No.

4 on the English-language TV list, followed by “Zero Day” in its fifth week on the chart. “Wolf King,” a new animated series, debuted in sixth place with 2.9 million views in its first four days of streaming, while Netflix’s new version of the dating show “Temptation Island” hit seventh place with 2.7 million views in its first full week of streaming.