Netflix's Most Popular TV Shows of 2022 Includes a Ton of Surprises

By Nathaniel Brail

It's been a pretty good year for content and streaming series that have taken over with the return of major franchises like Marvel Studios, Yellowstone, Game of Thrones, and even Stranger Things. The latter of which returned for its fourth season and it was a pretty big win for Netflix. The streaming giant also released several other big series like Wednesday, Dahmer, and The Sandman, with Stranger Things 4 taking the crown. Now the company has revealed their most watched series of 2022, and the list may or may not shock you. Topping the list is Stranger Things season 4, Wednesday, Dahmer, and Brigerton season 2.

You can check out the top ten Netflix series of 2022 below.

  1. Stranger Things 4
  2. Wednesday: Season 1
  3. Dahmer
  4. Bridgerton: Season 2
  5. Inventing Anna
  6. Ozark: Season 4
  7. The Watcher: Season 1
  8. The Sandman: Season 1
  9. The Umbrella Academy: Season 3 
  10. Virgin River: Season 4

Stranger Things co-creators Ross and Matt Duffer recently revealed that their pitch for their yet-to-be-filmed fifth season was a tear jerker. While we'll probably still have to wait a while to see the fifth season, a new interview with the Stranger Things co-creators reveals that it will be pretty emotional. As Ross previously told The Wrap, he and his brother Matt's pitch for the final season left Netflix executives crying.

"Listen. It's our process but it's just like, we really just try to focus on one season at a time," Duffer explained. "We do have an outline for season 5 and we pitched it to Netflix and they really responded well to it. I mean, it was hard. It's the end of the story. I saw executives crying who I've never seen cry before and it was wild. And it's not just to do with the story, just the fact that it's like, Oh my God, this thing that has defined so many of our lives, these Netflix people who has been with us from the beginning, seven years now, and it's hard to imagine the journey coming to an end."

Stranger Things season 4 was split into two different parts. With the first 7 episodes streaming on Netflix in June and was followed by two additional episodes in July. Following Season 4, the streaming service has announced that Season 5 will be the final installment of Stranger Things. 

Shawn Levy and The Duffer Bros return to direct a majority of Stranger Things season 4, with the original cast returning. Not much is currently known about the plot of the season, but if the trailer is any indicator, we're in for a wild ride. The series stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower, Eduardo Franco, and Jamie Bower.

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