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The 10 most popular TV shows on Netflix right now

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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 we have a list to help narrow the decision by letting you see the most popular Netflix shows. Every week, Netflix releases its list of the 10 most-watched TV shows over a recent seven-day period.

Ginny & Georgia remains one of Netflix’s most popular original shows. Season 3 unsurprisingly debuts at No. 1, while season 1 sits at No. 9. While Sirens maintains its position in the top 3, Dept. Q surges up the chart, potentially becoming Netflix’s take on Slow Horses. Below, we have listed the top 10 shows in the U.S. from June 2 to June 8, along with general information about each show, including genre, rating, cast, and synopsis.

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10. American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden season 1 (2025)

10. American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden season 1
7.7/10
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Documentary
Watch on Netflix
Osama bin Laden is one of the most notorious figures in American history. The leader of al-Qaida was the mastermind behind the September 11 terror attacks in 2001. That day is one of the saddest and darkest days in American history. Once bin Laden was found to be responsible for the attacks, the search began. American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden explores the decade-long mission to apprehend bin Laden.

The series features interviews with those involved in the manhunt, including intelligence operatives, soldiers, and former White House officials. It all culminated in May 2011 with the raid of bin Laden’s Pakistani compound.

9. Ginny & Georgia season 1 (2021)

9. Ginny & Georgia season 1
62%
7.5/10
tv-14
3 Seasons
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Stars
Antonia Gentry, Brianne Howey, Diesel La Torraca
Created by
Sarah Lampert
Watch on Netflix

Since its debut in 2021, Ginny & Georgia has become one of the most popular TV shows on Netflix. 30-year-old Georgia Miller (Brianne Howey) brings her two children, teenage daughter Ginny (Antonia Gentry) and 9-year-old son Austin (Diesel La Torraca), to the small town of Wellsbury, Massachusetts. Georgia hopes the picturesque New England town can serve as a fresh start for the family after the death of her husband.

Both Ginny and Georgia disrupt the town’s status quo, with the former facing new battles at school and the latter finessing her way into the mayor’s office. Flashbacks reveal that Georgia is an abuse survivor, and her troubled past threatens her new life in Wellsbury.

8. Ms. Rachel season 1 (2025)

8. Ms. Rachel season 1
tv-y
1 Season
Genre
Kids
Stars
Rachel Accurso
Watch on Netflix
Rachel Accurso, a.k.a. Ms. Rachel, is one of the most popular YouTube personalities for educational learning. Ms. Rachel is best known for creating a children’s music series that educates kids on seminal topics, like reading, writing, and arithmetic. Ms. Rachel brings her YouTube series to Netflix for a four-episode season.

Titled Ms. Rachel, the series will take what worked in the YouTube videos to Netflix, providing parents with excellent content for their “littles.” The four episodes released include Learn to TalkBaby LearningLearn to Read, and Hop Little Bunnies. This isn’t the end for Ms. Rachel on Netflix, as more episodes will stream later this year.

7. Animal Kingdom season 1 (2016)

7. Animal Kingdom season 1
65%
8.2/10
tv-ma
6 Seasons
Genre
Crime, Drama
Stars
Finn Cole, Shawn Hatosy, Ben Robson
Created by
Jonathan Lisco
Watch on Netflix

Animal Kingdom, the TNT series that ran for six seasons, is based on the 2010 Australian movie of the same name. Finn Cole stars as Joshua “J” Cody, a 17-year-old who moves to Southern California to live with his estranged relatives after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. J soon learns that his mother hid him from the family due to their criminal activities.

J’s grandmother, Janine “Smurf” Cody (Ellen Barkin), is the matriarch of a crime family that includes sons Barry “Baz” Blackwell (Scott Speedman), Andrew “Pope” Cody (Shawn Hatosy), Craig Cody (Ben Robson), and Deran Cody (Jake Weary). The Codys live a high-risk, high-reward lifestyle, and if J wants to survive, he’ll have to join the family business.

6. Tires season 2 (2024)

6. Tires season 2
44%
7.4/10
tv-ma
2 Seasons
Genre
Comedy
Stars
Steve Gerben, Shane Gillis, Chris O'Connor
Created by
Shane Gillis, McKeever, Steve Gerben
Watch on Netflix

Shane Gillis continues his meteoric rise as the star of the sitcom Tires, a comedy series created by Gillis, Steve Gerben, and John McKeever. Will (Gerban) inherits his father’s repair shop, Valley Forge Automotive Center. Running a business is difficult, but Will’s most important job is to prevent his rebellious cousin Shane (Gillis) from derailing his company.

The Tires cast includes Chris O’Connor, Kilah Fox, and Stavros Halkias. One of the biggest additions to the cast is Thomas Haden Church as Phil, Shane’s erratic father. Vince Vaughn and Jon Lovitz also make special guest appearances.

5. Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders season 1 (2025)

5. Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders season 1
6.6/10
tv-14
1 Season
Genre
Documentary, Crime
Stars
Jeff Flock, JAMES LEWIS, Michelle Rosen
Created by
Yotam Guendelman, Ari Pines
Watch on Netflix

When most people have a cold, fever, or headache, they turn to pain relievers like Tylenol. In September 1982, Tylenol became a killer. Seven people in the Chicago area died after ingesting Tylenol. The ages of the victims ranged from kids in their preteen years to adults in their 30s. The autopsies revealed that the capsules were laced with the poisonous chemical, potassium cyanide.

Unfortunately for America, the Tylenol killings inspired copycat murders in other cities around the country. Who would commit such a heinous crime? Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders seeks to answer that question as it investigates what went wrong and how this could have happened.

4. Raw: June 2, 2025 (2025)

4. Raw: June 2, 2025
tv-14
33 Seasons
Genre
Reality
Created by
Paul Lévesque
Watch on Netflix

The men and female superstars on Monday Night Raw were all gearing up for Money in the Bank. The newest addition to the Raw roster, Stephanie Vaquer, earned the final spot in the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match with a win over Ivy Nile and Liv Morgan. Meanwhile, El Grande Americano earned the last spot in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match.

Seth Rollins continued his reign of terror as he, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed destroyed CM Punk, Jey Uso, and Sami Zayn to close the show. With all of that muscle on his side, Rollins enters MITB as the favorite.

3. Dept. Q season 1 (2025)

3. Dept. Q season 1
8.3/10
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars
Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Jamie Sives
Created by
Scott Frank
Watch on Netflix

If you like Slow Horses on Apple TV+, you’ll appreciate Netflix’s Dept. Q and its similar premise of a top detective leading a team of outcasts to solve a case. Based on the book series by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, Dept. Q stars Matthew Goode as Carl Morck, a Scottish detective who does not work well with others. Morck is still dealing with the aftermath of a tragedy suffered on the job.

Now, Carl must start up Department Q, a cold case unit with eccentric and outlandish detectives. What starts as a PR campaign turns out to be an eye-opening move, as Department Q uncovers dark secrets that lead to shocking discoveries.

2. Sirens (2025)

2. Sirens
66%
6.9/10
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Stars
Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock
Created by
Molly Smith Metzler
Watch on Netflix

Get ready for some dark comedy set at a lavish location in Sirens. Based on Molly Smith Metzler’s play, Sirens stars Devon (Meghann Fahy), who travels to a wealthy estate in Port Haven to visit her younger sister Simone (Milly Alcock). Devon wants Simone to come home due to their father’s fading health.

The estate is owned by billionaire Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore) and her husband, Peter (Kevin Bacon). As Devon spends more time on the island, she witnesses weird behavior between Simone and Michaela. Can she snap her out of this trance and bring her home?

1. Ginny & Georgia season 3 (2021)

1. Ginny & Georgia season 3
62%
7.5/10
tv-14
3 Seasons
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Stars
Antonia Gentry, Brianne Howey, Diesel La Torraca
Created by
Sarah Lampert
Watch on Netflix

Ginny & Georgia season 2 ended with a shocking cliffhanger. After getting married to Paul (Scott Porter), Georgia (Brianne Howey) is arrested for murdering Tom, Cynthia’s husband. Georgia is taken away during the newlyweds’ first dance and thrown into the back of a police car. Season 3 picks up in the aftermath of the arrest, with Georgia going on house arrest as she awaits her murder trial.

Now, Ginny and Georgia will have to navigate this new obstacle as the mother awaits her fate. Season 4 has already been greenlit, so the story will not end after season 3’s shocking ending.

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