As 2019 draws to a close, Netflix is offering its own taken on the "year-end list," unveiling its most popular releases to hit the steaming service in 2019 in the United States.
Taking the No. 1 spot on Netflix's overall "most popular" list — which includes film and TV — is Murder Mystery, the feature comedy that stars Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston as unwitting tourists who get wrapped up in a complicated murder plot. After the movie's June release, Netflix reported 30,869,863 accounts viewed Murder Mystery in its first three days, which represented the biggest opening weekend ever for a Netflix film.
The next most popular title was the third season of Stranger Things, followed by the latest Michael Bay feature, 6 Underground, and Disney feature The Incredibles 2.
Important to note is that the list — which includes other breakout categories like U.S. scripted series, films, unscripted and stand-up specials — comprises titles that hit the streaming service in the 2019 calendar year, with "popularity" being measured by the number of subscribers who watched at least two minutes of a feature or TV show in the first 28 days of its release. Netflix ranked TV shows like The Witcher or You season two, which have yet to be on the service for 28 days, based on its projected viewership numbers.
(For Netflix viewership numbers, like those released in quarterly earnings reports, a subscriber must watch 70 percent of a title for it to be counted as a view; or 70 percent of one episode of a TV series.)
The comedy releases list was topped by Dave Chappelle's Sticks & Stones; Kevin Hart's Irresponsible; and Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias' One Show Fits All. On the nonfiction side, breakout Tidying Up With Marie Kondo led the pack.
—Hollywood Reporter
