It’s official: Adolescence is now Netflix‘s No. 2 most popular English-language series of all time.
As Deadline predicted last week, the British limited series has comfortably passed Stranger Things 4 to secure the title, amassing 141.2M views since its March 13 debut. There is still about 10 days left in its 91-day premiere window, meaning it’ll likely rack up a few more views before its official total is solidified on the Netflix most popular list.
It’s hard to overstate what a feat Adolescence has achieved here, considering it is a modest, four-episode limited series with no star power attached. The series, about a 13-year-old boy (played by breakout Owen Cooper) accused of stabbing a female classmate to death after being drawn into the online manosphere, managed to generate a powerful word-of-mouth campaign that has allowed it to rival the latest installment of one of Netflix’s most popular
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