Bridgerton Season 2 is now officially the most popular
English language series in Netflix NFLX history with 627.11M hours viewed. The
Regency-era romance dethroned Bridgerton Season 1 for the top spot.
The original version clocked 625.49 million hours viewed
during its first four weeks when it debuted on Christmas Day in 2020. This
makes Bridgerton the first-ever series to hold both the first and second place
on the streaming platform's Most Popular list.
In addition to its record-setting numbers, Season 2 of the
period piece tallied 66.61M hours viewed and ranked in the Top 10 in 88
countries this week ending April 17. Despite the impressive numbers, Bridgerton
still lags behind South Korean sensation Squid Game for viewing supremacy. The
survival drama series still holds the overall record at 1.65 billion hours
viewed in its first 28 days on the streamer.
Rounding out the Top 10 most viewed English language series
on Netflix this week are:
- The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On: Season 1 (58,470,000),
- Anatomy of a Scandal: Limited Series (40,280,000),
- Bridgerton: Season 1 (23,300,000),
- Our Great National Parks: Limited Series (17,090,000),
- Inventing Anna: Limited Series (13,690,000),
- Queen of the South: Season 5 (13,100,000),
- Better Call Saul: Season 5 (12,430,000),
- Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story: Limited Series (11,410,000 10)
- and Is It Cake?: Season 1 (11,210,000).
Bridgerton's second season follows the eldest Bridgerton
sibling, Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), as he searches for a suitable bride to
become his Viscountess. But his plans to marry the season's diamond, who seems
perfect on paper, are thwarted by his intended's headstrong older sister Kate
(Simone Ashley) who objects to the match. The ongoing tension between the two
soon reveals that they are attracted to each other.
Bridgerton is executive produced by Shonda Rhimes, Betsy
Beers, Tom Verica, and Chris Van Dusen. Van Dusen also serves as the creator
and showrunner.
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