{"id":67377,"date":"2025-04-03T10:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=67377"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:16:28","slug":"adolescence-has-now-secured-the-9th-spot-in-netflixs-most-popular-english-language-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/adolescence-has-now-secured-the-9th-spot-in-netflixs-most-popular-english-language-shows\/67377\/","title":{"rendered":"Adolescence has now secured the 9th spot in Netflix\u2019s most popular English-language shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has another surprise success on its hands with <em>Adolescence<\/em> \u2014 and it\u2019s shaking things up <em>big time<\/em>. This limited series dropped just last month and has already stormed into Netflix\u2019s elite club of all-time most-watched English-language shows. And get this \u2014 it <em>pushed<\/em> <em>Stranger Things<\/em> Season 3 down a notch and <em>booted<\/em> <em>Bridgerton<\/em> Season 2 off the top 10 list.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>96.7 million views in just 17 days<\/strong>, <em>Adolescence<\/em> landed at <strong>#9<\/strong>, which is wild considering Netflix calculates these stats over 91 days \u2014 so this show still has over <strong>two months<\/strong> to climb even higher.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s behind the buzz? Well, <em>Adolescence<\/em> combines a raw, emotional storyline with a bold cinematic choice \u2014 some episodes, like Episode 3, are shot in <strong>a single continuous take<\/strong>. And in that very episode, <strong>Owen Cooper<\/strong>, a complete newcomer, made his acting debut. His portrayal of Jaime \u2014 a 13-year-old accused of murdering a classmate \u2014 was so good, people couldn\u2019t believe it was his <em>first time<\/em> on a set.<\/p>\n<p>Fans and critics alike are praising the show\u2019s realism and emotional depth, especially with performances from heavy-hitters like <strong>Stephen Graham<\/strong>, <strong>Erin Doherty<\/strong>, and <strong>Ashley Walters<\/strong>. Graham himself said the series aimed to explore what today\u2019s young men are really going through \u2014 peer pressure, the influence of social media, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Considering it had <em>zero major marketing<\/em>, its viral success is kind of incredible \u2014 <em>Adolescence<\/em> is joining <em>Baby Reindeer<\/em> as one of Netflix UK\u2019s biggest surprise hits, and the way things are going, it might even climb higher on the all-time list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has another surprise success on its hands with Adolescence \u2014 and it\u2019s shaking things up big time. This limited\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":67379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[24936],"class_list":["post-67377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ott","tag-adolescence"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}