By Selome Hailu
According To The variety) Cobra Kai” returned to Netflix with the first five episodes of its sixth and final season on July 18 and instantly resurged to the No. 1 position on the Netflix Top 10 for July 15-21. The season hit 14.8 million views in its first four days of streaming, and is sure to have a long run on the chart throughout this year and next, as another five episodes will drop on Nov. 15 followed by a final installation sometime in 2025.
“Vikings: Valhalla” Season 3 took second place with 6.4 million views in its first full week of availability after debuting at No. 1 the week before. The release of the new season has also driven strong viewership of previous seasons, with Seasons 1 and 2 returning to the chart at No. 6 with 2.4 million views and No. 10 with 1.9 million views, respectively.
“Simone Biles Rising” was the third-most-watched TV title of the week, clocking in at 4.7 million views in its first five days of streaming, having been released one week before the Paris Olympics. It was followed by the debut of “Homicide: Los Angeles,” a spinoff of Dick Wolf’s “Homicide: New York,” which hit 4.3 million views in its first six days. “Supacell” dropped to No. 5 in its fourth week on the chart, having taken first place for the last two weeks. The series accrued 4.2 million views from July 15 to 21. Season 6 of “Too Hot to Handle” season 6 debuted with 2 million views in its first three days on Netflix, landing at No. 7, and was followed by the second week of “Exploding Kittens.” At No. 9 in its 10th week on the chart, Season 3 of “Bridgerton” grabbed another 1.9 million views, upping its cumulative total to a massive 100.3 million views thus far.
Of note on the films chart is “Find Me Falling,” which debuted with 14.4 million views, making it the second-biggest title of the week after “Cobra Kai.”
See Netflix’s Top 10 lists for the week of July 15-21 below. The lists begin with English-language series and are followed by non-English-language TV shows, English-language movies, and then non-English-language movies.
