David Farnor | On 07, Jun 2019

Steamy psychology thriller What/If has risen to number one in Netflix’s chart of most popular titles.

The series, which stars Renee Zellwegger, premiered last month to mixed reviews – read our verdict here – and notably failed to top Netflix’s weekly rankings, unlike recent new releases Dead to Me or Rim of the World.

The data is being released for the UK only, as a new experiment to see if users find the regular round-up a useful indication of what’s trending. The figures, of course, should be taken with a pinch of salt: Netflix’s count for a “viewer” is anyone who completes at least 70 per cent of one episode of a TV series or 70 per cent of a film – an indication, perhaps, of how much time people typically spend watching a single title on Netflix, or of how value attention spans have become in a competitive online age.

Nonetheless, they highlight how much of an impact each new release makes, as word of mouth builds among subscribers. That appears to the case for What/If, which has now risen to take the top spot, ahead of recently added film Baby Driver, last week’s new Netflix original movie Rim of the World, and another new Netflix original film, the romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe. Ava DuVernay’s powerful true crime drama When They See Us, another Netflix original released last week, reached six in the top 10, behind RuPaul’s Drag Race and Dead to Me.

Here’s the full rundown:

10 most-watched things on Netflix UK this week

What/If
Baby Driver
Rim of the World
Jane the Virgin
Always Be My Maybe
RuPaul’s Drag Race
When They See Us
Dead to Me
The Mummy
Good Girls

10 most-watched films on Netflix UK this week

Baby Driver
Rim of the World
Always Be My Maybe
The Mummy
Storks
The Perfection
The Fate of the Furious
Transformers: The Last Knight
The Book of Life
Shaun of the Dead

10 most-watched TV shows on Netflix UK this week

What/If
Jane the Virgin
When They See Us
Dead to Me
Good Girls
The Society
Gavin & Stacey
Lucifer
Dynasty
Riverdale

10 most-watched reality series on Netflix UK this week

RuPaul’s Drag Race
Jailbirds
Nailed It!
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Tiny House Nation
America’s Got Talent
Girls Incarcerated
You vs. Wild
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Sugar Rush

10 most-watched documentaries on Netflix UK this week

Our Planet
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Louis Theroux
First and Last
Street Food
One Strange Rock
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons
Shark
Planet Earth II

10 most-watched non-English-language TV shows and films on Netflix UK this week

The Rain
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
High Seas
The 12th Man
Undercover
Furie
Chopsticks
Joy
Black Spot
Despite Everything

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