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Over on Netflix NFLX , there was nothing new about today’s Top 10 rankings for shows. The second season of The Umbrella Academy once again dominated the Netflix competition and sat atop the daily list.
And if the show continues that streak tomorrow, then The Umbrella Academy will separate itself from every other scripted program on Netflix and achieve something no other TV show has accomplished on the streaming platform.
With today’s #1 ranking, The Umbrella Academy became just the third show to hold the top spot for 14 straight days. The only other scripted show to pull that 14-day streak off was the final season of 13 Reasons Why in June.
Tiger King, however, holds the record for all shows—scripted or non-scripted—with a 27-day streak.
Just as a comparison, here are the longest #1 streaks on Netflix for scripted shows this year:
- The Umbrella Academy – 14 days
- 13 Reasons Why – 14 days
- Dead to Me – 10 days
- Space Force – 7 days
- Cursed – 6 days
- Never Have I Ever – 6 days
- On My Block – 6 days
As you can see, it’s pretty rare for a scripted show to achieve a double-digit streak at #1—let alone 14 days. Other non-scripted shows like Unsolved Mysteries and Floor is Lava have hit double digits as well. But beyond those shows, it’s pretty rare for any program on Netflix to achieve this level of popularity.
The Top 10 system was introduced back in late February. Back then, shows like Love in Blind and The Trials of Gabriel Hernandez dominated the daily lists. But the first truly viral hit came in the form of Tiger King, which pulled off the seemingly unthinkable by topping the Top 10 list for 27 consecutive days. We have yet to see another streak like that, which is why Tiger King currently tops the Netflix show rankings for the entire year.
(You can read more about how we rank shows on Netflix here.)
But now The Umbrella Academy is making its move. The show kicked off its second season premiere in the #9 position on the Top 10, but then quickly moved into first place the next day. And the show hasn’t given up the #1 spot since.
That means in 15 days, the show has nabbed 142 points—nearly the most a show can earn in such a short period of time. That easily makes The Umbrella Academy the most popular show in August.
Here are the current top ten rankings for the entir emonth:
- The Umbrella Academy – 130 points
- Shameless – 101 points
- World’s Most Wanted – 79 points
- The Last Dance – 64 points
- The Seven Deadly Sins – 56 points
- Sugar Rush – 37 points
- Selling Sunset – 37 points
- Immigration Nation – 36 points
- Wizards: Tales of Arcadia – 33 points
- Moesha – 30 points
The show currently sits in 22nd place for all of 2020. Within a couple of weeks, The Umbrella Academy will probably move into the top ten of that yearly list.
And if the show does indeed continue its #1 streak in tomorrow’s rankings, then The Umbrella Academy will have made a serious case for being considered the most popular scripted program on Netflix in 2020.
