10 Most Popular Netflix Shows Streaming Right Now

What are the most popular shows on Netflix right now? That’s a question that is regularly asked, and every Tuesday, Netflix provides an answer.
For the week of April 28 to May 4, the 10 most popular Netflix shows include two seasons of a recently ended series, a new comedy starring Steve Carell and a Vietnam War docuseries.
Ms. Rachel provides entertainment for the kids, while parents can enjoy the weird sci-fi world of The Eternaut.
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It’s been a while since Tina Fey has starred in a TV show, which is why The Four Seasons, her latest project, has received so much attention. She stars with fellow NBC stars Steve Carell and Will Forte as part of a group of couples that travel together throughout the year.
When one couple ends their relationship, it disturbs the others in their tight-knit group. Divorce is hard, but is it hardest on the friends closest to the couple who are calling it quits? Since its debut on May 1, The Four Seasons has been Netflix’s most popular series and shows no signs of letting go of the top spot.
Who knew You would be such a hit? From its inauspicious debut on Lifetime in 2018, it’s grown into a streaming phenomenon on Netflix. Unfortunately, Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) international reign of terror just came to an end with You’s fifth and final season.
Now back in New York City, Joe and his new wife Kate (Charlotte Richie) have established themselves among the city’s elite. But a mysterious woman, Bronte (Madeline Brewer), enters Joe’s life and reawakens his old killer instincts. Will Joe live to slay another day? Or has he finally met his match?
Monday nights have been typically reserved for football, but that’s changed recently with WWE Raw on Netflix. The wrestling show has proved to be massively popular on Netflix since its debut this past January, regularly topping the streamer’s most-watched shows charts when a new episode is streamed live.
Some past shows have included such stars as The Rock and current champion Cody Rhodes. Recently, John Cena played his final wrestling match in the show’s WrestleMania event.
Saddle up, partners, because Netflix has a new Western series for you to binge this spring. Unlike Yellowstone and its spinoff, 1923, Ransom Canyon focuses more on affairs of the heart than gunfights in the wilderness.
Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel) is a lonely rancher fighting to hold on to his land and way of life. He gets help from Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly), a former flame eager to reignite their romance. Can Staten overcome his past trauma and find a way to love again?
It wouldn’t be a Netflix most popular list without a children’s program near the top. The current sensation for the kindergarten set is Ms. Rachel, a four-episode show that compiles the best of the eponymous YouTube series.
In a series of short instructional videos, Ms. Rachel teaches her young audience basic concepts such as shapes, colors, numbers and letters. Since its debut in January, Ms. Rachel has been one of Netflix’s most popular shows in 2025 and continues to entertain and educate its target audience.
Based on a popular 1950s graphic novel, The Eternaut is a six-episode series from Argentina that’s already one of Netflix’s breakout hits of the season.
After a beautiful but deadly snowfall wipes out most of humanity, Juan Salvo’s (Ricardo Darín) chief concern is to find his missing daughter. But with the few people around and a toxic snowfall that won’t stop, he’ll need to find a way to venture across his nearly empty city to reunite with his child without becoming a victim himself.
Fans of MTV’s The Challenge will surely get a kick out of Battle Camp, a reality show that pits some of the streamer’s biggest reality stars against each other in a competition that will test their physical and mental endurance.
Hosted by former football player Taylor Lewan, Battle Camp divides players into three teams and makes them compete against one another in activities ranging from swimming across a lake to climbing a rope. A $250,000 prize awaits the winner, so you can bet the competition will be fast, furious and fun to watch.
Netflix’s Turning Point series has covered 9/11 and the Cold War, and now, director Brian Knappenberger focuses his lens on the Vietnam War. Turning Point: The Vietnam War is a five-episode docuseries that traces America’s involvement in the conflict from the 1950s to its bloody ending in the 1970s.
Utilizing rarely seen documentary footage, interviews with historians and former soldiers and state-of-the-art special effects, the series succinctly summarizes a complex conflict that still causes heated debates today.
With You now over, many fans are going back to where it all started to keep their Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) fantasies alive. When mild-mannered bookstore manager Joe meets aspiring writer Beck (Elizabeth Lail), they instantly hit it off.
But Beck soon finds out Joe isn’t who he appears to be. When Joe’s psychopathic tendencies gradually surface, Beck has to find some way out of a toxic relationship that could end with her death.
For over a decade now, Black Mirror has been creeping viewers out with its tales of technology gone wrong and a future devoid of warm, human touch. Charlie Brooker’s acclaimed sci-fi anthology series is back for another season, featuring such stars as Issa Rae, Paul Giamatti, Emma Corrin, Will Poulter and more.
Some noteworthy season 7 episodes to watch include “Hotel Reverie,” about an actress who falls in love within an AI simulation of an old Hollywood movie, and “USS Callister: Into Infinity,” a sequel to 2017’s much-acclaimed Star Trek parody, “USS Callister.”