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Did you deduce the winner?

It’s BBC’s Sherlock! This crime drama sets Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in modern-day London and astonishes audiences with its mysterious twists and turns. Sherlock won in three categories at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards and won a Peabody Award in 2011.

In second place is American television sitcom and cultural phenomenon Friends. Netflix has all ten seasons of the titular friends’ Manhattan adventures ready for your bingeing pleasure. Friends was named the Outstanding Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2002 and ranked as one of the greatest TV shows of all time with TV Guide and Empire magazines.

Netflix originals Narcos and House of Cards take third and fourth place respectively. Narcos is a biographical crime drama that follows the life story of a drug kingpin in Colombia. It was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. House of Cards, a political drama set in Washington, DC, is Netflix’s first original series as well as the first original online-only series to receive major Emmy nominations.

Coming in fifth place is Fox’s New Girl, a sitcom following the life of a quirky teacher, Jess, after she moves into a Los Angeles apartment with three men. The show has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and five Primetime Emmy Awards.

Top 5 Most Popular Netflix Shows in the World

Sherlock Friends Narcos House of Cards New Girl

Where in the World Is Netflix the Most Popular?

Netflix has around 70.5 million global subscribers, and 53% of those are based in the United States. Out of the remaining 47%, the places most interested in Netflix are Canada, Ireland, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Denmark, and Norway.

How Has Netflix Grown over the Years?

With over 190 countries and twenty-one languages serviced, Netflix can proudly claim it’s a global internet TV network. Our animated map below illustrates Netflix’s worldwide spread. In 2009, the year before it expanded to its first international market, Netflix earned $5.2 million. Seven years later, in 2016, it earned $4,828,160,000. That’s over ninety-six-times growth in just eight years.