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Netflix Finally Adds Top 10 Lists for Its Most Popular Shows, Films

Last year, Netflix began testing the top ten lists feature in the UK and Mexico to help users find new content to watch. Now the lists are finally arriving to the streaming service as an official feature.

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The most popular TV shows and movies on Netflix will no longer be a company secret. The streaming service is finally making the information available to subscribers via top ten lists that start arriving today.

The feature will launch as a new row that’ll display the top ten most popular content on Netflix. “In addition to the overall top 10 list, you’ll also be able to see the top 10 most popular series and top 10 films when you click on the movies and TV shows tabs,” the company said in today’s announcement.


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The streaming service already has a “trending now” category, but Netflix has refrained from ranking the top ten best shows or movies. It was only last year when the company began testing an actual top ten list feature in the UK and Mexico, as a way to help subscribers find new content to watch. “Members in both countries have found them useful, so we are now rolling them out to even more,” Netflix said.

The top ten list, which will be updated daily, will only let you know what’s popular in your country. The position of the top ten row can also vary on your Netflix interface “depending on how relevant the shows and films are to you,” the company says. So you might see the feature prominently displayed at top of your Netflix feed or not all. 


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Netflix will also be awarding shows and movies that’ve made the rankings with a “Top 10” badge. “That way you can easily see what’s in the zeitgeist, whether you’re browsing by genre or through your personal list — or when searching for specific shows or films," the company added. 

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Since 2020, I've covered the launch and explosive growth of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, writing 600+ stories on availability and feature launches, but also the regulatory battles over the expansion of satellite constellations, fights with rival providers like AST SpaceMobile and Amazon, and the effort to expand into satellite-based mobile service. I've combed through FCC filings for the latest news and driven to remote corners of California to test Starlink's cellular service.

I also cover cyber threats, from ransomware gangs to the emergence of AI-based malware. In 2024 and 2025, the FTC forced Avast to pay consumers $16.5 million for secretly harvesting and selling their personal information to third-party clients, as revealed in my joint investigation with Motherboard.

I also cover the PC graphics card market. Pandemic-era shortages led me to camp out in front of a Best Buy to get an RTX 3000. I'm now following how the AI-driven memory shortage is impacting the entire consumer electronics market. I'm always eager to learn more, so please jump in the comments with feedback and send me tips.

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  • I loved my Sega Saturn despite PlayStation's popularity.
  • The iPod Video I received as a gift in college
  • Xbox 360 FTW
  • The Galaxy Nexus was the first smartphone I was proud to own.
  • The PC desktop I built in 2013, which still works to this day.

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