Netflix’s Adolescence is constant its record-breaking march.
Adolescence’s first ep, which has dominated the worldwide cultural zeitgeist over the previous fortnight, has change into the primary ever UK streaming present to prime the weekly British scores chart whereas additionally amassing the largest viewers for any streaming TV present within the UK in a single week.
In accordance with scores company Barb, the primary ep was watched by almost 6.5 million viewers in its first week, whereas ep 2 was shut behind on 6 million. Each these figures bested the most-watched linear present, The Apprentice, which was watched by 5.8 million when consolidated seven-day viewing figures are taken under consideration. The week being measured was between March 10 and March 16 and Adolescence solely launched on March 13, which means that for 3 days within the week the present wasn’t even accessible.
Philip Barantini and Stephen Graham’s large hitter, which has generated worldwide debates about social media and teenage masculinity, has additionally crushed the likes of Idiot Me As soon as, Child Reindeer and The Gents to take the largest viewers for any streaming TV present within the UK. Its ranking continues to rise.
The landmark is an illustration of the facility of streaming in 2025, though it’s maybe shocking that it has taken this lengthy for a present like Adolescence to interrupt the document within the digital age. Whereas linear continues to nonetheless draw large audiences, we revealed just lately that Netflix was the most-watched TV service within the UK for 3 months final yr, overtaking BBC One for the primary time. Netflix UK content material boss Anne Mensah has earned plaudits for greenlighting a string of hits reminiscent of Adolescence and Child Reindeer.
Worldwide, Adolescence was comfortably topping the charts in its first week with 24 million views and virtually 100 million hours watched. Operating Level was second with 6 million. International Netflix knowledge for the previous seven days shall be launched later at this time, at which level we can see how properly Adolescence has carried out in its second seven-day run.
Penned by Jack Thorne and starring Graham, Ashley Walters and breakout teen Owen Cooper, Adolescence facilities on a 13-year-old schoolboy named Jamie Miller who’s arrested for the homicide of a feminine classmate. Every of its 4 episodes was shot in a single steady take. It’s produced for Netflix by Warp Movies, Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Matriarch Productions.
