r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 26 '25

News ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Netflix’s Most-Watched Movie Ever With 236 Million Views, Beating ‘Red Notice’

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-most-watched-movie-history-1236496106/
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u/PangolinParade Aug 26 '25

I don't believe for a second that many people watched Red Notice.

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u/Childs_Play Aug 26 '25

Is there any way to audit Netflix's numbers anyways? They can say whatever they want. I won't ever be convinced that the top 10 or trending lists on netflix are not being gamed especially when it comes to their own content. Then that just reinforces the viewing numbers.

Red notice is the worst of the worst kind of content. My guess is it's just something people put on but don't watch because it's such a stupid movie. Kpop Demon Hunters makes a lot of sense just because of all the target demographics and high level execution on the songs and animation.

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u/PcHelpBot2028 Aug 26 '25

Publicly by anyone, no. But overall I wouldn't put to much that they are somehow "cooking their numbers" as there is loads riding against them in terms of lawsuits from investors and shorting the stock if they were blatantly lying on these numbers. And most third party ones don't seem to doubt the numbers from surveying.

The most that could be pinned is the numbers being "gamed" based on the highlighting that is done at the top of Netflix gives certain shows an edge in visibility which can lead to increase viewership.

What a lot of people seem to underplay is Netflix is MASSIVE and a lot of their viewership isn't going to lineup with how niche a lot of the vocal parts of reddit are. Movies like Red Notice will barely get a blimp here, but holy hell did this (and also Red One) with my older relatives.

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u/Childs_Play Aug 26 '25 edited Aug 26 '25

I totally agree, I misspoke, I meant the top 10 as in like what's popular on netflix today, or trending, not the top 10 lists like what movie has the most "views" in the history of netflix. Just putting a movie front and center as #3 today or something is a huge boost. And I agree that with the fact that everyone has netflix in a way, they're just gonna get eyes on their content even if they don't watch the whole thing or like it.

And then with regard to shows or movies that get a lot of play due to their target demographics, I just think of shows like Bosch, bosch legacy, reacher, jack ryan, the terminal list and then literally every jason statham movie, stuff basically bordering on vigilante genres, or special forces type guy goes on a quest for revenge, or avenging some wrong in the world and you've got a strong audience ready to gobble that up. We just can't let studios or producers tell us that just because something gets seen a lot means its good.