Netflix Releases Viewership Report For First Half Of 2025: How Popular Was WWE?

The viewing hours are in for WWE after 6 months on Netflix, how popular has been pro wrestling been on the platform?

Netflix has released its biannual viewership report, highlighting the success of the biggest shows on the platform in 2025, including WWE.

With the year more than half over, the streaming titan has compiled the viewing hours of its biggest hits, with pro wrestling having a prominent impact, as reported by Variety. In what would be little surprise to Netflix fans, limited series Adolescence and the second and third seasons of Squid Game topped the charts, with over 144 million hours watched of Adolescence and more than 180 million hours watched of the hit Korean series.

The top 10 series are as follows:

TV show

Adolescence: Limited Series

Hours watched

144,800,000

Squid Game: Season 2 117,300,000
Squid Game: Season 3 71,500,000
Zero Day: Limited Series 61,300,000
Missing You: Limited Series 58,000,000
American Murder: Gabby Petito: Season 1 56,100,000
Ms. Rachel: Season 1 53,400,000
Sirens: Limited Series 53,300,000
The Night Agent: Season 2 53,200,000
Ginny & Georgia: Season 3 48,100,000

In terms of WWE, which made its debut on the platform at the start of the year, Variety reports that more than 280 million hours have been viewed across all content, including flagship show Raw and Premium Live Events in international markets:

In addition, WWE — which premiered on Netflix in January — generated more than 280 million view hours across all its events, including “WWE Raw.”

Raw premiered on the platform on January 4, 2025 and has been broadcast each week in what was a historic deal for both sides. While US Markets only get the Monday night show, multiple overseas territories now watch all weekly TV, classic content and PLEs.

WWE And Netflix Content Expanding

While the first half of the year has been focused on in-ring content, more original programming is coming to the platform soon. At the end of the month, behind-the-scenes show WWE: Unreal will premiere and will give fans a never-before-seen look at the inner workings of the pro wrestling company.

Featured image: Netflix.

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