Netflix launches Top 10 daily lists of most popular titles

Netflix said it is expanding the rollout of a Top 10 listing that will show its subscribers the most-watched titles each day on the streaming site.

The streaming service said in a blog post that it had been experimenting with the lists recently in Mexico and the UK, and is now rolling it out in the US and globally.

“Members in both countries have found them useful, so we are now rolling them out to even more,” wrote Cameron Johnson, Director of Product Innovation.

The lists appear as a newly designed row of ranked titles overall as well as separately for film and series on the Movies and TV tabs.

Netflix said the lists will be updated every day, and the position of the row will vary depending on how relevant the shows and films are to the user.

“In addition to the overall top 10 list, viewers will also be able to see the top 10 most popular series and top 10 films when they click on the movies and TV shows tabs.

The Top 10 badge on individual films is so “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,” Johnson wrote.

“When you watch a great movie or TV show, you share it with family and friends, or talk about it at work, so other people can enjoy it too. We hope these top 10 lists will help create more of these shared moments, while also helping all of us find something to watch more quickly and easily,” he added.

Netflix’s reality series ‘Love Is Blind’ was the top overall title and the top TV series in the US.  Second overall was the Dee Rees movie ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ starring Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck.

Netflix did not reveal details about how it is arriving at its viewer totals, but as part of its earnings report last month, the company said is using household accounts that chose to watch a given title in its measurements.