EntertainmentStreamingFind your new favourite: these are the highest-rating shows on Netflix, Disney+ and Prime VideoHeartstopper tops the list of the most popular streaming releases of 2022When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
EntertainmentStreamingFind your new favourite: these are the highest-rating shows on Netflix, Disney+ and Prime VideoHeartstopper tops the list of the most popular streaming releases of 2022When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Heartstopper tops the list of the most popular streaming releases of 2022
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Netflix)
(Image credit: Netflix)
Thebest streaming serviceshave one big downside: there’s so much stuff there it can be hard deciding what to watch. But we’ve got good news for subscribers ofAmazon Prime,Disney+andNetflix:Uswitchhas run the numbers to find the most popular streaming shows of 2022 so you can get some pointers towards quality entertainment.
Of course, popular doesn’t always mean good – you can add your own Ed Sheeran gag here – and sheer market size meansNetflixdominates the list andApple TV+is nowhere to be seen despite superb shows such as Severance and Slow Horses. But the shows here are genuinely good.
1. Heartstopper (Netflix)
2. The Last Kingdom (Netflix)
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(Image credit: Netflix)
3. Cheer (Netflix)
2022’s third most popular streaming show is a documentary. Cheer hopes to show you what it’s really like to be a cheerleader in the modern world, and season 1 followed the Navarro College Bulldogs as they prepare to compete in the national cheerleading championships. The first season was a word of mouth hit and the second season, which debuted in 2022, attracted rave reviews for its mix of drama, tension and unforgettable characters.
4. Ozark (Netflix)
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(Image credit: Disney Plus)
5. Andor (Disney+)
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6. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Edgerunners takes place in the Cyberpunk universe and is much more successful than the overly ambitious and horribly broken (and now, almost fixed) video game it takes its cues from. It’s the animated story of a street kid trying to survive in a world of grinding poverty and cutting-edge tech, a world where body modifications do a lot more than Botox.
(Image credit: Netflix)
(Image credit: Netflix)
7. The Sandman (Netflix)
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(Image credit: Disney Plus)
8. Moon Knight (Disney+)
Is this moody Marvel character a hero or a villain? It isn’t always clear. Marc Spector is a soldier turned mercenary turned vigilante who battles evil, dispenses justice and generally goes around the place cracking heads. There’s some really clever writing here thanks to a dissociative disorder that means for Moon Knight every day is a kind of Groundhog Day, and Oscar Isaac plays the character with a winning mix of mockery and machismo.
9. All Of Us Are Dead (Netflix)
Imagine Squid Game but with zombies. That’s essentially what you get with this gloriously gory Korean drama, which pits a high school of trapped teens against a zombie outbreak in a tight, tense and often gratuitously splattery apocalyptic action-horror. The acting is first class, the zombies are suitably scary and the whole thing rattles along at a frenetic pace.
(Image credit: Amazon Prime)
(Image credit: Amazon Prime)
10: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video)
Amazon’s big-budget LOTR show takes place thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and it’s undeniably entertaining and visually spectacular. It divided critics, however, and some felt that its eight-hour run made reckless changes to Tolkien’s lore. If you’re a Tolkien purist you might agree with them, but if you’re looking for an epic hack-and-slash tale of good versus evil there’s a lot to love here.
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