‘Wednesday’ sees its 11th straight week in the Netflix charts, but falls short of number one

One of 2022’s biggest Netflix hits, Wednesday has spent its 11th week on the Netflix global top 10, with over 28 million hours viewed. Of course, it has spent every week on the charts after the series was released in November last year. 

But, even though the series has been popular it was dethroned this week, placing third on the charts. Instead, the new Netflix supernatural detective series Lockwood & Co. has managed to take the top spot with a whopping 39 million hours watched by users this week. Coming in second place, just below Lockwood & Co. at 38 million hours, is the second season of Ginny & Georgia, which was released last month.

If you are unfamiliar with any of the shows, Wednesday is the Jenna Ortega-led spinoff of The Addams Family, following the titular Wednesday Addams and her adventures in a spooky, kooky boarding school. Lockwood & Co. is based on a series of books by Jonathan Stroud, and it follows a girl named Lucy, played by Ruby Stokes, who has psychic abilities and joins a detective agency that is run by two boys, George (Ali Hadji-Heshmati) and Anthony (Cameron Chapman).

Ginny & Georgia is a dramedy that follows a single mother named Georgia (Brianne Howey) and her daughter Ginny (Antonia Gentry), who along with Ginny’s brother Austin, move to a town called Wellsbury after Georgia’s husband dies. You do not have to take our word for the quality of these shows, as the audience has spoken, dedicating millions of hours to consuming Netflix’s exclusive content. 

Just because Wednesday has been dethroned it does not mean that the series will slow down any time soon, as new Jenna Ortega fans are popping up every day. It would not be too surprising to see a surge in viewership once her newest film, Scream VI, debuts in March. You have to wonder just how much longer Wednesday will stay in the top 10, as it seems to be losing roughly 10 million viewers week to week. 

It’s also worth noting that because of Wednesday’s long viewership tail, the second season of the series has the potential to rival even the first season, which broke a few different Netflix records. It might even be able to surpass both Stranger Things and Squid Game to become the most-watched Netflix series of all time. 

You can stream the first season of Wednesday on Netflix. Netflix has confirmed that a second season is coming our way, with no release date announced.