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Top 500 most popular series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

I Will Find You

★ 7.1
50K 8 2026–2026
Mystery box · Serialized

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

★ 7.7
50K 6 2024–2024
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

Griselda

★ 7.2
50K 6 2024–2024
Criminal underworld

Black Rabbit

★ 7.3
50K 8 2025–2025
Criminal underworld

Echo

★ 5.9
50K 5 2023–2024
Criminal underworld

Resident Evil

★ 4.2
50K 8 2022–2022
Post-apocalyptic · Monster horror

Messiah

★ 7.6
50K 10 2020–2020
Faith & religion · Mystery box

Kaos

★ 7.4
49K 8 2024–2024
Satirical · Stylized direction

All Her Fault

★ 7.5
49K 8 2025–2025
Secrets & lies

The Witcher: Blood Origin

★ 5.0
49K 4 2022–2022
High fantasy · Tight limited run

Kaleidoscope

★ 6.6
48K 9 2023–2023
Heists & cons · Puzzle plot

And Just Like That...

★ 5.6
48K 33 2021–2025
Big city life · Friendship

Our Flag Means Death

★ 7.7
48K 18 2022–2023
Queer stories · Whimsical

Rise of Empires: Ottoman

★ 8.0
48K 12 2020–2022
Real history · War & military

Ted

★ 7.9
47K 15 2024–2026
Raunchy · Nostalgic · Witty banter

Off Campus

★ 7.9
47K 9 2026–present
Love story · Young adult

I Am Groot

★ 6.7
47K 10 2022–2023
Kids & family · Family-safe

The Continental

★ 7.1
47K 3 2023–2023
Criminal underworld

A Man on the Inside

★ 7.6
47K 17 2024–present
Warm humor · Feel-good · Wholesome

Outer Range

★ 7.1
47K 15 2022–2024
Mystery box · Rural & frontier

Sugar

★ 7.4
47K 16 2024–present
Stylized direction

FUBAR

★ 6.5
47K 16 2023–2025
Espionage · Adrenaline

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

★ 8.5
47K 16 2020–2020
Mental health · K-drama

Cowboy Bebop

★ 6.7
46K 10 2021–2021
Space & sci-fi
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