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Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 2010s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Dracula

★ 7.3
31K 10 2013–2014
Period piece · Revenge

Delhi Crime

★ 8.4
31K 18 2019–present
Indian TV · Gritty · Naturalistic

The Mist

★ 5.4
31K 10 2017–2017
Monster horror · Survival · Bleak

Locked Up

★ 7.8
31K 48 2015–2020
Cliffhanger-driven · Gritty

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

★ 8.5
31K 43 2019–2023
Witty banter · Romantic yearning

Runaways

★ 6.8
31K 33 2017–2019
Young adult · Coming of age

Alphas

★ 7.2
30K 24 2011–2012
Ensemble cast

River

★ 7.9
30K 6 2015–2015
Character study · Mental health

3%

★ 7.2
30K 33 2016–2020
Dystopia · Class divide

You're the Worst

★ 8.1
30K 62 2014–2019
Banter chemistry · Cynical

War & Peace

★ 8.1
30K 8 2016–2016
Period piece · Real history

Olive Kitteridge

★ 8.2
30K 4 2014–2014
Character study · Melancholic

College Romance

★ 8.2
30K 20 2018–2023
Young adult · Indian TV

The Carrie Diaries

★ 7.0
30K 26 2013–2014
Coming of age · Young adult

Heroes Reborn

★ 6.6
30K 13 2015–2016
Ensemble cast · Serialized

Feud

★ 8.3
30K 16 2017–2024
Anthology · Period piece

Madam Secretary

★ 7.8
30K 120 2014–2019
Political intrigue

Homecoming

★ 7.4
30K 17 2018–2020
Unreliable narrator

Nashville

★ 7.7
29K 124 2012–2018
Music scene · Soap & telenovela

Descendants of the Sun

★ 8.2
29K 19 2016–2016
K-drama · Love story

Rectify

★ 8.3
29K 30 2013–2016
Character study · Slow burn

Black Lightning

★ 6.1
29K 58 2018–2021
Family saga · Social commentary

Quicksand

★ 7.4
29K 6 2019–2019
Emotionally heavy · Gut punch

FBI

★ 7.1
29K 158 2018–present
Procedural · Episodic
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