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Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Only Murders in the Building

★ 8.0
206K 60 2021–present
Detective mystery · True crime

From

★ 7.8
201K 41 2022–present
Mystery box · Unsettling · Tense

Baby Reindeer

★ 7.7
195K 7 2024–2024
Mental health · Disturbing

3 Body Problem

★ 7.5
183K 15 2024–present
Space & sci-fi · Existential dread

Beef

★ 8.0
177K 18 2023–present
Dark comedy · Character study

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

★ 9.2
174K 10 2020–2020
Indian TV · Antihero lead

Midnight Mass

★ 7.7
172K 7 2021–2021
Faith & religion

1883

★ 8.6
169K 10 2021–2022
Rural & frontier · Survival

Pluribus

★ 7.9
167K 10 2025–present
Existential dread · Philosophical

The Wheel of Time

★ 7.2
165K 24 2021–2025
High fantasy · Deep worldbuilding

The Night Agent

★ 7.4
163K 31 2023–2026
Built to binge · Espionage

The Pitt

★ 8.9
162K 45 2025–present
Medical · Tense · Naturalistic

Lupin

★ 7.5
160K 25 2021–present
Heists & cons · Genius lead

Dexter: New Blood

★ 8.0
159K 10 2021–2022
Antihero lead · Gut punch

Slow Horses

★ 8.3
151K 43 2022–present
Espionage · Dry humor · British TV

Dexter: Resurrection

★ 9.0
151K 20 2025–present
Antihero lead · Morally gray

Alice in Borderland

★ 7.8
150K 22 2020–2025
Survival · Tense

The Haunting of Bly Manor

★ 7.4
146K 9 2020–2020
Melancholic · Bittersweet

Black Bird

★ 8.1
146K 6 2022–2022
True crime · Tight limited run

Emily in Paris

★ 6.8
144K 52 2020–2026
Easy watching · Big city life

King the Land

★ 5.9
143K 16 2023–2023
K-drama · Love story

The Fall of the House of Usher

★ 7.9
136K 8 2023–2023
Dark tone · Elites & privilege

The Day of the Jackal

★ 8.1
135K 15 2024–present
Tense · Espionage · Antihero lead

The Terminal List

★ 7.9
129K 16 2022–present
Revenge · War & military
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