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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Y: The Last Man

★ 6.0
17K 10 2021–2021
Post-apocalyptic

Tomorrow

★ 8.1
17K 16 2022–2022
Mental health · K-drama

Snowdrop

★ 8.1
17K 16 2021–2022
K-drama · Romantic yearning

Happiness

★ 7.7
16K 12 2021–2021
Survival · K-drama · Tense

Truth Seekers

★ 7.0
16K 8 2020–2020
Supernatural · British TV

Like There's No Tomorrow

★ 8.5
16K 4 2024–2024
Love story · Romantic yearning

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

★ 7.3
16K 8 2023–2023
Rural & frontier · Real history

Mr Bates vs. The Post Office

★ 8.4
16K 4 2024–2024
Social commentary · British TV

The Lost Symbol

★ 6.3
16K 10 2021–2021
Action · Adventure · Drama

Mr. Queen

★ 8.5
16K 20 2020–2021
K-drama · Royalty & aristocracy

86

★ 8.3
16K 24 2021–2022
War & military · Anime

Teenage Bounty Hunters

★ 7.6
16K 10 2020–2020
Coming of age · Female perspective

Gossip Girl

★ 5.4
16K 22 2021–2023
Elites & privilege · Young adult

A Man in Full

★ 6.5
16K 6 2024–2024
Elites & privilege · Class divide

Trying

★ 8.0
16K 40 2020–present
Wholesome · Warm humor

Margo's Got Money Troubles

★ 7.3
16K 9 2026–2026
Female perspective

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

★ 7.7
16K 7 2023–2023
Emotionally heavy · Melancholic

Smoke

★ 6.6
16K 9 2025–2025
Unreliable narrator

Mithya

★ 6.8
16K 12 2022–present
Tense · Secrets & lies

The Åre Murders

★ 6.7
16K 5 2025–present
Nordic noir · Detective mystery

Twinkling Watermelon

★ 8.8
16K 16 2023–2023
Time travel · K-drama

Dahaad

★ 7.6
16K 9 2023–present
Detective mystery

Criminal Record

★ 7.1
16K 16 2024–present
Detective mystery · British TV

Colin from Accounts

★ 8.0
16K 24 2022–present
Love story · Banter chemistry
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