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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Magicians

★ 7.6
61K 65 2015–2020
High fantasy · Ensemble cast

Persona

★ 8.9
57K 22 2018–2024
Anthology · Morally gray

Utopia

★ 8.4
56K 12 2013–2014
Distinctive score

Blue Bloods

★ 7.7
55K 293 2010–2024
Family saga · Long-runner

12 Monkeys

★ 7.7
54K 47 2015–2018
Time travel · Puzzle plot

Servant

★ 7.4
54K 40 2019–2023
Psychological horror · Unsettling

Scream Queens

★ 7.1
51K 23 2015–2016
Campy · Chaotic energy

And Then There Were None

★ 7.8
49K 3 2015–2015
Tight limited run · Tense

Dark Matter

★ 7.5
48K 39 2015–2017
Space & sci-fi · Mystery box

Wilfred

★ 7.8
46K 49 2011–2014
Dark comedy · Unreliable narrator

Touch

★ 7.3
44K 26 2012–2013
Hopeful · Sentimental · Tearjerker

The Society

★ 7.1
43K 10 2019–2019
Young adult · Dystopia

Rizzoli & Isles

★ 7.7
42K 105 2010–2016
Procedural · Detective mystery

Marcella

★ 7.3
41K 24 2016–2021
Detective mystery

Another Life

★ 5.3
41K 20 2019–2021
Space & sci-fi · Serialized

Mr. Mercedes

★ 7.7
40K 30 2017–2019
Detective mystery · Tense

Top of the Lake

★ 7.4
40K 13 2013–2017
Female perspective · Atmospheric

Beauty and the Beast

★ 7.0
39K 70 2012–2016
Love story · Supernatural

Endeavour

★ 8.6
38K 36 2012–2023
Detective mystery · British TV

Unforgotten

★ 8.4
38K 42 2015–present
Detective mystery · Secrets & lies

Criminal Justice

★ 7.8
37K 34 2019–2025
Legal · Indian TV · Tense

The Deuce

★ 8.1
36K 25 2017–2019
Gritty · Big city life

The Capture

★ 8.0
35K 18 2019–2026
Tense · Serialized

The Exorcist

★ 7.9
34K 20 2016–2018
Faith & religion · Unsettling
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