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Best Short TV Series of the 2020s

454 Short series that started in the 2020s, ranked by popularity

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454 series

Nikhil & Jay

★ 6.8
31 13 2024–present
Animation · Family · Short

Style Your Lillee

★ 4.8
30 1 2022–present
Reality-TV · Short

The Spirited Man

★ 8.8
30 3 2021–present
Biography · Documentary · Short

Ressam

★ 6.4
30 2020–2020
Comedy · Short

Getaway

★ 7.2
30 5 2022–present
Romance · Short

iMLOVE - o Hacker do Amor

★ 6.9
29 2021–2021
Short

Das Manko

★ 6.9
29 4 2026–present
Comedy · Short · Sport

Locker Diaries: Phineas and Ferb

★ 7.8
29 8 2026–present
Short

CupToons

★ 8.4
29 6 2024–2025
Animation · Comedy · Short

Prisoner of Love

★ 7.4
29 1 2024–2025
Drama · Romance · Short

The Parables Retold: Shorts Anthology

★ 7.1
29 5 2022–present
Drama · Short

The Santa Stories

★ 7.6
29 2 2023–present
Short

9 Pictures 1 Story

★ 7.5
28 6 2023–2024
Drama · Short

Atasha Kawashiri Kodama dayo: Dangerous Lifehacker no tadareta seikatsu

★ 4.8
28 24 2022–present
Animation · Comedy · Short

Big Rad Wolf

★ 5.9
28 9 2020–2020
Biography · Documentary · Short

Irodorimidori

★ 5.2
28 8 2022–present
Animation · Music · Short

Doc McStuffins: The Doc and Bella Are In!

★ 6.5
27 10 2023–present
Animation · Fantasy · Short

Jul med Trines mor

★ 6.8
27 4 2020–2020
Short

Mt. Mystic Rangers

★ 9.4
27 1 2025–present
Comedy · Short

Dooro Bear

★ 7.3
26 2022–present
Adventure · Animation · Short

Imperfect People

★ 6.3
26 9 2021–present
Drama · Short

Butterflies

★ 7.2
25 19 2020–present
Romance · Short

SmallTown Outsiders

★ 8.7
25 13 2022–present
Mystery · Sci-Fi · Short

Turnt Up with the Taylors

★ 6.1
25 8 2020–2020
Comedy · Short
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