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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

Addison Rae Goes Home

★ 3.7
19 1 2022–present
Biography · Documentary · Short

Iron Sharpens Iron

★ 5.6
19 8 2020–present
Reality-TV · Short

I'm a Fool for You

★ 6.4
19 18 2021–2025
Drama · Romance · Short

Young General Your Wife Has Run Away Again

★ 8.3
19 2025–2025
Romance · Short

WWE Superstar Profiles

★ 7.4
18 3 2025–present
Documentary · Short · Sport

4 Wände Berlin

★ 4.5
18 29 2020–2020
Short

Musical Storyland

★ 8.3
18 10 2023–present
Animation · Family · Short

Gabby Duran and the Unsittables: Baby Sitting 101

★ 7.7
18 5 2020–present
Short

Life in Love

★ 7.9
18 3 2022–present
Documentary · Short

El Tema

★ 8.0
17 12 2021–2022
Documentary · Short

Pocket.Watch: Love, Diana

★ 3.9
17 53 2020–present
Animation · Short

Jurnee's Revenge

★ 7.2
17 1 2021–2021
Sci-Fi · Short · Thriller

Care Bears: Unlock the Music

★ 8.3
17 49 2020–present
Animation · Music · Short

Fushigi Dagashiya: Zenitendou

★ 5.4
17 2020–present
Animation · Mystery · Short

Y Journey: Stay Like a Local

★ 4.9
17 6 2023–2023
Romance · Short

Don't Ask Why

★ 8.4
16 5 2025–present
Animation · Comedy · Short

Glimpses of a Future

★ 6.5
16 8 2021–present
Short

Umisea

★ 6.2
16 7 2021–2022
Animation · Comedy · Short

Animal Crossing Shorts

★ 8.8
16 12 2021–2023
Short

Sloppy Jones

★ 7.7
16 6 2022–present
Comedy · Short

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Amended

★ 7.9
16 3 2022–present
Sci-Fi · Short

Madhosh Diaries - Good Wife

★ 7.8
16 2 2021–present
Short

The Wise Fellas

★ 6.7
16 11 2021–present
Comedy · Crime · Short

Rainbow

★ 7.1
16 7 2021–2021
Drama · Short
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