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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

Meet Me Outside

★ 7.5
144 6 2020–2021
Romance · Short

Nikki Fre$h

★ 6.7
144 6 2020–2020
Comedy · Music · Short

America

★ 5.5
140 3 2023–present
Animation · Comedy · Short

Fazbear & Friends

★ 7.2
139 38 2021–2025
Comedy · Family · Short

Wild Silence

★ 8.4
138 2026–present
Drama · Romance · Short

My Serial Killer Lover

★ 7.6
137 2025–2025
Horror · Short

His Lost Boy, His Only One

★ 6.6
134 2025–2025
Romance · Short

Club of Desire

★ 8.0
134 1 2026–present
Drama · Romance · Short

Late Night with Seth Meyers: Corrections

★ 8.2
133 66 2021–present
Comedy · Short

Lost in Moldova

★ 7.9
133 6 2020–2022
Comedy · Drama · Short

Everything for Demon King Evelogia

★ 6.0
132 9 2021–present
Adult · Animation · Short

Yaar Chale Bahar

★ 8.5
132 12 2022–present
Drama · Short

Memory Hole

★ 6.0
132 7 2020–present
Comedy · Short

Punk'd

★ 4.5
132 21 2020–present
Comedy · Reality-TV · Short

Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Aquadonk Side Pieces

★ 7.9
126 10 2022–2022
Animation · Comedy · Short

The Haunting

★ 5.2
126 1 2023–present
Horror · Short

The Stepbrother I Hate to Love

★ 6.8
125 2026–present
Romance · Short

Ouverture of Something That Never Ended

★ 7.5
125 8 2020–2020
Reality-TV · Short

Nigel and Marmalade: Shorts

★ 8.8
125 76 2023–present
Animation · Comedy · Short

Seoul Blues

★ 6.5
124 1 2024–present
Drama · Romance · Short

Obsessed with Being His Prey

★ 7.4
123 2025–2025
Fantasy · Romance · Short

Convenience Store Fling

★ 6.5
122 6 2021–2021
Romance · Short

Bound to My Hot Rival

★ 7.2
122 19 2026–2026
Romance · Short · Sport

Kaali Peeli Tales

★ 6.3
121 6 2021–present
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