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Young adult

Young adult TV Series

Teen protagonists with teen-first appeal.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 215 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

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215 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

The Summer I Turned Pretty

★ 7.2
75K 26 2022–2025
Young adult · Love story
10/10

Degrassi: Next Class

★ 6.8
4K 40 2016–2017
Young adult · School & campus
10/10

Skam France

★ 8.1
4K 123 2018–2023
Young adult · Coming of age
10/10

Pretty Little Liars

★ 7.3
189K 160 2010–2017
Mystery box · Secrets & lies
9/10

Teen Wolf

★ 7.7
180K 100 2011–2017
Young adult · Supernatural
9/10

Riverdale

★ 6.4
166K 137 2017–2023
Soap & telenovela · Young adult
9/10

Shadow and Bone

★ 7.5
125K 16 2021–2023
Young adult · High fantasy
9/10

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

★ 7.4
119K 36 2018–2020
Young adult · Supernatural
9/10

Outer Banks

★ 7.5
108K 50 2020–2026
Young adult · Cliffhanger-driven
9/10

Skins

★ 8.2
101K 61 2007–2013
Coming of age · Young adult
9/10

Heartstopper

★ 8.5
94K 24 2022–2024
Queer stories · Young adult
9/10

Shadowhunters

★ 6.5
77K 55 2016–2019
Urban fantasy · Young adult
9/10

Fate: The Winx Saga

★ 6.8
65K 13 2021–2022
Young adult · School & campus
9/10

The Secret Circle

★ 7.3
50K 22 2011–2012
Young adult · Supernatural
9/10

90210

★ 6.2
48K 114 2008–2013
Young adult · Soap & telenovela
9/10

Awkward.

★ 7.5
47K 89 2011–2016
Young adult · Coming of age
9/10

The Society

★ 7.1
43K 10 2019–2019
Young adult · Dystopia
9/10

Skam

★ 8.5
43K 43 2015–2017
Coming of age · Young adult
9/10

Legacies

★ 7.2
42K 68 2018–2022
Young adult · School & campus
9/10

Flames

★ 8.8
34K 20 2018–2023
Young adult · School & campus
9/10

Roswell

★ 7.5
32K 61 1999–2002
Young adult · Love story
9/10

First Kill

★ 6.5
31K 8 2022–2022
Queer stories · Young adult
9/10

Lockwood & Co.

★ 7.4
30K 8 2023–2023
Young adult · Supernatural
9/10

College Romance

★ 8.2
30K 20 2018–2023
Young adult · Indian TV
9/10