Canada’s Most Googled Netflix Original Series and Movies Revealed

Around 75 million US and Canadian adults have a Netflix subscription, with the streaming service a huge hit. But, which Netflix original series and movies are most popular amongst us Canadians?

Our friends at Spin Genie- a leading online casino have helped us out with this one and looked at Google search data, viewing hours, news articles, Instagram posts and Tiktok views for Netflix’s biggest original series and movies to reveal the streaming service’s most popular projects.

Canada’s top 10 most Googled Netflix Original Series:

Rank	Title	Number of Google searches
1	Stranger Things Season 4	1,939,100
2	Bridgerton Season 2	656,500
3	You Season 4	605,700
4	The Crown Season 5	585,100
5	Love Is Blind Season 3	580,900
6	Love Is Blind Season 4	561,130
7	Ozark Season 4	469,400
8	Love, Death & Robots: Volume 3 Season 3	404,030
9	Cobra Kai Season 5	363,200
10	Ginny And Georgia Season 2	312,300

Taking the top spot is Stranger Things Season 4, with nearly 2 million Google searches between January 2022 to April 2023. Stranger Things Season 4 was also crowned Netflix’s best original series according to its overall Netflix score of 9.58/10.

Bridgerton Season 2 is Netflix’s second-most searched-for original series since January 2022, with more than 650,000 searches in Canada. The show also boasts over 1.7 billion Tiktok views, 23,200 news articles and 53,856 Instagram posts.

Rounding out the top three is You Season 4 with just over 600,000 Google searches. Season 4 of You had the most media coverage of any Netflix show, with around 180,000 articles written on Google News.

Canada’s top 10 most Googled Netflix Original Films:

Rank	Title	Number of Google searches
1	The Stranger	76,000
2	Persuasion	50,000
3	Hustle	41,770
4	Blonde	35,400
5	Troll	32,950
6	Purple Hearts	26,000
7	Senior Year	21,930
8	All Quiet on the Western Front	18,540
9	Pinocchio	16,810
10	White Noise	15,960

Taking the number one spot for the most Googled Netflix original movies in Canada, we have The Stranger, with around 76,000 searches since the start of 2022. The film was based on the non-fiction book, The Sting: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe’s Killer by Kate Kyriacou.

In second place, we have Persuasion, another adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel of the same name. Since the start of 2022, this Netflix original movie has been searched for around 50,000 times.

Hustle rounds out the top three with searches up by 41,770. The sports comedy-drama features Adam Sandler as an NBA scout, and LeBron James was also a producer on the movie, through his company SpringHill. 

The research also revealed the following:

• Enola Holmes 2 is the most talked about Netflix original movie on Instagram with almost 109k posts. When it comes to Instagram’s most talked about Netflix original series, Wednesday tops the list with over 159k posts on the app.
• Purple Hearts is the best Netflix original movie according to its overall Netflix score of 8.87/10. Stranger Things Season 4 takes the crown as Netflix’s best original series, scoring 9.58.
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is the most-watched Netflix original movie, amassing 301,730,000 viewing hours in its 7 weeks in the top 10.
• Dahmer has been named TikTok’s most talked about Netflix series, with around 8.7 billion views on posts talking about its first season. When it comes to Tiktok’s most talked about Netflix film, Enola Holmes 2 takes the crown with around 2 billion views on the platform.