KPop Demon Hunters continues to set records for Netflix, this time concerning its Top 10 status rather than strict viewership numbers. The smash-hit fantasy musical and true cultural phenomenon of KPop Demon Hunters is now the most-watched Netflix movie of all time, in addition to its soundtrack topping music charts and its steady Rotten Tomatoes score of 95%.
Since it dropped on the streaming platform on June 20, KPop Demon Hunters has maintained its spot in the Top 10 movies on Netflix, most often within the Top 3. Its sing-along version also claimed another spot in the Top 10 upon its release. Meanwhile, Nielsen’s data reveals how KPop Demon Hunters is outpacing media across all streamers, not just Netflix.
This week marks KPop Demon Hunters’ 10th consecutive week in Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming movies chart, setting an all-time record for a streak in the Top 10 with the streaming data tracker. The record was previously held by 2021’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines, which spent nine weeks in the Nielsen Top 10.
What The Nielsen Top 10 Record Means For KPop Demon Hunters
KPop Demon Hunters will likely continue to rack up viewership numbers on Netflix, but Nielsen confirms that it is something the likes of which has never been seen before across the streaming era. Everything from KPop Demon Hunters’ hugely successful theatrical release to it being the frontrunner for 2026’s Best Animated Feature illustrates its astonishing impact on the streaming industry.
Subscribers to Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, and so on might be feeling as though, from here on out, it will be a game of churning out endless content, some of which manages to be popular enough to justify its cost. But KPop Demon Hunters proves that something can still come along that will change streaming altogether, the way Stranger Things once launched the entire era.
Our Take On KPop Demon Hunters’ Top 10 Streak
What audiences may be left wondering is: “How much longer can this go on?” We haven’t seen the end of the movie’s stint on Netflix and Nielsen’s Top 10 charts, when a KPop Demon Hunters short film just rated by the MPA and early awards season discourse will keep the streaming hit’s momentum going. It has broken all the records but is still setting a new bar.
And then after that, what will be the next thing to take the streaming era by storm in the same way? It seems like the only thing now that will be able to surpᴀss KPop Demon Hunters is the in-development KPop Demon Hunters 2, which could also get a proper theatrical release. Regardless, the flagship movie’s time in the spotlight is nowhere near over.