With nearly 250 million subscribers globally, Netflix is the world’s largest streaming service - with around 17 million users in the UK alone.
One of the most difficult things for a Netflix subscriber is to decide what to watch, given the huge amount of choice on offer and new titles added on a daily basis.
To help you out a new study has revealed the very best Netflix Original series of all time, based on IMDb user ratings.
The study, by Heart Bingo, analysed data from IMDb’s lists of Netflix Originals, examining both average user ratings and total number of ratings for Netflix Original series.
Titles with fewer than 100,000 ratings were excluded to ensure a fair and reliable comparison.
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Each show was then ranked using a weighted scoring system that balances rating quality with audience size, preventing smaller sample sizes from skewing results.
Here’s what made the top 10.
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9. The Queen's Gambit
In ninth place is 'The Queen’s Gambit', with a score of 8.5 out of 10, based on approximately 658,000 ratings. The critically acclaimed limited series stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a chess prodigy navigating fame and addiction. The TV mini series ran through 7 episodes in 2020 and was a big hit during the Covid pandemic lockdown. | Netflix

10. Money Heist
Rounding out the list in tenth place is 'Money Heist', with a score of 8.2 out of 10, based on approximately 603,000 ratings. The Spanish crime drama follows a group of robbers executing ambitious heists. The TV series ran through 41 episodes between 2017 and 2021. | Netflix

