Netflix Streaming Numbers for Anime & Live Action Adaptations

As one of the most popular streaming service around the world, Netflix has committed to releasing various metrics about the titles that are available on its service. On Netflix, anime and live action adaptations of manga titles are quite prominent, so this database helps provide some deeper insight as to the popularity of these series. Even with not all of these titles being available worldwide, many of these titles are only available in Japan, which allows us a unique view on their popularity that is not easily seen.

You can use the database below to dynamically search, sort, and filter through the over 1300 titles to see these various metrics.

wdt_ID wdt_created_by wdt_created_at wdt_last_edited_by wdt_last_edited_at Title Total Hours Viewed Type Format Global License? 2021-2022 Hours Viewed 2023 (Jan-Jun) Hours Viewed 2023 (Jul-Dec) Hours Viewed 2024 (Jan-Jun) Hours Viewed 2023 (Jul-Dec) Views 2024 (Jan-Jul) Views
2619 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM 【OSHI NO KO】: Season 1 35,200,000 Anime Episodes No 22,700,000 12,500,000 2,300,000
2620 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM 16bit Sensation: Another Layer: Season 1 300,000 Anime Episodes No 300,000 100,000
2621 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM 18-sai, Niizuma, Furin Shimasu: Season 1 700,000 Live Action Episodes No 700,000 200,000
2622 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM 461 Days of Bento 300,000 Live Action Episodes No 300,000
2623 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM 7SEEDS: Part 1 3,100,000 Anime Episodes Yes 1,600,000 1,500,000 300,000
2624 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM 7SEEDS: Part 2 1,900,000 Anime Episodes Yes 1,000,000 900,000 200,000
2625 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM 86 EIGHTY-SIX: Season 1 1,600,000 Anime Episodes No 1,100,000 500,000 100,000
2626 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM A Couple of Cuckoos: Season 1 1,900,000 Anime Episodes No 1,100,000 800,000 100,000
2627 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM A Place Further than the Universe: Season 1 600,000 Anime Episodes No 300,000 300,000 100,000
2628 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM A Returner's Magic Should Be Special: Season 1 1,500,000 Anime Episodes No 1,500,000 300,000
2629 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM A Silent Voice 4,800,000 Anime Movie No 3,800,000 1,000,000 500,000
2630 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM A Whisker Away 10,900,000 Anime Movie Yes 6,000,000 4,900,000 2,800,000
2631 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM A.I.C.O.: Season 1 1,900,000 Anime Episodes Yes 1,100,000 800,000 200,000
2632 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Ace of Diamond 700,000 Anime Episodes No 700,000
2633 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Ace of Diamond Act II 400,000 Anime Episodes No 400,000
2634 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Ace of Diamond: Second Season 400,000 Anime Episodes No 400,000
2635 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Afro Samurai: Season 1 100,000 Anime Episodes No 100,000
2636 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM After the Rain 500,000 Live Action Movie No 300,000 200,000 100,000
2637 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Aggretsuko: Season 1 2,900,000 Anime Episodes Yes 2,000,000 900,000 300,000
2638 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Aggretsuko: Season 2 2,200,000 Anime Episodes Yes 1,500,000 700,000 300,000
2639 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Aggretsuko: Season 3 2,000,000 Anime Episodes Yes 1,400,000 600,000 200,000
2640 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Aggretsuko: Season 4 2,500,000 Anime Episodes Yes 1,800,000 700,000 200,000
2641 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Aggretsuko: Season 5 6,200,000 Anime Episodes Yes 5,300,000 900,000 300,000
2642 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Aggretsuko: We Wish You a Metal Christmas 100,000 Anime Episodes Yes 100,000
2643 Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Andy 05/26/2024 09:29 AM Aharen Is Indecipherable: Season 1 300,000 Anime Episodes No 300,000
Title Type Format Global License?
∑ = 83,000,000 ∑ = 0 ∑ = 53,300,000 ∑ = 29,700,000 ∑ = 0 ∑ = 8,600,000 ∑ = 0

About the Data Columns

The information above has been reformatted and combines several sources to help provide the larger overview of the Netflix streaming numbers for hours and views. As Netflix releases weekly data, this table may be slightly out-of-date, but we can aim to update it every 6 months as long as it is a valuable resource that isn’t being replicated elsewhere with a focus on anime and live action adaptations of manga series. All of this information was publicly available and is included here to provide this more focused look at those metrics.

Title

The titles are based on Netflix’s own internal naming convention. For titles that are only available in Japan on Netflix, they may use a more literal translation than official English title for the anime or manga series. Any title that hasn’t been included in their 6 month Engagement Report, has an approximate title listed.

Total Hours Viewed

This is the sum of all of the hours viewed from July 2021 through the present day. The titles may have more actual views on Netflix in the following scenarios:

  • Hours viewed prior to 2023
  • Hours viewed after 2023, where it did not reach the “top 10” viewed for the week

Type & Format

This was sorted by a manual review of all titles on Netflix from the Engagement Report. There may be some errors as the entire report lists thousands of titles and does not include any titles under 100,000 hours watched. Starting with the July-December 2023 Engagement Report, Netflix now defines what is considered “TV” (episodes) versus “Film” (movie). For some stand-alone titles, this may be categorized under “movie” to match Netflix’s definition.

Global License?

Titles being available “globally” is a term used within Netflix’s Engagement Report. In general, if the value is “yes”, then it is available anywhere in the world on Netflix and is often a production partially funded by them. Titles listed with “no” may still be widely available in most regions, but could also be limited to just Japan.

2021-2022 Hours Viewed

This data is sourced from the “Top 10” data that Netflix provides on a weekly basis. The data only started in July 2021 and only provides the hours viewed during that specific week. This column helps provide some additional numbers to the “total hours viewed” metric and shows which titles were considered the big hits during this timeframe. The hours viewed were combined from the individual weeks for this column. The hours viewed are rounded to the closest 100,000 in Netflix’s public reporting.

2023 Hours Viewed

This data is sourced from the Engagement Reports that are released every 6 months. The columns remain split by each 6 month window to better show trends over time and more will be added once they are published. The hours viewed are rounded to the closest 100,000 in Netflix’s public reporting.

2024 Hours Viewed

This data is sourced from the “Top 10” data that Netflix provides on a weekly basis. As the Engagement Report hasn’t been released yet for this data, this column helps provide some insight on some of these early numbers. When the Engagement Report is released for this timeframe, these number will be replaced with those as they will provide a more comprehensive view than this early preliminary view. The hours viewed are rounded to the closest 100,000 in Netflix’s public reporting.

2023 & 2024 Views

Netflix considers a “view” as a calculation of the total number of hours viewed divided by the total runtime and then rounded to 100,000. This metric is then used to determine the popularity for the the “Top 10” rankings. The views only started being recorded with the July 2023 Engagement Report. For data that hasn’t been included in the Engagement Report, the information from the weekly Top 10 information is combined and included in this column.