The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4 Viewership Grows 28% & Debuts of Lucy Letby and Unfamiliar Impress
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Welcome to your weekly deep dive into the Netflix top 10s for the week ending February 8th, 2026. It was a week defined by returning favorites and breakout international hits, headlined by Mickey Haller’s return to the docket in The Lincoln Lawyer, which posted its strongest season opener yet. While Bridgerton season 4 retains the crown at Number 1, the data suggests the Regency romance is cooling slightly compared to its predecessor. Meanwhile, the charts saw strong debuts from the UK documentary The Investigation of Lucy Letby and the German thriller Unfamiliar, proving that crime—both factual and fictional—remains a top draw for subscribers globally.
A few omissions from the Netflix top 10s this week. Queen of Chess, perhaps unsurprisingly, didn’t break into the Netflix movie list, where it needed 2.8M views to enter. Star Search, which goes live on Netflix with new episodes in the early part of the week, once again didn’t feature at all, and once again, there were no podcasts in the weekly top 10s to speak of.
Another notable title is the documentary series Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, which was released in 2020 and saw a significant resurgence in the top 10s this week. We’ve already covered where and why elsewhere.
For those wondering why Sullivan’s Crossing and Animal Kingdom got in the top 10s this week, they premiered on Netflix in select international territories last week. We also aren’t able to do comparisons this week for Even If This Love Disappears and Cash Queens due to a lack of suitable titles released on the same day from South Korea and Spain. We’ll hopefully have more to say on those in the coming weeks.
Now, let’s begin with the rankings before diving into the numbers:
English TV: 61,200,000 (Rank 22 of 138 weeks)
English Film: 51,600,000 (Rank 131 of 138 weeks)
Non-English TV: 18,600,000 (Rank 126 of 138 weeks)
Non-English Film: 31,500,000 (Rank 82 of 138 weeks)
1. The Investigation of Lucy Letby Debuts Well for a UK Doc
Picture Credit: Netflix
Announced seemingly out of nowhere a week before release, Netflix’s Lucy Letby documentary debuted last week and did quite well for a UK documentary, but not quite at the scale of some of Netflix’s other crime documentary features that have dropped on a Wednesday.
FlixPatrol data shows the doc in the number 1 spot in most Anglo and Western/Northern European territories, but a large share of viewership will come from the UK for this title.
Netflix Viewership Data - 1 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
Rank
The Tinder Swindler
24,100,000
1
What Jennifer Did
18,000,000
2
Titan: The Oceangate Submersible Disaster
17,400,000
3
The Twister: Caught in the Storm
17,000,000
4
Girl in the Picture
16,500,000
5
Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart
15,900,000
6
Our Father
14,800,000
7
The Investigation of Lucy Letby
12,900,000
8
The Carman Family Deaths
10,200,000
9
Jailbreak: Love on the Run
7,600,000
10
Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case
7,600,000
11
Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare
7,000,000
12
Being Eddie
5,700,000
13
2. The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4 28% Higher Than Season 3
Mickey Haller’s best season yet came alongside stellar viewership, with the series up from 7 million views on season 3 to 9 million for the first four days of season 4. Of course, its viewership, while important, won’t play any role in renewal given that season 5 begins production next month. What it does mean, however, is that the chances of a sixth season, presumably adapting The Proving Ground, just went up.
Note: We can’t compare with season 1 of the show, since it dropped on a Friday rather than a Thursday. We also can’t directly compare it to season 3, given that it was released across two volumes. That said, the show is still showing growth against both of these seasons, according to our estimates.
Netflix Viewership Data - 1 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
Rank
The Lincoln Lawyer - Season 4
9,000,000
1
The Lincoln Lawyer - Season 3
7,000,000
2
3. Bridgerton Season 4 Is Still Lagging Behind Season 3
Last week, Bridgerton season 4 debuted with slightly lower viewership than season 3, down about 12%. That remains the case in week 2, with the newest season lagging behind by around 10% season-over-season, with season 4 sitting at 63.1M views and season 3 having sat at 70.4M in the same period.
Netflix Viewership Data - 2 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (2 weeks)
Rank
Bridgerton - Season 3
70,400,000
1
Bridgerton - Season 4
63,100,000
2
4. Unfamiliar Has a Strong Debut for Netflix Germany
The first major debut for Netflix Germany’s 2026 slate dropped last week, with that being a new crime thriller series Unfamiliar (which, anecdotally, has been doing very well on social media), and it’s a solid debut with it right around some other German shows released on a Thursday in recent years although quite some distance behind the debut of The Empress.
Netflix Viewership Data - 1 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
Rank
The Empress - Season 1
8,300,000
1
Unfamiliar - Season 1
4,900,000
2
The Signal
4,900,000
3
Woman of the Dead - Season 1
4,600,000
4
Sleeping Dog
4,400,000
5
Cassandra
4,200,000
6
Crooks - Season 1
2,800,000
7
Kleo - Season 2
1,100,000
8
5. Salvador Debuts Super Low for Netflix Spain
Picture Credit: Netflix
Netflix Spain cannot catch a break as of late, with another poor performer in its new drama series Salvador, which debuts at the bottom of the pack among other Spanish-language Friday debuts, with just 1.2M views.
Netflix Viewership Data - 1 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
Rank
Two Graves
8,600,000
1
The Gardener
7,700,000
2
Breathless - Season 1
3,800,000
3
Billionaires Bunker - Season 1
3,700,000
4
Olympo - Season 1
3,200,000
5
City of Shadows - Season 1
2,800,000
6
The Crystal Cuckoo
2,700,000
7
The Ladys Companion - Season 1
2,600,000
8
Rotten Legacy
2,200,000
9
1992
2,100,000
10
Salvador - Season 1
1,200,000
11
6. Is It Cake? Valentine’s debuts lower than Halloween
Another Is It Cake? spin-off landed just in time for Valentine’s, and it proves the season of love is not quite as tasty as the season of horror!
Netflix Viewership Data - 1 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
Rank
Is It Cake? Halloween
5,700,000
1
Is It Cake? Valentines
4,300,000
2
Some Check-Ins
No dramatic uplift in viewership for The Rip means that it’ll fall just short of Netflix’s all-time top 10. Damsel currently ranks tenth on that list, meaning the movie is about 10% down in performance.
HIS & HERS, as we’ve been tracking, looked comfortably on track to get an all-time top 10 spot, although its viewership has now slowed pretty dramatically and looks like it will be a nail-biter. It’s now sitting at 83.3M views after week 5, whereas season 1 of The Night Agent was at 80.8M at the same interval.
Now in week 3, Singles Inferno is still a big hit from Netflix South Korea and the renewal is almost certainly just around the corner. It’s a rare Netflix show that continues to grow season after season.
Netflix Viewership Data - 3 Week Analysis
Title
Cumulative Views (3 weeks)
Rank
Singles Inferno - Season 5
11,600,000
1
Singles Inferno - Season 4
9,900,000
2
Singles Inferno - Season 3
8,700,000
3
Full Top 10s for February 2 – February 8, 2026
Rank
Title
Hours
Views
Week #
1
Bridgerton: Season 4
102,600,000
23,400,000 (-41.06%)
2
2
The Lincoln Lawyer: Season 4
75,900,000
9,000,000
1
3
HIS & HERS: Limited Series
27,100,000
6,200,000
5
4
Is It Cake? Valentines: Season 1
3,200,000
4,300,000
1
5
Bridgerton: Season 1
29,000,000
3,500,000 (-91.18%)
18
6
Raw: February 2, 2026
5,800,000
3,100,000
1
7
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich: Limited Series
11,500,000
3,100,000
2
8
Bridgerton: Season 3
23,600,000
3,000,000 (-92.44%)
13
9
Sullivan’s Crossing: Season 1
20,900,000
2,800,000
3
10
Animal Kingdom: Season 1
22,700,000
2,800,000
1
Rank
Title
Hours
Views
Week #
1
The Investigation of Lucy Letby
20,500,000
12,900,000
1
2
The Rip
13,900,000
7,400,000 (-49.32%)
4
3
KPop Demon Hunters
10,100,000
6,100,000 (-10.29%)
34
4
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
8,900,000
5,000,000 (38.89%)
2
5
Sweet Home Alabama
8,000,000
4,400,000
1
6
Overboard (2018)
6,500,000
3,500,000
1
7
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
5,300,000
3,200,000
1
8
Night at the Museum
5,800,000
3,200,000
1
9
Copshop
5,600,000
3,100,000
1
10
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
4,300,000
2,800,000
1
Rank
Title
Hours
Views
Week #
1
Unfamiliar: Season 1
25,700,000
4,900,000
1
2
Single’s Inferno: Season 5
45,100,000
3,100,000 (-20.51%)
3
3
Can This Love Be Translated?: Limited Series
31,600,000
2,400,000 (-44.19%)
4
4
Undercover Miss Hong: Limited Series
13,700,000
1,400,000 (-12.50%)
3
5
Cash Queens: Season 1
7,600,000
1,300,000
1
6
Jujutsu Kaisen: Season 3
3,100,000
1,300,000 (-18.75%)
5
7
Salvador: Season 1
7,400,000
1,200,000
1
8
No Tail to Tell: Limited Series
9,600,000
1,200,000 (-14.29%)
4
9
Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web: Season 1
5,500,000
1,000,000 (-41.18%)
4
10
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: Season 2
1,300,000
800,000 (-33.33%)
3
Rank
Title
Hours
Views
Week #
1
Dhurandhar
28,100,000
8,200,000 (7.89%)
2
2
Even If This Love Disappears Tonight
13,800,000
7,800,000
1
3
96 Minutes
7,200,000
3,600,000 (16.13%)
2
4
Death Whisperer 3
5,800,000
3,300,000
1
5
Yoh! Bestie
3,100,000
1,900,000
1
6
The Big Fake
3,700,000
1,900,000 (-71.21%)
3
7
A Letter To My Youth
3,600,000
1,600,000 (-23.81%)
2
8
Tere Ishk Mein
4,000,000
1,500,000 (-65.91%)
3
9
La vita va così
1,900,000
900,000
1
10
Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
1,900,000
800,000 (-33.33%)
3
What’s your biggest story from the Netflix top 10s this week? Let us know in the comments.
