10 Most Watched Series of the Last Decade

In this list, I will not bring old classics like “Friends”, “Lost” or “Supernatural” because these titles, in addition to being from before the previous decade, we know how much they were acclaimed and continue to be watched in large quantities to this day!

Game of Thrones / House of The Dragon

Based on the books by George R. R. Martin, “A Song of Ice and Fire”, the series was broadcast on HBO between April 17, 2011, and May 19, 2019, and was chosen as the best TV series of the 21st century by a British digital magazine.

Taking place in a world where we still live in the era of Kings, Queens and their knights, the story also features mysticism, magic and fantastic beings such as dragons and the undead. It is a series rich in its folklore, with families' names and coats of arms, stories of their ancestors, customs and legends, as well as clashes between cultures such as people from different regions of the world, with different customs where a people values honor and word, and another is extremely political and corrupt.

It is important to leave my warning here that it is not a series for children or people with weak stomachs, as it contains many strong scenes - from sword confrontations with a lot of blood to scenes of intimacy and nudity, as well as deaths that are often “gratuitous” or extremely counter-intuitive of characters you simply wouldn't expect to meet such a fate.

Despite its controversial ending, the series for the most part is of excellent quality and was so successful that there are new stories in this magical world with the series House of the Dragon, which takes place before the times of Game of Thrones and tells the story of one of the most powerful families in the past of this magical world.

Game of Thrones won 1 Golden Globe and 59 Emmys.

Breaking Bad

Created and produced by Vince Gilligan, this series is about a chemist who works as a teacher and is extremely frustrated with his life. With a sick son at home, his wife pregnant again and many bills to pay, his life as a teacher cannot bear the costs. The series begins by showing us this reality and soon after, Walter White, our protagonist, is diagnosed with lung cancer, which makes him collapse and reevaluate his choices of being a person who lives within the law.

From this tragic discovery, W.W. (Walter White), together with a former student, uses his knowledge as a chemist to produce high-quality methamphetamine and be able to have money to cover the costs of his treatment and still be able to support his family, which already was in a complicated situation.

The series starts slowly until it explains this entire dramatic situation that W.W. finds herself in, however, with little time it gains your attention, and you can't help but want to watch this story that goes to unpredictable places and shows a character evolution that few series have already shown.

This series won 2 Golden Globes among other awards.

Daredevil

Coming straight from the Marvel Comics, this series created by Drew Goddard for Netflix tells the story of Matt Murdock, a lawyer who became blind as a child, and developed his other senses to the extreme, managing to “see” the world in his own way, and using these senses to fight crime in Hell's Kitchen.

A series with a lot of action that, due to its success, brought other series from the same Marvel universe to join the group “The Defenders” which is also made up of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Finn Jones (from the “Iron Fist” series).

Lawyer by day and Punisher by night, the series shows both the fight against crime and the internal struggle of the character who cannot allow himself to take another person's life, even though he is a vigilante, and has to deal with the reality that Criminals will kill whoever it takes to get what they want, even if he doesn't.

Stranger Things

Created, written and directed by brothers Matt and Ross Duffer for Netflix, the series tells a story that mixes suspense, teenage drama, parallel realities and telekinetic powers.

After the disappearance of Will Byers, Eleven, a girl with telekinetic powers who escaped from Hawkins National Laboratory, joins Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson and Lucas Sinclair to search for his whereabouts, discovering a strange reality with mysterious beings called the Upside Down.

The series was launched in 2016 and has 4 seasons to date.

Due to its great acclaim and great reviews, the story won books, comics, toys and even a game and was nominated for several awards such as Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, British Academy Television Awards, among others.

Peaky Blinders

A British television series created by Steven Knight that takes place in Birmingham, England, in 1919, telling the story of Thomas Michael Shelby, leader of the criminal organization known as Peaky Blinders.

Set in a post-World War I era, the series brings a heavy atmosphere, from a time when having power was something for those who had the courage to do what needed to be done and deal with the consequences without lowering their heads. Showing the rise of the criminal organization from the perspective of Thomas Shelby, the series is full of life-challenging plots and a kind of politics between criminals to see who has the most power.

Sons of Anarchy

An American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and originally aired on FX from 2008 to December 2014. Sons of Anarchy follows the lives of an outlaw motorcycle club in the fictional town of Charming, located in California in the vision of "Jax" Teller, who is initially vice president of the club.

With 7 seasons, the series brings reflections on fraternity, trust, loyalty, betrayal and redemption, telling the story of the motorcycle club called “Sons of Anarchy”, who are involved in arms trafficking and need to deal with rival gangs, politicians and authorities in the region in which they operate.

The series was nominated for several awards and won 1 Golden Globe in 2011.

Vikings

Written and created by Michael Hirst, the series has a historical basis in the stories of the Norse hero Ragnar, but it is not committed to the truth as it is not a documentary but rather the drama of the Viking leader's battles and his conquests.

With many medieval fights and without fear of showing blood and violence, the series is set in medieval Scandinavia and shows the conquests of the future Scandinavian king Ragnar Lodbrok and his family and battle companions.

With 6 seasons, the series aired from 2013 to 2020 and is not suitable for minors due to its explicit violence.

The Walking Dead

Based on comic books, the series was adapted for the screen by Frank Darabont and was so successful that it has 11 seasons and 6 spin-offs, as well as new comics with characters from the series, games and toys.

It tells a story of a post-apocalyptic world where most of the world's population has been turned into zombies. Starting with deputy sheriff Rick Grimes, the series follows a group of survivors who go through many situations not only with zombies, but mainly with other humans and shows a sadistic and dark side of people using this zombie theme with a lot of suspense and action.

The Big Bang Theory

With 12 seasons, the series was televised from 2007 to 2019, totaling 219 episodes. Created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, it tells the story of 4 superintelligent friends who work with theoretical and applied science, showing us their daily lives with lots of humor and lots of references from the Nerd world, and showing their evolutions mainly in the personal area of Your lives.

In the format of a sitcom, the series was nominated for several categories, having won 1 Golden Globe and 4 Emmys, among other awards.

Lucifer

Initially broadcast on Fox, the series had a total of 6 seasons, where the first 3 were shown on Fox from 2016 to 2018 and in 2019, Netflix acquired the rights to the series, broadcasting another 3 seasons from 2019 to 2021.

With good humor and a hint of romance, the series tells the story of Lucifer Morningstar, a character from DC Comics, who is a fallen angel, king of the underworld and is taking a vacation in Los Angeles. After getting involved with the Los Angeles police, due to the murder of a friend, Lucifer becomes interested in becoming a police consultant, joining as a partner with Cloe, a serious and work-focused detective, who will be his romantic partner.

This was my list of the 10 most watched titles of the last decade, which I'm sure you won't regret watching!

There were certainly many recent titles missing here that are worth time in front of the screen, such as “The Boys”, “La Casa de Papel” among others. So if you want part two of this article, don't forget to comment and take the opportunity to tell us what your favorite series of all time is!