Netflix's Idaho Murders Documentary Debuts With 18.2M Views as No Other English TV Title Tops 5.5M

3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Aug 4

18.2 million views in five days put The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare at No. 1 on Netflix’s English-language TV chart for July 27-Aug. 2.
The three-part series tapped sustained interest in the 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students, and it outpaced the field by a wide margin.
Ransom Canyon Season 2 ranked second with 5.5 million views, while The Bombing of Pan Am 103 drew 5 million and I Will Find You added 4.8 million.
I Will Find You’s latest week lifted it to No. 9 on Netflix’s all-time most popular TV list with 106.7 million views across seven weeks, underscoring the platform’s continued strength in crime-driven programming.

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