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The global TV shows ranking is updated daily. It aggregates worldwide popularity data to give you a unique view of what the world is watching right now.
"Silo" leads the ranking with ★ 8.2. Average rating across top 99: 7.8/10. Dominant language: EN (54 titles).
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
Nearly forty years after Masamune Shirow's founding manga, and thirty after the 1995 animated film that inspired an entire generation of creators, The Matrix first among them, Ghost in the Shell returns with a new animated series. The 8.2 it holds in our ranking suggests the essence survived the journey, which was far from obvious for a license this revered and this often revisited. We find the cyborg Motoko Kusanagi in 2029, in a Japan unsettlingly close to our own, at the moment she and Aramaki found Section 9, the public security unit tasked with striking threats before they hatch. An international conspiracy is already taking shape, and with it the questions that have always made the saga rich, where does the human end, where does the machine begin, and what is a soul inside a fully artificial body. Every revival of the franchise raises the same fascinating question. What is left to say about the fusion of man and technology, in an era where artificial intelligence is no longer science fiction but dinner table conversation? Plenty, apparently. The themes Shirow explored in 1989 now sound less like speculation and more like current affairs, and the series clearly understands that. The most revealing part of our data is that the show performs far beyond the traditional anime audience. It is settling into mainstream rankings, carried by viewers discovering the universe as much as by devotees who know it by heart. Great science fiction has that rare ability to become contemporary again with each passing decade. Ghost in the Shell never stopped being contemporary, the world just finally caught up with it. That 8.2 deserves placing on the corpus scale. Among the titles covered in these pages, nine sit at 8.0 or above, and seven of those nine are series rather than films. Ghost in the Shell belongs to that group, alongside One Piece, Rick and Morty, FROM, House of the Dragon and Silo. More telling still, it is the highest rated revival of the whole set. The other legacy relaunches covered here land well below, Little House on the Prairie at 6.0, Moana at 5.1, Minions & Monsters at 6.4, The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Cape Fear at 7.1. Reviving a beloved property is statistically the riskiest move in our data, and this one is the clearest exception to that rule.
Agent Kim vs The Boys: Reach Is Not Enough
Agent Kim Reactivated and The Boys occupy almost the same TMDB popularity range, 123.3108 for the Korean series and 118.4656 for the American satire. Their ratings are far apart, however, at 7.203 and 8.442. The comparison matters because visibility is partly controlled. When two titles attract similar attention, what turns that attention into approval?
The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.
Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.
For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.
Years ago, the fearsome Pirate King, Gol D. Roger was executed leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new King of the Pirates. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed a "Devil Fruit," decides to follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and that he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way. Luffy will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!
When an unassuming dad's daughter goes missing, he dusts off his old black-ops skills to track her down — only to attract the wrong kind of attention.
Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear. Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the Batman. His one-man crusade for justice attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications.
A niece who lost her parents and grew up in the hands of an uncle who runs a shopping mall faces a new truth after her uncle's sudden death.
The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.
Mystic Nine follows Zhang Qishan as he joins forces with Wu Laogou, alongside Huo Xiangu and the other members of the Mystic Nine, when turmoil returns to Changsha. The mysterious disappearance of Unit 401 uncovers a century-old secret. Faced with life-and-death choices, bound by brotherhood, responsibility to their sects, and devotion to their country, they risk everything to protect their home and overcome the crisis.
Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served.
Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
After an unprecedented attack on his unit, a high-ranking officer set to leave the field leads a perilous mission that forces him to confront his past.
Corporate worker Mikami Satoru is stabbed by a random killer, and is reborn to an alternate world. But he turns out to be reborn a slime! Thrown into this new world with the name Rimuru, he begins his quest to create a world that’s welcoming to all races.
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
A seemingly ordinary working mother secretly lives as a legendary sniper who delivers justice where the law fails. After returning from a three-year hiatus, she must balance protecting her family with eliminating dangerous criminals, all while a determined journalist and a relentless detective close in on her hidden identity.
A man who walks the spirit world and a court lady who hears the dead enter the East Palace by the king's orders — can they unravel its dark secrets?
Two intergalactic cops, new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, are drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know left from right, the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her somehow for saving him from his own despair, Subaru agrees to help the girl find something she's looking for.
Best friends Debbie and Judith are forced on the run when Debbie discovers Judith isn't a forensic accountant, she's an international assassin! With a mysterious figure chasing them, and Debbie's husband involved in something deeply corrupt, it's a race against time and a road trip across Europe to untangle the truth and stay alive.
Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know left from right, the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her somehow for saving him from his own despair, Subaru agrees to help the girl find something she's looking for.
When a 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a truck, his story doesn't end there. Reincarnated in a new world as an infant, Rudy will seize every opportunity to live the life he's always wanted. Armed with new friends, some freshly acquired magical abilities, and the courage to do the things he's always dreamed of, he's embarking on an epic adventure—with all of his past experience intact!
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with heightened abilities, is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course.
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends’ dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out.
Beginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
Born into a prestigious family of master swordsmen, Elymas Edvaughn's future shatters when he awakens the so-called "defective" Heavy Knight class. Disowned and cast out, he regains memories of another life—and realizes this world mirrors a VR game he once mastered. Armed with knowledge no one else possesses, he sets out to rewrite his fate and prove the strength of the "weakest" class.
An inspector from the Educational Rights Protection Bureau (ERPB) who is authorized by the government to use physical intervention and unconventional methods to discipline delinquent students and reform the educational system.
Chaos ensues overnight when mysterious tombs suddenly surface, filled with divine relics granting overwhelming power, triggering a global power struggle to claim them for dominion. Among the havoc, a raider, Jooheon Suh, is betrayed and left for dead until a second chance brings him back years before the relics. Fueled by fury and future knowledge, he sets out to raid each tomb before they arise.
A poor and ordinary boy from a village joins a minor sect in Jiang Hu and becomes an Unofficial Disciple by chance. How will Han Li, a commoner by birth, establish a foothold for himself in his sect? With his mediocre aptitude, he must successfully traverse the treacherous path of cultivation and avoid the notice of those who may do him harm. This is a story of an ordinary mortal who, against all odds, clashes with devilish demons and ancient celestials in order to find his own path towards immortality.
Follow Liko and Roy as they unravel the mysteries that surround them and encounter Friede, Captain Pikachu, Amethio, and others during their exciting adventures!
Beryl Gardenant, a middle-aged swordsman running a dojo in the backwaters, lives a quiet life, until Allucia, former student and Commander of the Royal Order of Knights, appears! Beryl’s life is about to change dramatically! City life. Old students. New friends and formidable foes. It’s all too much. But after years of training, he has mad skills, and he’s been dubbed “the backwater swordmaster.”
One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science!
Kenichi Yamada, a single, 35-year-old businessman, has spent the majority of his adult life playing every MMORPG to hit the market. Tired of the constant cycle of repetitive, newbie-centric gameplay, he is immediately drawn in by the promise of a new game that, on top of being never-ending, offers up a "Hell Mode"—a difficulty level that makes it nigh impossible to level up but also promises uncapped growth potential. Upon selecting the newly released Summoner class, Kenichi finds himself reborn as Allen, an infant in a serf family, with nothing but his wits and old memories to guide him.
With his straw hat and ragtag crew, young pirate Monkey D. Luffy goes on an epic voyage for treasure.
One of the Lords of Dark Beasts, Clevatess’s reign shatters when he revives a hero he personally slayed and adopts an orphaned humanoid baby—the last hope to save a dying world. Now bound together, what fate awaits this unlikely trio?
A tight-knit group of teens unearths a long-buried secret, setting off a chain of illicit events that takes them on an adventure they'll never forget.
The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there's almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.
Our latest analyses
See the whole blog →Agent Kim vs The Boys: Reach Is Not EnoughAgent Kim Reactivated and The Boys occupy almost the same TMDB popularity range, 123.3108 for the Korean series and 118.4656 for the American satire. Their ratings are far apart, however, at 7.203 and 8.442. The comparison matters because visibility is partly controlled. When two titles attract similar attention, what turns that attention into approval?Why Television Is Winning the Ratings BattleToday’s TMDB trends tell two different stories. Movies hold the largest popularity scores, with The Odyssey at 937.0796 and Moana at 607.7654, while several television series collect ratings above 8.4. These measures should never be treated as equivalents. TMDB popularity responds to attention and activity, while the average rating reflects user votes. The gap reveals differences in audience and release rhythm rather than automatic television superiority.Mushoku Tensei Is This Week’s Demanding Catch-UpThis week’s recommendation is not the easiest show to endorse, but it may be the most rewarding one to discuss. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation carries an 8.469 rating with a TMDB popularity score of 153.6953. That combination suggests a series with less exposure than House of the Dragon but unusually strong approval among viewers who entered its world. Fair warning, that enthusiasm does not erase the deeply uncomfortable behavior of its protagonist.How to read the TrendingShows global ranking
Every day, thousands of films and shows circulate across streaming platforms, and it has become difficult to tell what genuinely works from what simply benefits from a big marketing push. TrendingShows exists to answer that precise question: what is the world actually watching right now, and why.
Our ranking method
Our rankings rely on worldwide popularity data aggregated by TMDB, a community database fed by millions of users around the world. That score combines several signals: page traffic, vote volume, list additions and how those indicators have moved over recent days. We pull this data every night, sort it by content type, then keep seven rolling days of history so we can measure movement rather than frozen positions. A title climbing ten places in three days tells you something a static top list never shows.
What the numbers say, and what they do not
One important note for reading our pages correctly: popularity is not quality. A blockbuster panned by critics can dominate the ranking for two weeks simply because everyone is talking about it, including negatively. That is why we systematically display the average viewer rating next to the position. The gap between the two is often the most interesting piece of information on the page. We also do not measure the platforms' actual watch hours, which Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video release sparingly and according to their own methodologies. What we measure is the worldwide attention paid to a title, which is different and often more revealing of the trends taking shape.
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The main ranking filters by type and genre, with twenty categories covering everything from action to documentary. The Statistics page gives you the wider view: dominant genres, language distribution, release years, average ratings compared between film and television. Our weekly report breaks down the week's movements with genuine editorial perspective, and our blog publishes a daily analysis devoted to one specific title, its production context, the reasons behind its success and what it reveals about the current landscape. That is where the bulk of our real work lives.