"Adolescence" reaches maturity

Adolescence earned itself a seat at the adult’s table. The limited series has entered Netflix’s top-10 most popular English-language TV series of all time, according to new data released by the streamer—coming in at #9 with 96.7 million views, knocking Stranger Things Season 3 (94.8 million) down to #10 and Bridgerton Season 2 (93.8 million) completely off the list.

That was fast: Adolescence pulled off this feat in just 17 days—and without a major marketing push. Netflix measures its most popular series lists accounting for 91 days of viewership, meaning it’ll likely keep climbing.

Creating social waves

In the weeks since its release, Adolescence—which explores the questions that arise when a 13-year-old boy is accused of the fatal stabbing of a girl in his school—has sparked conversations about child and adolescent social media use, and the dangers that often come along with it.

Connected to real-life issues: UK nonprofit Everyone’s Invited has collected thousands of anonymous testimonies from women and girls describing groping, assault, sexist name-calling, inappropriate touching, and other abusive behavior they experienced on school grounds. Of those submissions, ~1,600 took place in elementary schools.

In case you were curious…The show currently carries a 73% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes (99% critic) and an 8.3/10 on IMDB.