From The Hollywood Reporter · Rick Porter · · 1m 20s
Fauda hits its highest Netflix rank yet
A season built around Oct. 7 pushed the Israeli drama to No. 4 worldwide, and to No. 1 in Lebanon.
In brief
A season built around Oct. 7 pushed the Israeli drama to No. 4 worldwide, and to No. 1 in Lebanon. Fauda season five is the show's biggest Netflix moment ever, and its audience includes the country Israel is fighting in. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
A career-best chart week
Fauda season five finished fourth among non-English language series on Netflix for the week of Sept. 7-13, its best showing since the weekly rankings started in 2021.
Beating its own record
Season four topped out at No. 7 in January 2023 during its premiere week. Season five cleared that by three spots.
The numbers behind it
2.1 million views worldwide in one week. At a runtime just under seven and a half hours, that works out to 15.9 million hours watched.
Number one in Lebanon
It was a top 10 show in 41 countries, mostly across Europe and Asia, and hit No. 1 in both Israel and Lebanon, where Israeli forces are fighting Hezbollah.
Two episodes on Oct. 7
Most of the season is set in 2025 as characters live with the fallout, but two episodes drop back into the day of the attacks itself.
“I want [viewers] to look in my character's eyes, and to see what we felt on those days.”
Who finished ahead
Dutch thriller The Perfect Lie led with 4.1 million views, followed by Chinese romance The Early Spring and Mexican drama Lovesick.
The one thing
Fauda season five is the show's biggest Netflix moment ever, and its audience includes the country Israel is fighting in.
