The Most Popular Streaming Genres in Several Countries
Thanks to the good folks at Just Watch, who provided this data, I found out what the most popular genres are for streaming movies and TV shows in several countries.
Comedy ranks highest in the US, UK, France, Spain, and Italy. (That’s common — 28 out of the 60 surveyed countries had comedy rank first.) It comes second in India, after Thriller.
The top five genres, in order, in the US are
- Comedy
- Horror
- Action
- Family
- Science Fiction
The UK is the same, only with SF and Family flipped.
Animation makes an appearance when looking at some European countries.
| France | Spain | Italy | |
| 1 | Comedy | Comedy | Comedy |
| 2 | Action | Horror | Animation |
| 3 | Animation | Action | Action |
| 4 | Science Fiction | Animation | Horror |
| 5 | Horror | Science Fiction | Thriller |
Then, for comparison, here’s India.
- Thriller
- Comedy
- Action
- Romance
- Crime