Netflix proves crime really does pay as not even 3 billion viewing minutes can keep ‘Fool Me Once’ at #1

And yet streaming success is a fickle thing. While movies like, say, Barbie can dominate theaters for weeks on end, popular films and TV shows on Netflix often find a much more fleeting form of fame. The platform naturally releases a barrage of new original content each and every week so once s have gorged themselves on one series they simply move on to another, which means that Netflix’s top 10 charts are in a constant state of flux. Sure enough, just over a month after its arrival, Fool Me Once‘s crown has been well and truly stolen by Netflix’s newest must-see show.

Fool Me Once is streaming’s biggest hit since Suits, but Griselda is Netflix ’s new drug of choice

As per Griselda. Debuting on Jan. 25, the crime drama has clearly hooked viewers in with its dark and compelling narrative about Griselda Blanco, the real-life Colombian drug lord who rose up to become the most dangerous woman in Miami in the 1980s. The six-parter accrued a criminally impressive 113.8 million viewing minutes across its first three days on the site.

And yet that’s nothing compared to Fool Me Once‘s own mind-blowing milestone of an entrance onto the scene. Across its first week on Netflix, the series amassed Alexander: The Making of a God.

That said, Fool Me Once may have won the viewing figures war but Griselda has the critical reception battle in the bag. The crime drama is sitting at a fetching 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Sofia Vergara garnering much of the praise for her committed central performance, which couldn’t be any more different from her many years on Modern Family. Meanwhile, Fool Me Once dwells at just 69%, with audiences even less forgiving, awarding it a mere 45%. A steep decline from Griselda‘s strong 73% from s.

Fool Me Once‘s stranglehold on streaming is over, but Griselda‘s own storyline warns us that being at the top of the food chain is only a temporary state.