Netflix H1 2026 engagement report highlights Australian production strength – Netflix’s latest What We Watched report has underlined the global reach of Australian-made productions on the platform.
The Netflix H1 2026 engagement report covers viewing from January to June 2026. Across that period, Netflix says audiences watched more than 97 billion hours globally, the service’s highest half-year viewing total to date.
For Australia, the headline is the international performance of major productions made locally. War Machine, Apex and Thrash were all made in Australia and together generated more than 614 million hours viewed around the world.
Australian-made titles travel globally
War Machine was Netflix’s biggest title of the half, with 147 million views and 266.8 million hours viewed. The film also landed inside the platform’s global top five.
Apex followed with 129 million views and 204.2 million hours viewed. Thrash reached 100 million views and 143.3 million hours viewed.
The figures point to the scale of international production now taking place in Australia. They also show how Australian crews, infrastructure and locations are being used for some of Netflix’s biggest global releases.
Kids and family titles keep working
The report also shows the long life of Australian kids and family programming. The InBESTigators drew nearly 34 million hours viewed across two seasons in the first half of 2026.
H2O: Just Add Water continues to find audiences more than a decade after its final episodes, with more than 41 million hours viewed across its available seasons.
Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance reached 16.2 million hours viewed in its first season. Together, those results suggest Australian family series remain valuable library titles for Netflix.
Netflix says it will move from six-monthly What We Watched reports to a yearly snapshot from the first quarter of 2027.
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