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Reddit’s 50 Most Talked-About Shows Of 2022

01/08/2023
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You’ve seen a lot of “best of” lists at this point, but I did find this new list rather interesting. It’s from u/Grubster11, who says they scraped 50,000 comments from every weekly recommendations reddit thread on r/television to come up with a list of the 50 most talked about shows of the year.

This is not necessarily the best shows of 2022, as you can have a hugely debated show that ultimately has mixed reviews (cough, Rings of Power), and this isn’t even new shows, as old shows can be recommended too (The Wire). And of course this is reddit, which skews pretty heavily male. But it’s interesting data all the same.

Here are the top 50 most talked-about shows on reddit over the course of 2022:

  1. Severance
  2. House of the Dragon
  3. Barry
  4. The Boys
  5. Better Call Saul
  6. Andor
  7. Stranger Things
  8. Succession
  9. Breaking Bad
  10. Rings of Power
  11. For All Mankind
  12. The Bear
  13. The Wire
  14. Atlanta
  15. The Americans
  16. Peacemaker
  17. The Leftovers
  18. The White Lotus
  19. Yellowjackets
  20. Mr. Robot
  21. The Great
  22. Treme
  23. Yellowstone
  24. 1883
  25. Westworld
  26. Reacher
  27. Station Eleven
  28. The Expanse
  29. Ozark
  30. Star Trek
  31. Slow Horses
  32. The Sandman
  33. Ted Lasso
  34. Game of Thrones
  35. Black Bird
  36. Raised by Wolves
  37. The Sopranos
  38. 1899
  39. Only Murders in the Building
  40. Fargo
  41. Mr. Inbetween
  42. Euphoria
  43. Mad Men
  44. Pachinko
  45. The Old Man
  46. Arcane
  47. Peaky Blinders
  48. Bad Sisters
  49. True Detective
  50. okay it’s the top 49, one’s missing

Anything interesting of note here? I’m not terribly surprised that Severance is number one, given how much there was to process and theorize about that show. Similarly, House of the Dragon seems like the rebirth of weekly Game of Thrones debates, even if the source material tells us where we’re going there. A little surprised to see Barry that high, as it’s a good show, but I though it’s season this year was somewhat uneven. The Boys, Better Call Saul, Stranger Things and Andor are a who’s who of must-watch series this year.

The old shows reddit is still talking about after all this times? A lot of classics people may finally be getting around to. The Wire, The Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad…Treme? That one kind of threw me.

Reddit also tends to elevate some under-discussed series elsewhere, like Apple’s For All Mankind, The Bear, The Great and Slow Horses. But they also like wider mainstream hits like Yellowstone and 1883. All in all, it’s not so bad as a recommendation list, as there are few shows on here that I’d argue are actively terrible and should be avoided. You can view the full list here to see all the exact figures, and what streaming service everything airs on.

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Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/01/08/reddits-50-most-talked-about-shows-of-2022/