If you’ve been paying attention to anime news lately, you already know that Sakamoto Days is everywhere right now. Netflix just shared its viewing stats for the first half of 2025, and the numbers prove what fans have been saying for months: Sakamoto and his fans’ favorite convenience-store adventures are the real deal.
Netflix’s Most-Watched Anime in Six Months Is Sakamoto Days
The series pulled in more than 24 million hours of watch time with only eleven episodes available. To put that in perspective, Naruto hit 40 million hours during the same time, but the main thing is, it has hundreds of episodes to binge. Seeing a fresh series keep up with a shonen classic that has been around for two decades shows just how quickly Sakamoto Days has taken over anime conversations.
What makes this even cooler is how Netflix handled its release. Executives revealed they were involved with Sakamoto Days from the very start of production. That early partnership let them shape how the series was marketed in each country. When the show started picking up steam in places like Indonesia, Netflix quickly increased its promotion there. This kind of real-time response could change how anime gets shared with the world in the future.
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With Season 2 now available, we’re sure many people will be jumping on board. The new episodes are already generating buzz with their increased stakes and talent pool, making the wait for the weekly episodes feel unbearable. If you have not started watching yet, now is the time to dive in—you can binge-watch Season 1 in one weekend and jump right into the story.
