Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson got 49 million Netflix views in 2024, but it was no CoComelon

Jake Paul‘s November bout against Mike Tyson was one of the biggest Netflix broadcasts of 2024, but not even an influencer boxing spectacle can top the most popular 3D characters in the world of children’s entertainment. Entertainment company Moonbug reported that its hit franchise CoComelon was the most-viewed show of the year on Netflix, totaling 231.1 million views.

After years of secrecy regarding its traffic, Netflix has started sharing precise viewership data in biannual reports. Though Netflix’s data dumps may inflate some statistics because of how the streamer counts views, the What We Watched report offers a broad look at the programs and trends that have won over Netflix subscribers.

During the second half of 2024, many Netflix viewers had their eyes glued on the Paul/Tyson tilt. Beyond its concurrent live audience, which peaked at 65 million, the broadcast has also attracted 49 million views on-demand. That made it Netflix’s most-watched special of the second half and the seventh-most-watched show over that period. Squid Game took the top spot in that ranking with 87 million half-year views.

The Paul/Tyson fight may have earned a shout-out in Netflix’s Q4 2024 earnings report, but another program was arguably just as dominant on the platform at the same time. Influencer boxing specials and South Korean dystopian thrillers enjoy surges of viewership around the time of their premieres, but CoComelon

and its spin-off CoComelon Lane are evergreen choices among Netflix’s youngest viewers and their parents. Moonbug reported that those two shows combined for 148 million Netflix views (across multiple seasons) over the second half of the year.

“CoComelon and CoComelon Lane have helped millions of families learn and bond through songs,” reads a statement attributed to Moonbug execs Nicolas Eglau and Courtney Holt. “Each episode is enriching and fun because our creative team and child development experts put a lot of care into making it. We’re proud to become not only the most viewed kids show, but the most viewed show overall on Netflix in 2024.”

Overall, Netflix’s viewership share among young children is declining as YouTube continues to advance. Luckily for Moonbug, CoComelon is one of the largest channels on YouTube as well, regularly ranking near the top of our Tubefilter charts. Like Netflix’s data, our Top 50 shows big-name influencers and nursery school entertainers competing for viewership records. Look for that trend to continue into 2025.