Podcast #1022: Netflix's Most Popular Shows and The Best Smart Light Switches

On today's show we look at the top 15 most popular shows on Netflix and run down the ten best smart light switches according to Tom's Guide. We comment as we have had experience with all but three of them. As usual, we read your email and discuss the news of the week.

Netflix's most popular shows

The following are Netflix's most sampled TV series by number of accounts that have watched at least two minutes in the first 28 days of release. Netflix's stats also aren't independently verified, nor are they backed up by detailed data from the company, putting Netflix in the position to cherry-pick highlights without much transparency. This ranking includes only the shows that Netflix has chosen to disclose; other Netflix titles certainly have accrued enough sampling in the first month of release to make it on this list, but Netflix gets to pick which titles get viewership disclosures.

1. Squid Game (season 1), a dark Korean thriller -- 111 million accounts.
2. Bridgerton (season 1), a period romance -- 82 million accounts.
3. Lupin (part 1), a French heist series -- 76 million accounts.
4. The Witcher (season 1), a fantasy series based on an existing franchise of books and video games -- 76 million accounts.
5. Sex/Life (season 1), a risque drama about a love triangle -- 67 million accounts.
6. Stranger Things (season 3), a retro sci-fi series -- 67 million accounts.
7. La Casa de Papel (part 4), or Money Heist, a Spanish-language heist thriller series -- 65 million accounts.
8. Tiger King, a viral docuseries -- 64 million households.
9. The Queen's Gambit, a limited series about a chess prodigy -- 62 million accounts.
10. Sweet Tooth (season 1), a series based on a DC comic -- 60 million accounts.
11. Emily in Paris (season 1), a comedy series -- 58 million accounts.
12. Fate: The Winx Saga (season 1), a teen drama about fairies -- 57 million accounts.
13. Shadow and Bone (season 1), a fantasy series -- more than 55 million accounts.
14. Who Killed Sara? (season 1), a Mexican series about a brother's hunt for revenge -- 55 million accounts projected.
15. You (season 2), a psychological thriller series -- 54 million accounts projected.

Best smart light switches in 2021

The best smart light switches are an economical way of making all your lights "smart," without having to replace a ton of bulbs.

Like traditional wall switches, a smart light switch can turn your fixtures on and off, but because the switch is linked to the cloud, you can also control it remotely from your phone. This allows you do to a bunch of neat things, like setting a schedule for when lights will turn on and off, and controlling them with a voice assistant like Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri. If you go on vacation, you can even set them to turn on and off randomly, to make it look like you're home. Full article here...