Netflix’s ‘The Monster of Florence’ Becomes Global No. 1 With 9.6 Million Views

Overview

• Netflix reports 9.6 million views for Oct. 20–26, making the series the streamer’s overall top TV title for the week.
• The show ranked No. 1 in 44 territories and reached the top 10 in 85 countries during the same period, according to official figures.
• Critics’ response is divided with a 62% Rotten Tomatoes score, while FlixPatrol data cited it as third in Netflix’s TV ranking that week and viewers praised it as gripping.
• Each episode centers on a different suspect in a Rashomon-style structure, with the investigation kept in the background as Sollima rejects comparisons to Zodiac.
• Drawn from testimonies and procedural documents, the production claims meticulous crime-scene reconstructions of the real case involving eight double murders from 1968 to 1985 that remain unsolved.