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Jujutsu Kaisen surpasses Demon Slayer on Netflix, and that will remain the case for now

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The third season of the anime Jujutsu Kaisen has been available on Netflix since July 22, 2026. The current charts show that viewers were totally into Jujutsu Kaisen in the first half of the year.

How often has the anime been watched? Netflix has released an Excel file with viewer counts for several series. Looking specifically at the anime category, it’s noticeable that Jujutsu Kaisen appears three times in the top 5 most-watched series from Japan. 

The top 10 looks like this:

  • Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 3) – 9.4 million views
  • Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 1) – 8.7 million views
  • Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run – 8.3 million views
  • Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai (Season 1) – 8.0 million views
  • Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 2) – 6.7 million views
  • The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity (Season 1) – 5.1 million views
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Season 2) – 4.9 million views
  • Record of Ragnarok (Season 3) – 4.6 million views
  • Blue Lock (Season 1) – 4.2 million views
  • The Apothecary Diaries (Season 1) – 4.1 million views

Even the movie Jujutsu Kaisen 0 has been watched 6.1 million times. Only the Hidden Inventory/Premature Death movie has been viewed only 0.7 million times. But it’s just a cut version of the anime.

The fact that Jujutsu Kaisen has been watched so often is not because it just premiered in Germany two days ago. The majority of the views likely come from Asia, as the third season has been available there since January 2026. 

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Jujutsu Kaisen beats Demon Slayer

What about Demon Slayer? Although Demon Slayer gained great popularity last year with the movie, the series isn’t doing as well. The most-watched was the Hashira Training Arc with 4.1 million views, closely followed by Season 1 with 4.0 million views. 

In total, 17.5 million viewers have watched Demon Slayer. In contrast, Jujutsu Kaisen has 31.6 million viewers. 

And a push seems unlikely in the near future, as the movie Infinity Castle, which broke records in theaters last year, will first land on Crunchyroll and not on Netflix. It’s obvious that all the views will then land on Crunchyroll’s streaming platform.

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