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The communicative of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt and her narration pinch Ruby Franke, nan mommy vlogger who was sentenced to years successful situation for kid abuse, continues to beryllium celebrated among viewers.
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story, which launched connected December 30, has topped Netflix’s movie charts pinch 15M views.
It’s a singular number for a communicative that has already been told successful a number of different documentaries and docuseries.
Devil successful nan Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke launched successful February 2025 connected Hulu pinch 7.9M world views successful its first 5 days of streaming, making it nan Disney streamer’s biggest Hulu docuseries to date. Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence besides premiered connected Investigation Discovery successful September and is now connected HBO Max.
Fremantle-produced Evil Influencer was bigger than KPop Demon Hunters, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Goodbye June and Dr Seuss’ The Grinch, which dress up nan remainder of nan apical 5 English-language films list.
The doc, which is directed by Skye Borgman, who was besides down Netflix true-crime hit Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, tells nan communicative of nan Hildebrandt, a Utah therapist, whose engagement successful kid maltreatment alongside Franke was conscionable 1 thread successful her web of manipulation.
It explores nan dealing pinch their Mormon religion organization successful Utah, Hildebrandt’s life-coaching institution ConneXions, and nan domiciled of Kevin Franke, Ruby’s erstwhile hubby who now has custody of their six children.
True-crime continues to stay 1 of Netflix’s biggest genres. In August, Deadline reported nan numbers astir Amy Bradley Is Missing and Conversations pinch a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes. Amy Bradley Is Missing, which tells nan communicative of really nan 23-year-old vanished without a trace from nan cruise vessel she and her family were vacationing on, totaled 26.2M views complete its first 3 weeks pinch The Son of Sam Tapes, which comes from Joe Berlinger, landing 3.4M views successful its premiere week.
American Murder: Gabby Petito was nan streamer’s 5th astir celebrated title for nan first six months of 2025, down only Adolescence, Squid Game, Zero Day and Missing You. It reached 56M views pinch complete 120M hours viewed.
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer and Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story were besides successful nan apical 50.
Netflix’s information dump successful February 2025 besides saw large numbers for docs including The Menendez Brothers, American Murder: Laci Peterson, Worst Ex Ever, Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey and This Is nan Zodiac Speaking.
