The cast of “Fauda” season 4. Photo: Elia Spinopolo.

The hit Hebrew-language drama series Fauda is officially the most popular Israeli series on Netflix, according to the streamer’s engagement report covering January-June 2023 that was released on Tuesday.

The show’s fourth season, which premiered on Netflix in January, ranked among Netflix’s top 200 titles — out of a total of 18,220 — with 71 million hours viewed. The first three seasons of the show from yes Studios also ranked impressively during the same six-month time period, with 37.6 million hours viewed for season one, 28.4 million for season two, and 27.8 million for season three.

“These figures speak to the quality of the programs that we help produce and represent, and to the power of Israeli storytelling in general and its enduring ability to engage viewers on the global stage,” Sharon Levi, managing director at yes Studios, said in a released statement. She added that the show “is a ground-breaking series and proved a breakout hit from the launch of season one.”

“It is incredible to see just how many people watched season four when it launched and to also know that the earlier seasons continue to find new — and possibly repeat — audiences every year,” she noted.

Netflix released its first-ever “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report” on Tuesday, detailing what people watched on the streaming platform over a six-month period. The report will be published twice a year. 

Fauda (Arabic for “chaos”) was created by Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz. The show is about an elite undercover Israeli combat unit led by Doron Kavillio, played by Raz, who hunt down terrorists in the West Bank, Lebanon, the Israeli city of Ramla, and even Brussels. The series has won numerous awards, including best series at the Israeli Academy TV Awards, and is Israel’s longest-running action series.

Other yes Studios productions also fanned well on Netflix during January-June 2023, according to the engagement report. The first season of The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem racked 10.6 million hours of views, while When Heroes Fly and The Girl from Oslo garnered 4.7 million and 4.6 million hours viewed, respectively. Also all three seasons of the family drama Shtisel each accumulated just under 1 million hours of views. Other Israeli shows mentioned in the engagement report included the documentary 44 Hours, which is only available on Netflix in Israel, season one of Hashoter Hatov (The Good Cop), and three seasons of the satirical sitcom Checkout.