Stats Reveal Just How Badly Meghan Markle’s Netflix Show Bombed

If there were any doubts about the future of Meghan Markle’s Netflix ambitions, the numbers appear to have settled them.

Fresh viewing data shows the Duchess of Sussex’s lifestyle series, With Love, Meghan, quietly collapsed in its second season — failing to crack Netflix’s global top 1,000 titles over a six-month stretch and pulling in just around two million views. That figure represents a steep drop of more than 60 percent compared to the show’s first season.

According to Netflix’s own rankings, the series landed at a dismal No. 1,016 worldwide between July and December 2025 — a position that puts it on par with reruns of Downton Abbey and far behind later seasons of Suits, the legal drama that originally made Meghan Markle a household name.

The show was positioned as a cornerstone of Markle’s post-royal reinvention, leaning heavily into a polished domestic aesthetic filled with cooking, gardening, and curated “everyday” moments. But audiences didn’t bite.

Filmed at an $8 million rented farmhouse near Montecito, California, the series featured tightly controlled scenes of domestic bliss, celebrity drop-ins from Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, and carefully staged entertaining segments. Prince Harry, meanwhile, was noticeably scarce on screen. Critics were merciless, and viewers largely stayed away.

The flop only adds fuel to growing questions surrounding the Sussexes’ once-vaunted $100 million Netflix deal, first flagged earlier this week by industry watchers. Signed in 2020 with great fanfare, the agreement was billed as a sweeping creative partnership that would deliver documentaries, scripted content, and global hits.

So far, only one project truly delivered: Harry & Meghan, the explosive docuseries that drew massive audiences fueled by public fascination with the couple’s royal fallout. Everything since has struggled to recapture that momentum.

Last summer, Netflix quietly shifted the Sussexes’ deal from an all-expenses-paid arrangement to a scaled-back first-look agreement — a move widely interpreted as the streamer lowering expectations.

Supporters of Meghan and Harry insist success shouldn’t be judged by viewing charts alone, pointing to unverified claims that Markle’s lifestyle ventures have generated millions in product sales tied to Netflix exposure. Those figures, however, remain impossible to confirm.

What is measurable is audience engagement — and by Netflix’s own standards, the collapse of With Love, Meghan highlights just how difficult it has been to turn royal notoriety into a sustainable entertainment brand.