by Kandiss Edwards
February 7, 2026
Shortly after “Turning into” made it to no. 6 on the Most Watched checklist, it was eliminated.
Michelle Obama’s 2018 Netflix documentary, “Turning into,” drew a surge in viewership as viewers protest Melania Trump’s documentary “Melania.”
Obama’s documentary has seen a uptick of 13,000% in response to Folks. “Turning into” has reentered Netflix’s prime ten most watched films. The documentary movie outpaced the premiere weekend numbers for the present First Girl’s much-roasted theatrical launch “Melania.” The trouble to overshadow Melania’s opening weekend seemingly started on social media. A person on X recommended that it “can be humorous” if anti-Trump or Professional-Obama viewers took half in a sweeping effort to embarrass the sitting president and his spouse.
@nathancjun wrote: “It could be humorous (aka: superior) if we may collectively all make ‘Turning into’”’ the Michelle Obama documentary primary on Netflix the identical weekend Melanie tanks on the field workplace.”
TikTok person @stevevonandbritt unfold the phrase on the platform, garnering over 300,000 likes and 1.5 million views on her name to motion.
Whereas the ability of the individuals prevailed and the documentary reentered the highest ten viewers observed Netflix seemingly tried to thwart the trouble. Shortly after “Turning into” made it to no. 6 on the checklist, it was eliminated. By some means, Michelle’s movie ranked on the “Most Watched Youngsters” films. Many customers took discover and levied threats of subscription cancellation if the documentary was not returned to its correct place.
@stevevonandbrit captioned her followup publish: “are ya’ll cool? Cease this BS and put the film again on the highest 10 films checklist! Everybody hold watching Turning into till it hits NUMBER 1and make certain Netflix continues to see us.”
@jaimemoss3 took the net outrage straight to Netflix by calling the customer support quantity to make her grievances heard. She urged others to do the identical.
She captioned her publish: “Play together with your mom. You solely have a few hours to place the film again in its correct class.”
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