The top-rated Black Mirror episodes have been revealed as Netflix releases a sixth season of Charlie Brooker's smash hit. 

Series 6 of the darkly funny dystopian series arrived on the streaming platform on June 15 after an agonising four-year wait.

The new series promises more bleak humour and scathing social commentary - a recipe that has become synonymous with the show since it debuted on Channel 4 in 2011.

Its new episodes will feature actors including Aaron Paul, Michael Cera and Salma Hayek Pinault, as well as Himesh Patel and Rob Delaney.

As Black Mirror fans tuck into five new thought-provoking episodes, let's look back at some of the top-rated episodes from over the years. 

Betway has crunched the numbers as it measured each episode's popularity according to a unique index score.

The score was generated by ratings on Episode Ninja, IMDb and Rating Graph.

In short, the lower the overall index score, the higher the ranking.

14 best Black Mirror episodes

  1. Black Museum - Season 4, Episode 6: Nish arrives at a petrol station in the middle of nowhere before being shown around the ‘Black Museum’ by Rolo Haynes - who explains the backstories behind the many criminological artifacts on display. 
  2. The Entire History of You - Season 1, Episode 3: In this thrilling episode, everything you see, do and hear is recorded and can be watched back. But it all goes wrong when Liam - played by Toby Kebbell - has a gut feeling that his wife Fi, portrayed by Jodie Whittaker, is having a fling. 
  3. Hated in the Nation - Season 3, Episode 6: In near-future London, detective Karin Parke - played by Kelly MacDonald - and her sidekick Blue (Faye Marsay) investigate a string of deaths, all as a result of social media hatred. 
  4. San Junipero - Season 3, Episode 4:  A socially-awkward woman, Yorkie, meets the future love of her life, Kelly, at a beach resort destination. The pair have an instant connection from the get-go, however their lives are soon changed forever. 
  5. Shut Up and Dance - Season 3, Episode 3: When Kenny is filmed by online hackers, he is forced into an troubling alliance.
  6. Nosedive - Season 3, Episode 1: In a world where social media is everyone’s best friend, Lacie is desperate to increase her social media score after being invited to a school friend’s wedding. But of course, it all goes downhill from there. 
  7. USS Callister - Season 4, Episode 1: Robert Daly spends his days being CTO of a tech-entertainment company, but he’s in his own cinematic universe world at night. 
  8. Fifteen Million Merits - Season 1, Episode 2: In a world where people's lives consist of riding exercise bikes to gain credits, Bing tries to help a woman get on to a singing competition show.
  9. Be Right Back - Season 2, Episode 1: After discovering a service which allows people to communicate with lost loved ones, widow Martha reconnects with her late lover. 
  10. Playtest - Season 3, Episode 2:  A young man decides to run away from his troubled home life to travel the world, but finds himself signing up for an immersive survival horror game.
  11. The National Anthem - Season 1, Episode 1: British Prime Minister Michael Callow is faced with a shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a member of the royal family, is kidnapped.
  12. White Bear - Season 2, Episode 2: When Victoria wakes up unable to remember anything about her life, she soon realises others seem to know what’s going on and refuse to communicate with her.
  13. Men Against Fire - Season 3, Episode 5: Future soldiers Stripe and Raiman have been told to protect frightened villagers from an infestation of vicious feral mutants.
  14. Smithereens - Season 5, Episode 2: A cab driver ignites an international crisis after he kidnaps a worker from a social media company.

 

According to Betway's research, Black Mirror fans were most captivated by the series 4 episode 'Black Museum' which features an exhibition showcasing authentic criminological artefacts.

The Entire History of You - the final episode of the first series - came in at second place.

The chilling episode features Jodie Whittaker and Toby Kebbell and involves people being able to re-watch memories from their past. 

Coming in third, Hated in the Nation was also popular with the public.

The episode sees Kelly MacDonald and Faye Marsay investigate the deaths of victims of social media hatred. Fan favourite San Junipero also made the top 10, taking viewers back to the 70s and 80s.

Black Mirror series 6 is now streaming on Netflix.