Who is your favourite Friend? (Picture: NBC)

This is The One When The Nation Picks Their Favourite Friends Character – and could we BE less surprised?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock where social media is not a thing, the iconic show finally arrived on Netflix last month, making dreams come true across the UK – and viewers have been quick to debate on who is the best Friend.

The debates about the decade-defining show, which first aired in 1994, can be concluded once and for all thanks to a brand new YouGov poll.

And surprise, surprise, the winner is Chandler Bing with 20% of Friends viewers saying he’s their favourite.


Britain has voted – and the results are in (Picture: Getty)

Monica is the least favourite of the show’s main characters (most likely due to her over-bearing characteristics) with only 5% of the votes.



Her brother Ross didn’t fare much better, only scoring 1% more – as womaniser Joey Tribbiani came in second place with 17%.

The eccentric Phoebe is the highest-ranking of the woman characters with 15%, while fashionista Rachel gained 13% of the vote.

Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Matt Le Blank as Joey Tribbiani, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller (Picture: NBC)

The survey also found that men are more likely than women to be fans of Joey, while women are more likely to prefer Phoebe.

The poll comes after Netflix proved its sassiness when they mocked millennials who were left offended by the NBC show with episode suggestions for 2018 – the suggestions are so cheeky it’s almost offensive in itself (kidding, kidding).

Certain plot points have left some viewers a little on edge, including when Chandler was paranoid about being perceived as a gay man.

There there, millennials (Picture: Youtube)

Or the one when Monica was mocked for being ‘fat’. Or the other ‘one’ where Joey basically thought with his penis and objectified every woman he came across.

Or the that big ‘one’ where none of the main characters interacted with a POC enough – even though they lived in multi-cultural New York City.

Friends did have a diversity issue with there being only two notable non-white characters in 10 years (Ross’ girlfriend Julie and Dr Charlie Wheeler.)

The debates about the show, which first aired in 1994, made its way to Netflix, with the show taking to Twitter on Wednesday with their take on what they believe millennials want.

FRIENDS 2018 PLOTLINES

-Joey eats Tide pods, goes to hospital (guest star Ellen Pompeo)

-Chandler won't shut up about how funny his Vines were

-Ed Sheeran cameo interrupts Phoebe's Central Perk set

-Ross gets everyone into Bitcoin

-The One Where The Gang Realizes Their Privilege — Netflix US (@netflix) January 24, 2018

They wrote: ‘Joey eats Tide pods, goes to hospital (guest star Ellen Pompeo),’ Netflix wrote. “Chandler won’t shut up about how funny his Vines were.’

‘Ed Sheeran cameo interrupts Phoebe’s Central Perk set. Ross gets everyone into Bitcoin. The One Where The Gang Realizes Their Privilege.’

So basically according to Netflix millennials have their own ‘problematic’ traits – narcissism and eating things that shouldn’t be eaten.

How bloody unapologetic.

Friends is available to stream on Netflix UK now.

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