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Squid Game is Netflix’s biggest series at launch

The tale of a macabre game show with a massive cash prize has gripped Netflix viewers and we now have some idea of how well Squid Game did behind the scenes.

The South Korean show has been the subject of conversations online, offline and has served as the inspiration for real games and videos aplenty.

While Squid Game has been popular we haven’t know exactly how popular until now. Through its Netflix Geeked account, Netflix reported that it took Squid Game just 17 days to reach 111 million views. This makes Squid Game is the biggest series ever at launch and the first to surpass 100 million views when it premiered.

As reported by The Verge, Netflix measures the performance of a title over a 28-day window and the figures above are based on views in that window. Importantly, a view in Netflix’s book means that somebody watched a series for at least two minutes.

But things get better for Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of the show.

Squid Game has reached number one on the Netflix Top 10 list in 94 countries, which is every country where Netflix has a Top 10 list. The success of this show is simply astounding and bodes well for other non-English content releasing in the future.

As the tweet above reads, the show took the better part of a decade to create and Hwang met closed doors whenever he pitched the show to studios. While this doesn’t bode well for a potential second season, the director has said that he is willing to bring other writers onboard to help.

If you haven’t watched Squid Game yet you really should, while it can be ultra violent at times, the story, visuals and cinematography are well worth the run time.

 

 

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