December 30, 2024 07:54 PM IST
Netflix has not released numbers for Squid Game Season 2. The latest season of the South Korean dystopian survival thriller is released this Christmas.
Netflix’s global phenomenon Squid Game returns with its highly anticipated Season 2, and it’s already breaking records. Building on the stupendous success of Season 1, which became the most watched Netflix series ever, Season 2 has achieved a new milestone. Read also: Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says he ‘smiles from inside’ after killing off characters, talks about season 3
It became the first series in Netflix history to debut at number one in all 93 countries where the platform is available, truly cementing its position as a global sensation.
new record
According to Forbes, Season 2 is the first series to debut at number 1 in all 93 countries where Netflix is ​​available. And it’s the entire world from America to Cyprus to Honduras to Kenya to Oman to Thailand.
When it comes to viewership, Squid Game Season 1 has been viewed 265.2 million times on the platform, which is equivalent to approximately 2.2 billion viewing hours. It tops Netflix’s top 10 most popular shows, not just in non-English, but across the platform.
As of now, Netflix has not released numbers for Season 2. It remains to be seen if Squid Game season 2 will be able to match season one’s 2.2 billion hours watched.
However, Squid Game Season 2 is not receiving as good a response as Season 1. It has a low audience score of 63 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, while season 1 has an audience score of 83 percent.
about the show
The latest season of South Korean dystopian survival thriller Squid Game arrives on Netflix this Christmas. Hwang Dong-hyuk created, wrote, and directed Squid Game for Netflix. The web series revolves around a secret competition in which players facing financial difficulties play a series of deadly children’s games to win huge prize money. The first season of the show became Netflix’s most watched series of 2021. The third and final season is expected to be released in 2025.
The second season 2 has more characters and as a result more background stories. It focuses on Seong Gi-hun (played by Lee Jung-jae). It also stars Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Sung-hoon, Park Gyu-young and Choi Seung-hyun.
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