Just in time for Christmas, the deadly children’s games from Squid Game have returned with season 2. After a short time, the series climbed to number 1 on the Netflix charts in all countries. This was Netflix’s first internal record. After a week, the streamer published view numbers that are also impressive. No other Netflix series has ever been able to accumulate so many views after one week.
Squid Game 2 breaks Wednesday record: The numbers after one week
Netflix has released the view numbers for Squid Game Season 2 after the first week. Here are the numbers at a glance:
In order to match the numbers from the previous season, the seven new episodes have to be run through a few more times. Squid Game 1 is the most successful Netflix series ever with 265.2 million views. And those numbers continue to rise thanks to the survival show’s renewed popularity.
Netflix’s viewing figures explained in brief
The numbers are from Netflix. Since 2023, Netflix has measured a view as follows: The total time a series or film was watched in a week is divided by the length of the series, season or film.
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All information in Views via Netflix.
When is Season 3 coming to Netflix?
Season 3 of Squid Game starts in 2025. There is no exact date yet, but creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has already mentioned summer/autumn 2025 as a possible limit in an interview with Variety.