Squid Game 3, the last season of the favored Korean series, arrived on Netflix on Friday. It registered record views in only three days of its release. The series can be among the many most-watched non-English series of all time on Netflix, and all that in its debut week. All three seasons of this survival drama have record viewership. Keep scrolling for the deets.
It features stars Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-joon, Im Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-shim, Jo Yu-ri, Lee David, and Roh Jae-won. It’s currently the trending topic across social media. Some are upset with the ending, while some enjoyed it. The dystopian survival thriller drama has been created by Hwang Dong-Hyuk.
Squid Game season 3 OTT verdict week 1
Based on the information provided by Netflix, Squid Game season 3, released on the streaming platform last Friday, has debuted at #1 within the weekly top 10 global list for non-English shows. It’s for the week of June 23-29. The series garnered 60.1 million views in only three days because it was released on June 27. The viewers have watched 368.4 million hours of the show in these three days. Squid Game Season 2 was released last 12 months, and on a Thursday. It recorded 68 million views in its first 4 days.
Trending at #1 in 93 countries
Season 3 also made history by being #1 in 93 countries in its debut week. That is more significant because the information used is just from three days. For the record, the most recent season of the series is on the market in 93 countries worldwide and is at the highest spot in all of them. This proves the unparalleled popularity of the South Korean drama.
ninth most-watched non-English series of all time already!
One other rare feat achieved by Squid Game season 3 is that it has already entered Netflix’s most-watched non-English shows of all time list at #9. After just three days, the most recent season is the ninth most-watched non-English series on Netflix. The opposite two seasons are also a part of the all-time top 10 global list of non-English shows. Squid Game season 1 is #1, and Squid Game season 2 is #3. Can the third season beat its predecessor and occupy the #1 spot? We’ll discover in the next weeks.
Top 10 most-watched non-English shows of all time on Netflix
1. Squid Game season 1: 265.2 million views
2. Squid Game season 2: 192.60 million views
3. Money Heist: Part 4: 106.00 million views
4. Lupin: Part 1: 99.5 million views
5. Money Heist: Part 5: 99.20 million views
6. Money Heist: Part 3: 80.00 million views
7. La Palma: Limited Series: 70.30 million views
8. Lupin: Part 2: 68.40 million views
9. Squid Game season 3: 60.1 million views
10. Who Killed Sara? Season 1: 58.4 million views
Note: The debut week viewership numbers are the official numbers given by Netflix for all of the series that arrived on the platform, no matter the day they arrived in every week. Some arrived on the fourth day of every week, some on the fifth, and so forth, however the debut numbers are calculated by Netflix weekly, not day-wise.
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