Netflix’s original series Squid Game Season 2 has been watched for nearly 500 million hours globally, making it the most-watched content on Netflix in its first week of release.
Not only did it rank first in the non-English TV category, but it also surpassed English TV shows and both English and non-English film categories in terms of viewing hours during the same period. This broke the previous record set by Squid Game Season 1 in the fourth week of September 2021, which recorded 448.73 million hours of viewing.
On a weekly basis, it ranked second only to the first week of October 2021 (Sept. 27–Oct. 3), when Squid Game Season 1 hit 571.76 million of viewing hours. Moreover, Squid Game Season 2 also topped the charts in 92 countries, including the U.S., France, Japan, India, and Australia.
Even though it's only been a week since its release, Squid Game 2 has already climbed to the 7th place among Netflix's all-time most popular non-English TV shows.
Additionally, it's estimated that Squid Game Season 2 will generate at least 1.5 trillion KRW in revenue. According to a media research institute, K-EnterTech Hub, Squid Game Season 2 had a production cost of approximately 100 billion KRW. Based on the trend of Season 1, it is estimated that Season 2 will generate at least 1.5 trillion KRW in revenue. If Season 3 is released, it is expected to generate incredibly high figures of revenue.
-Surprisingly, it was fun to watchㅋㅋㅋ Maybe because I heard so much about how boring it was.
-Since Season 1 was such a hit, there must be a lot of people watching with high expectations.
-It’s actually fun.
-I enjoyed it more than I thought, and I even grew attached to Hyunju’s character. But I never expected the actor to be involved in a f*cking porn scandal...
-The reviews weren’t great, so I watched without much expectation, but it turned out to be funㅋㅋ
-I found Season 2 lighter, which made it more enjoyable for me. I ended up rewatching it repeatedlyㅋㅋㅋ
-500 million hoursㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ The beginning was boring, but Episodes 6 and 7 were worth watching. I'm looking forward to Season 3.
-It was more enjoyable than I thoughtㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I didn’t like it.
-I complained about it, but then I ended up re-watching episode 7 three times.
-Maybe because of the current situation, but the response in Korea doesn’t seem as strong as expected.
-My family and I said we'd watch just one more episode and ended up staying up until 3 AMㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I haven’t seen it yet, but my friend says it’s good.
-It had a black comedy vibe, reminded me of Don’t Look Up.
-I thought it was a total failure because of the negative reviews, but it was actually enjoyable.
