{"id":136217,"date":"2025-01-01T07:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T07:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/squid-game-season-2-breaks-netflix-opening-week-record-in-top-10s-with-68m-views\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T07:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T07:24:27","slug":"squid-game-season-2-breaks-netflix-opening-week-record-in-top-10s-with-68m-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/squid-game-season-2-breaks-netflix-opening-week-record-in-top-10s-with-68m-views\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Squid Game&#8217; Season 2 Breaks Netflix Opening Week Record In Top 10s With 68M Views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_586434\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><picture class=\"wp-picture-586434\" style=\"display: contents;\"><img data-od-fetchpriority-already-added=\"\" data-od-xpath=\"\/*[1][self::HTML]\/*[2][self::BODY]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::SECTION]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-dominant-color=\"2c3441\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #2c3441;\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-586434\" class=\"featured size-full wp-image-586434 not-transparent\" title=\"Squid Game Season First Week Viewership Netflix\" alt=\"Squid Game Season First Week Viewership Netflix\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-first-week-viewership-netflix.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-first-week-viewership-netflix-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-first-week-viewership-netflix-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-first-week-viewership-netflix-943x530.jpg 943w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-first-week-viewership-netflix.jpg\"\/><noscript><img data-od-fetchpriority-already-added=\"\" data-od-xpath=\"\/*[1][self::HTML]\/*[2][self::BODY]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::SECTION]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-dominant-color=\"2c3441\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #2c3441;\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-586434\" class=\"featured size-full wp-image-586434 not-transparent\" title=\"Squid Game Season First Week Viewership Netflix\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-first-week-viewership-netflix.jpg\" alt=\"Squid Game Season First Week Viewership Netflix\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-first-week-viewership-netflix.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-first-week-viewership-netflix-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-first-week-viewership-netflix-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-first-week-viewership-netflix-943x530.jpg 943w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-586434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cr. No Ju-han\/Netflix \u00a9 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>One of essentially the most anticipated new releases of 2024 simply dropped over Christmas, and the time has come to see how effectively the present is performing. <em>Squid Game<\/em> season 2 has been breaking FlixPatrol data because it dropped, however is it breaking Netflix data? Let\u2019s check out these first-week stats.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it, after three years, <em>Squid Game<\/em> returned for its penultimate season, with the third and remaining half eying a June 2025 launch date. Netflix threw all the pieces at this launch, partnering with dozens and dozens (if not a whole lot) of manufacturers, releasing a cell companion sport, and doing all the pieces within the advertising and marketing toolbox, all within the hopes of constructing this an enormous hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">As a reminder,\u00a0<em>Squid Game<\/em>\u00a0season 1 featured within the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/top-10-title-search\/?title=Squid+Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Netflix high 10s for 15 weeks straight between September twelfth and December twenty sixth, 2021<\/a>. The present has featured in these world high 10s for 23 weeks in whole, choosing up 2.3 billion viewing hours globally over these 23 weeks, equating to 281.60 million views. From the Netflix Engagement Reports, protecting all of 2023 and the primary half of 2024, the present picked up 251.20 million hours (or 30.2 million views).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, how effectively did season 2 do? Well, it broke data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how Netflix describes the launch of their press launch:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLike presents beneath the Christmas tree, followers couldn\u2019t wait to unwrap new episodes of Squid Game this week. Season 2 of the massively widespread Korean collection from creator\/director Hwang Dong-hyuk and starring Lee Jung-jae topped the non-English TV record with a whopping 68 million views, rating No. 1 in 92 nations and breaking the document for many views for a present in its premiere week (beforehand set by Wednesday Season 1 in 2022, with 50.1 million views).<\/p>\n<p>Since its launch on Dec. 26, the present\u2019s sophomore run has already grow to be Netflix\u2019s seventh hottest non-English TV present in document time \u2014 Squid Game Season 1 stays on the high with 265.2 million views \u2014 and propelled the multiplayer online game Squid Game: Unleashed to No. 1 in motion video games on the App Store in 57 nations. And there\u2019s extra to return: the third and remaining season is due out in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let\u2019s put that week 1 quantity into context vs different Netflix films, collection, and the latest Jake Paul and Mike Tyson battle. It\u2019s not even shut.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rmb-read-more-box\" aria-labelledby=\"read-next-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-xpath=\"\/*[1][self::HTML]\/*[2][self::BODY]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::SECTION]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[9][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" class=\"rmb-thumbnail not-transparent wp-post-image\" alt=\"Most Watched Series &amp; Movies on Netflix of All Time\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/most-watched-netflix-original-movies-and-series-of-all-time-jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/most-watched-netflix-original-movies-and-series-of-all-time-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/most-watched-netflix-original-movies-and-series-of-all-time-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/most-watched-netflix-original-movies-and-series-of-all-time-943x530.webp 943w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"673a36\" style=\"--dominant-color: #673a36;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/most-watched-netflix-original-movies-and-series-of-all-time-jpg.webp\"\/><noscript><img data-od-xpath=\"\/*[1][self::HTML]\/*[2][self::BODY]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::SECTION]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[9][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/most-watched-netflix-original-movies-and-series-of-all-time-jpg.webp\" class=\"rmb-thumbnail not-transparent wp-post-image\" alt=\"Most Watched Series &amp; Movies on Netflix of All Time\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/most-watched-netflix-original-movies-and-series-of-all-time-jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/most-watched-netflix-original-movies-and-series-of-all-time-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/most-watched-netflix-original-movies-and-series-of-all-time-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/most-watched-netflix-original-movies-and-series-of-all-time-943x530.webp 943w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"673a36\" style=\"--dominant-color: #673a36;\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- Canvas with Alternative Text for Accessibility --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Structured Data for SEO --><\/p>\n<p>If we have a look at how effectively season 2 stacks up towards Netflix\u2019s greatest all-time hits, you&#8217;ll be able to see it\u2019s received off to an unimaginable begin.<\/p>\n<p>Season 1 wasn\u2019t successful proper off the bat it\u2019s price remembering, with a relatively bizarre first week, however it was in week 2 when the present hit one other stage. That\u2019s demonstrated fairly properly after we evaluate it towards Wednesday and Fool Me Once, two different reveals in Netflix\u2019s all-time most-watched record.<\/p>\n<p>The collection is sort of actually going to switch <em>Squid Game<\/em> season 1 because the most-watched non-English collection in a matter of weeks at this fee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3 id=\"is-tiktok-a-big-driver-for-squid-game-again-1\">Is TikTok A Big Driver for Squid Game? (Again)<\/h3>\n<p>TikTok is as soon as once more doing its half to assist promote <em>Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>by our estimates. Everyone\u2019s \u201cFor You\u201d web page is clearly totally different, however wanting across the numerous hashtags and accounts selling Squid Game content material, you&#8217;ll be able to see purely by the variety of views that season 2 content material is hitting lots of people\u2019s feeds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, we don\u2019t fairly have definitive numbers for TikTok, however you&#8217;ll be able to see #SquidGame2 has over 443.6K posts, and the principle tag now carries 2.6M posts. The most important Squid Game Netflix account barely has a latest video under 1M views, with a few of them reaching as much as 37.5M views. TikTok\u2019s Creative Center additionally reveals <a href=\"https:\/\/ads.tiktok.com\/business\/creativecenter\/hashtag\/squidgame?period=1095&amp;countryCode=&amp;\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">curiosity within the present rocketing<\/a> and that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/ads.tiktok.com\/business\/creativecenter\/inspiration\/popular\/hashtag\/pc\/en\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a number of instances in TikTok trending hashtags<\/a>. I attributed a few of the success of Squid Game S1 to TikTok and I\u2019m going to do the identical right here once more now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><picture class=\"wp-picture-586431\" style=\"display: contents;\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-scaled-jpg.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-1536x766-jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-2048x1021-jpg.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-xpath=\"\/*[1][self::HTML]\/*[2][self::BODY]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::SECTION]\/*[14][self::P]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" data-dominant-color=\"423e42\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #423e42;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-586431 not-transparent\" title=\"Squid Game Tiktok Account\" alt=\"Squid Game Tiktok Account\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-1536x766.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-2048x1021.jpg 2048w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-scaled.jpg\"\/><noscript><img data-od-xpath=\"\/*[1][self::HTML]\/*[2][self::BODY]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::SECTION]\/*[14][self::P]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" data-dominant-color=\"423e42\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #423e42;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-586431 not-transparent\" title=\"Squid Game Tiktok Account\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Squid Game Tiktok Account\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-1536x766.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-tiktok-account-2048x1021.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/noscript><\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<p>Celebrating on social media, Netflix shared a first-look image for season 3 of the present:<\/p>\n<p><picture class=\"wp-picture-586455\" style=\"display: contents;\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-poster-jpg.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-xpath=\"\/*[1][self::HTML]\/*[2][self::BODY]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::SECTION]\/*[16][self::P]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" data-dominant-color=\"765c65\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #765c65;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-586455 not-transparent\" title=\"Squid Game Season Poster\" alt=\"Squid Game Season Poster\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-poster.jpg\"\/><noscript><img data-od-xpath=\"\/*[1][self::HTML]\/*[2][self::BODY]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::SECTION]\/*[16][self::P]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" data-dominant-color=\"765c65\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #765c65;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-586455 not-transparent\" title=\"Squid Game Season Poster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/squid-game-season-poster.jpg\" alt=\"Squid Game Season Poster\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"\/><\/noscript><\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<p>Are you impressed with Netflix\u2019s big launch for <em>Squid Game<\/em> season 2? Let us know within the feedback.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Cr. No Ju-han\/Netflix \u00a9 2024 One of essentially the most anticipated new releases of 2024 simply dropped over Christmas, and the time has come to see how effectively the present is performing. Squid Game season 2 has been breaking FlixPatrol data because it dropped, however is it breaking Netflix data? 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