Stranger Things 4 is demolishing Netflix records but can it eclipse Squid Game?

Date:
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 10:28:03 +0000

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Stranger Things season 4 has become the most successful English-language Netflix series of all time but can it eclipse Squid Game?

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Stranger Things season 4 has officially entered the Netflix billionaire's club.

Following the release of season 4s final two episodes on July 1, the latest entry in the Duffer Brothers acclaimed sci-fi show has become the biggest English-language Netflix series of all time and the first to rack up over one billion viewing hours in its first 28 days of release.

As per the streamers most recent popularity rankings , Stranger Things season 4 accrued almost twice as big an audience as the second-most popular English-language Netflix series, Bridgerton season 2 (which earned 656
million viewing hours in its opening month), and has so far registered around half a billion more viewing hours than Stranger Things season 3 managed in
the same period.

Stranger Things season 4 is now second only to Squid Game on the list of the streamers most popular TV series, period, and although episodes 1-7 will no longer count towards the shows running total, episodes 8 and 9 still have the power to dethrone Hwang Dong-hyuk's dystopian survival drama if they continue to rake in the viewers.

At the time of writing, Stranger Things season 4 has racked up an almighty 1.15 billion first-month viewing hours but Squid Game achieved an even more eye-watering 1.65 billion figure (for perspective, that means audiences spent more than 182,000 cumulative years watching the show in its first four weeks of release). Can Stranger Things really dethrone Squid Game?

As mentioned, Stranger Things season 4 volume 2 will continue to grow the seasons total first-month viewing figures until its 28-day release window elapses on July 28. To eclipse Squid Game, episodes 8 and 9 will need to generate almost exactly 500 million more viewing hours in just over four weeks. Stranger Things season 4 focuses on the murderous exploits of new baddie Vecna (Image credit: Netflix)

Thats certainly a tall order for the Hawkins gang but not an impossible one. Stranger Things season 4 volume 2 has time on its side; episodes 8 and 9
boast a combined runtime of approximately four hours, which means that, by
our amateur calculations, around 125 million more people will need to tune in to or rewatch the season finale (you know what to do, Eddie Munson fans).

Whether Stranger Things season 4 manages the feat or not for what its worth, this writer is betting on the enduring dominance of Squid Game the success
of the latest entry in the Duffer Brothers beloved sci-fi series will come as a welcome reprieve for Netflix, which has endured a rocky 2022 amid subscribers losses and mass show cancelations .

Season 4s handsome viewing figures also bode well for Stranger Things season 5, which will mark the shows last mainline outing. Rumors have suggested that the Stranger Things universe could continue in future feature films and spin-off shows, but no upcoming projects have been confirmed as yet.



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