Squid Game's latest audience figures will blow your mind

Date:
Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:28:50 +0000

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New audience figures reveal even more mind-boggling numbers behind the
success of Netflixs Squid Game.

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Its no secret that Squid Game is now the most popular Netflix show of all time, but new figures reveal just how popular Hwang Dong-hyuks survival drama became in its first four weeks of release.

In recent data published as part of the streamers revised viewership measurements , Netflix claims that Squid Game was watched for a total of 1.6 billion hours during its opening month. Yes, you read that right 1.6
billion.

For context, that means audiences spent more than 182,000 years watching the show in its first four weeks alone Bridgerton, Netflixs second most popular title, raked in less than half that total. Weve had a lot of feedback about our metrics over the years.So we went back to the drawing board and today
were excited to launch https://t.co/a9X2usRUun a new website with weekly global and country lists of the most popular titles on Netflix as ranked by view hours pic.twitter.com/JMrvzmRv8s November 16, 2021 See more

The updated figures were announced alongside the streamers new website, top10Netflix.com , which makes weekly viewership data for its movies and TV shows available to the public.

Unsurprisingly, Netflixs push to be more transparent with its audience
figures came as a result of Squid Games astronomical success. Going forward, the company will abandon the two-minute-per-view metric used in recent years to instead record the total hours watched within a given titles first 28 days of release hence Squid Games 1.6 billion-hour revelation.

We think engagement as measured by hours viewed is a slightly better
indicator of the overall success of our titles and member satisfaction, Netflix bosses said in a recent letter to shareholders. It also matches how outside services measure TV viewing and gives proper credit to rewatching.

Evidently, the move towards total-hours-watched metrics provides great eye candy when shows like Squid Game perform as well as they do, but itll be interesting to see whether Netflix maintains its newfound commitment to transparency if its other shows dont live up to expectations. Will there be a Squid Game season 2?

As for whether we can expect a second season of Squid Game in the future, recent developments suggest creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is moving ahead with the idea.

In recent interviews, Hwang has appeared increasingly confident about potential narratives for a Squid Game season 2, going as far as to say that
he actually has "a very high-level picture" of a potential follow-up story (via The Guardian ).

The creator also told The Associated Press in November that "there will
indeed be a second season" of Squid Game, so although Netflix hasn't weighed in with official confirmation just yet, we're fairly confident that Squid
Game season 2 is on the way .

Youll find a more detailed breakdown of our thoughts on a potential second season in our comprehensive breakdown of the Squid Game ending , but those concerned that Netflix may not renew the most popular property in its history should rest assured Squid Game will return. 1.6 billion hours have made sure of that. These are the best Netflix movies to watch right now



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