‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Opens With 68 Million Views, Netflix’s Biggest TV Debut Ever

variety.com:

Selome Hailu As expected, the second installation of “Squid Game” has been an immediate and massive success. Season 2 debuted with 68 million views in its first four days of availability — more than any other Netflix series has achieved in its premiere week, beating a record that “Wednesday” set with 50.1 million views in 2022.

The season also rapidly landed on Netflix’s list of its most popular non-English language TV titles of all time at No. 7, which is measured across each series’ first 91 days of viewership.

Season 1 of “Squid Game” currently sits at the top of that list with 265.2 views, but Season 2 has plenty of time to potentially cross that line.

Naturally, this made “Squid Game” Season 2 Netflix’s most-watched title of the week of Dec. 23-29. Season 1 also saw renewed interest, charting as the No.