‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ is the most-viewed show on Netflix this week

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Squid Game: The Challenge has become the most-watched show on the platform this week.This is according to data from Netflix’s official most-watched list, which tracks the platforms most popular content based on a metric called “views”, based on “the total hours viewed divided by the total runtime”.

For the week of November 20 to 26 – also the show week of debut – Squid Game: The Challengelogged about 20.1million views.The unscripted survival series draws from the games depicted in Netflix hit 2021 K-drama series Squid Game.

The reality show was filmed in the UK and features contestants from all over the world battling it out for prize money amounting to US$4.56million.The popularity of Squid Game: The Challenge also seemed to give the original Korean drama a boost, with the series returning back to Netflix’s Top 10 most-watched non-English series list.

This week, the K-drama lands at sixth place with a total of 1.6million views, which also marks marking its 21st week on the chart since it premiered two years ago.Squid Game: The Challenge premiered its first five episodes on November 22, in what Netflix calls “Batch 1”.