The first season of Squid game is the biggest show in Netflix history. The second season should be just as big.

The Korean hit saw a record-breaking number of views in its opening weekend, the streamer says. Netflix’s internal figures show Squid game The second season received 68 million views worldwide in the four days following its December 26 premiere (measured by total viewing hours, 487.6 million divided by the running time of 7 hours and 10 minutes). That beats the previous record from week one Wednesday (50.1 million views) in November 2022.

The series’ first four days of release have already propelled the second season into Netflix’s top 10 of all-time for non-English language series: it currently sits in seventh place, just behind part two of lupine (68.4 million views). Another week’s viewing will likely be postponed Squid game Season two ranked second on the list, behind only season one. Netflix’s all-time top 10 lists include views in the first 91 days after a series or movie’s release.

Season one of Squid game received 265.2 million views in the first 91 days. The second season has already achieved just over 25 percent of this goal.

Squid game was the No. 1 series in 92 of the 93 countries that Netflix lists in its rankings for the week of December 23-29. The only outlier was the United States, where the second season ranked behind the streamer’s two NFL games on Christmas Day.

The release of the second season also brought increased viewership of the first season. With 8.1 million views (67.1 million viewing hours) worldwide, it ranked third on this week’s list of non-English language series. (The Norwegian Disaster Miniseries La Palma is second with 12.2 million views.)

Season two of Squid game is largely set two years after the events of the first season, with winner Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) re-entering the game to find and hunt down those responsible, including the frontman (Lee Byung-Hun). . Series creator and showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk said that the series will end with a third season, currently scheduled to premiere next year.