Within a mere 10 days, Squid Game Season 3 has amassed a total of 106.3 million views, becoming the first Netflix series, in any language, to achieve that in two weeks. This was after the popular Korean show jumped onto the streaming platform’s list of most popular non-English series of all time in the 9th position, thanks to a whopping 60.1 million views garnered in just three days from its opening. As of this article, it has leapt up to the 3rd position, outranked only by its own earlier seasons.
Even factoring in Netflix’s English-language shows, Squid Game Season 3’s ranking is still outstanding, losing out only to Wednesday Season 1 (2022) with 252.1 million views, Adolescence (2025) with 142.6 million views, Stranger Things Season 4 (2016) with 140.7 million views, Dahmer: Monster (2022) with 115.6 million views, Bridgerton Season 1 (2020) with 113.3 million views and The Queen’s Gambit (2020) with 112.8 million views, all of which had 91 days to attain those totals. Taking the time window into consideration, Squid Game Season 3 is highly likely to climb a few more ranks, given that it still has an ample 81 days before the viewership numbers are finalised.
The release of Squid Game Season 3 also brought positive externalities to its earlier two seasons, with Squid Game Season 2 (2024) and Squid Game Season 1 (2021) amassing 4.9 million views and 3.8 million views, respectively, within the period from 30 June to 6 July. With Squid Game Season 3 clocking in 46.3 million views within the same period, it has become the highest-viewed Netflix title for the week, with its two earlier seasons coming in at second and third place on the non-English chart.
The second place for the highest-viewed Netflix title of the week goes to The Old Guard 2, starring Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol. 1), which accumulated 37.5 million views. The film’s release also drew attention to its predecessor, The Old Guard (2020), which garnered 9.5 million views in the same week.
Meanwhile, KPop Demon Hunters also charted in third place for the highest-viewed Netflix title of the week, with 22.7 million views. This led it to rank second on the English movies chart as well for its second consecutive week.
For more information on Netflix viewership across the platform’s shows, head to Netflix.com.
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