Squid Game season 3 shatters records and takes the crown as Netflix’s biggest hit yet
Turns out, lightning can strike three times….
Just when you thought the craze might finally simmer down, Squid Game Season 3 has landed like a thunderclap, smashing records and sending the internet into full-blown obsession mode.
The South Korean thriller is without a doubt Netflix’s biggest show, with season one securing 265,2m views after its release in 2021.
Jo Yu-ri as Jun-hee in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix
Season two, which came out at the end of last year, landed with a whopping 192.6m views, a staggering achievement for a follow up season.
Now, season three has garnered its own milestone as the biggest TV launch for Netflix ever, accumulating 60.1 million views (368.4m hours) in just three days.
Mere days after its release, it has been revealed that it has already become the ninth biggest non-English language show.
Just when you thought the craze might finally simmer down, Squid Game Season 3 has landed like a thunderclap, smashing records and sending the internet into full-blown obsession mode. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix
From jaw-dropping twists to even more twisted games, the new season has catapulted fans straight back into the neon-drenched nightmare they can’t seem to get enough of.
Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama series that pits desperate contestants against each other in a deadly competition for a life-changing cash prize.
Hundreds of players, each deeply in debt, are lured into a mysterious game where they must compete in a series of traditional Korean children’s games. The catch? Losing means death.
Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix
At the center of the story is Seong Gi-hun, a down-on-his-luck man who joins the games hoping to turn his life around. As the games grow increasingly brutal, alliances form, betrayals unfold, and the true cost of survival becomes terrifyingly clear.
After winning in the first season, Gi-hun re-enters the game in season two with the sole purpose of enacting revenge.
In the final season we see Gi-hun go face-to-face with the overseer, the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun).
