‘Squid Recreation’ is Netflix’s greatest collection launch after topping 100 million viewers globally

Netflix says “Squid Recreation” is its greatest collection launch of all time.

The streaming big mentioned in a tweet late Tuesday that the much-hyped South Korean drama present has attracted 111 million viewers globally since its Sept. 17 launch.

It is the primary Netflix present to high 100 million viewers within the first month, the corporate mentioned. The collection simply smashed the earlier report from “Bridgerton,” which was watched by 82 million households within the first 28 days.

“Squid Recreation” rapidly grew to become successful in quite a few nations, not least its dwelling nation, the place a neighborhood broadband supplier truly sued Netflix after the present led to a spike in visitors.

The collection is not for the faint-hearted. It sees fictional contestants compete in a collection of youngsters’s video games, within the hope that they’re going to win heaps of money. In the event that they lose, they’re shot lifeless by masked guards in pink jumpsuits.

It is value noting that, simply because 111 million individuals considered Netflix, that does not imply they watched the whole collection from begin to end. Netflix’s figures solely take into consideration customers who tuned in for not less than two minutes.

Worldwide development has been a key focus for Netflix in recent times, having invested closely into foreign-language exhibits and films like “Cash Heist” and “The Platform,” which achieved each vital and industrial success.