Netflix recently made an exciting announcement on Twitter about how the popular series Squid Game became the company’s largest ever series at debut.
As fans flocked to the newly launched Netflix series Squid Game, it was announced that the show had surpassed 111 million views in just one month, making it the most popular series ever at debut.
Squid Game is a Netflix-exclusive South Korean survival thriller drama series that premiered on September 17, 2021. The show chronicles a gaming tournament in which 456 participants battle for a huge prize pool and face life-threatening consequences if they lose.
Netflix recently announced on its official Twitter account that the popular series Squid Game became the first to exceed 100 million viewers when it aired, making it the biggest-ever series upon launch. The OTT platform also published an entertaining short clip to express its appreciation to all of the fans who contributed to the achievement of this goal.
The tweet, on the other hand, stated, “Squid Game took Hwang Dong-hyuk more than ten years to complete. It just took 17 days and 111 million global fans for the series to become our most popular ever at debut (and the first to reach 100 million when it originally aired).”
Many fans rushed to Twitter to express their joy at the series’ success, which they felt was well-deserved. Some of them also remarked that it was one of the finest K-drama series they’d ever seen, and that it should be followed up with a sequel. Take a look at some of the responses to Netflix’s recent news from fans.
Lee Jung-jae played Seong Gi-hun, Wi Ha-joon played Hwang Jun-ho, Park Hae-soo played Cho Sang-woo, Jung Ho-yeon played Kang Sae-byeok, O Yeong-su played Oh Il-nam, Heo Sung-tae played Jang Deok-su, Anupam Tripathi played Abdul Ali, Kim Joo-ryoung played Han Mi-nyeo, and Yo.
