Squid Game Season 2 is on track to shatter Netflix’s viewership records, continuing its global dominance with unmatched anticipation and excitement.

This observation brought to you by musing on the streamer’s latest effort to hype up Squid Game 2, the second season of its South Korean murder game import, which Netflix would like you to know an unbelievable number of people have watched.

Squid Game Season 2 has been taking over Netflix ever since it launched last December, and now the season has officially become one of the most watched seasons on Netflix ever. Squid Game was one of the biggest successes for Netflix in the 2020s as the Korean drama really took the world by storm.

Season 2 of "Squid Game" has been sitting comfortably at the No. 1 spot of Netflix’s top 10 list since its debut, but it’s finally been unseated — by an unlikely show

The seven-episode installment put up another 26.3M views from January 6 to 12, easily making it the most-watched title of the week. With 152.5M views since its December 26 premiere, it sits behind only Squid Game Season 1 and Wednesday in terms of all-time viewership.

Within four days of its December 26 debut, Squid Game Season 2 garnered 68 million views, making it Netflix’s biggest TV launch ever. By day 11, the series had soared to 126.2 million views, setting a new record for the most views any Netflix show has achieved in that timeframe.

Squid Game is a South Korean series that explores themes such as class struggles, greed, apathy, and capitalism. Season 1, which debuted on Netflix on September 17, 2021, establishes that the show’s version of society is uncaring,

Three Korean shows landed in Netflix's top 10 non-English series rankings, led by the global hit "Squid Game," the global streaming site said Wednesday. "Squid Game" Season 2 maintained its position at the top of the chart with 13.