Just a few hours ago, streaming giant Netflix had expressed their heartfelt gratitude to its millions of subscribers who had watched the South Korean survival drama series ‘Squid Game’. Netflix has informed that ‘Squid Game’ has officially garnered 111 million views making the show their biggest ever series launch.
Streaming globally on Netflix from 17th September, ‘Squid Game’ had instantly become a rage amongst OTT audiences across the world and has been consistently topping the most popular Netflix series charts ever since its launch. Besides, ‘Squid Game’ also achieved the feat of crossing the coveted 100 million figure in the first 28 days on the Netflix OTT platform. Owing to its positive word-of-mouth and extensive online presence, it’s the buzziest Netflix series title even in India.
Many of you might already be aware that Netflix reportedly considers viewers who have watched a show for at least 2 minutes, to ascertain the total number of views for the show. Meaning thereby that even if a subscriber has not even seen one full episode of any series, his view will be taken into account if he has watched it for 2 minutes. Besides, the calculation is Netflix’s own assessment and is ostensibly not verified by any third party.
Having said that, the makers of ‘Squid Game’ (particularly writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk) and Netflix should both be credited for executing a vision with apparently a never-seen-before, massive global appeal for a non-English language show. ‘Squid Game’ is currently rated an impressive 8.2 on the reputed entertainment portal IMDb. Moreover, ‘Squid Game’ boasts of an equally impressive 91% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 45 critics ratings.
For the unversed, the critically acclaimed show ‘Squid Game’ follows the story of 456 people in desperate need of money, who have somewhat failed in their lives, and they are invited to participate in a deadly contest – survival children’s games called ‘Squid Game’. The winner of the game will take home a whopping amount.
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