{"id":122811,"date":"2021-10-13T06:28:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T06:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=122811"},"modified":"2021-10-13T06:28:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T06:28:12","slug":"why-were-squid-game-obsessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/why-were-squid-game-obsessed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we&#39;re &#39;Squid Game&#39; obsessed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><cite>New York (CNN Business)<\/cite>&#8220;Squid Game&#8221; \u2014 a fictional drama from South Korea \u2014 is Netflix&#8217;s &#8220;biggest-ever series at launch,&#8221; the streaming company exclusively told CNN Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The dystopian series, in which contestants who are deeply in need of money play deadly children&#8217;s games to win cash prizes, has been viewed by 111 million accounts since debuting on Netflix September 17.<br \/>\nTo give that number some context, Netflix announced earlier this year that 82 million households watched &#8220;Bridgerton&#8221; in the first 28 days following its Christmas debut. &#8220;Squid Game&#8221; surpassed that number in a shorter amount of time.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>The series is No. 1 on Netflix&#8217;s Top 10 lists in 94 countries around the world. It&#8217;s the platform&#8217;s first-ever Korean series to reach No. 1 in the United States.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>The numbers speak to the sheer size of &#8220;Squid Games'&#8221; popularity and the speed at which it took off. But Netflix&#8217;s \u2014 and all streaming services&#8217; \u2014 ratings data comes with some important caveats.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, these numbers are from <span>Netflix<\/span> <span>(<span>NFLX<\/span>)<\/span> itself and have not be vetted by any outside sources. Also, that 111 million figure doesn&#8217;t mean everyone watched the series from start to finish. It is based on Netflix&#8217;s metric of accounts watching at least two minutes of the series.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&amp;#39;Squid Game&amp;#39; sets off a new game, trying to figure out why it took off on Netflix\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/210929133837-squid-game-netflix-03-large-169.jpeg\"><br \/>\nRegardless of Netflix&#8217;s often opaque accounting of its shows&#8217; popularity, the important context is that the streaming giant&#8217;s competition is growing fiercer by the day, and &#8220;Squid Game&#8221; shows Netflix remains on top for a reason.<br \/>\nFor investors, as long as Netflix keeps adding subscribers, Wall Street will likely continue to be happy. &#8220;Squid Game&#8221; has hit the zeitgeist in a significant way, and buzz is the best means to attract new subscribers and keep current ones happy. The series has also earned great reviews, garnering a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes.<br \/>\nLike many top streaming series, &#8220;Squid Game&#8221; has become a pop culture phenomenon. The series has generated memes and even Halloween costume ideas.<br \/>\nThe success of &#8220;Squid Game&#8221; speaks to Netflix&#8217;s ability to craft a worldwide hit. Netflix has 209 million subscribers and the company has worked to reach audiences on a global scale.<br \/>\n&#8220;When we first started investing in Korean series and films in 2015, we knew we wanted to make world-class stories for the core K-content fans across Asia and the world,&#8221; said Minyoung Kim, Netflix&#8217;s vice president of content for Korea, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. &#8220;Today, Squid Game has broken through beyond our wildest dreams,&#8221; <\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Squid Game&#8217; gave [Netflix] more confidence that our global strategy is going towards the right direction,&#8221; Kim told CNN.<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; CNN&#8217;s Liz Kang contributed to this report<\/em><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/10\/12\/media\/squid-game-netflix-viewership\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (CNN Business)&#8220;Squid Game&#8221; 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