Final Season Pushes Squid Game Back To No. 1 In Streaming Rankings
The third and final season of Squid Game recorded the highest viewing minutes of the year so far.
Netflix's Korean drama Squid Game broke yet another record in the US. With the release of the third and final instalment of the survival thriller on June 27, it hit another massive streaming record on the overall Nielsen charts. The show, directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, has set the highest streaming record of the year so far, with 3.2 billion minutes viewed in its first week of release, between June 23 and June 29.
According to the Nielsen streaming charts in the US, the final season of Squid Game has the highest weekly total for a streaming title this year. This also made it the most-watched show in the US since The Night Agent season 2, which crossed 3.1 billion minutes of viewing in January.
Notably, Squid Game season 2 holds the all-time top position on the chart. When the second was released on December 26, 2024, it garnered 4.6 billion viewing minutes during the week between December 30 and January 5.
Other Names On The Nielsen Chart
Besides Squid Game, the Top 10 on the Nielsen chart also included some big names. In second place is the dating reality show Love Island USA, with 1.78 billion views. The third place has been occupied by Netflix's Australian drama, Animal Kingdom, with 1.70 billion viewing minutes. The same streaming giant's espionage drama, Blindspot, and its American crime drama, The Waterfront, held the fourth and fifth places, with 1.65 billion and 1.45 billion viewing minutes, respectively.
Meanwhile, Netflix's comedy drama Ginny & Georgia, which revolves around the story of a mother and daughter duo, entered the chart after the release of its third season on June 5. The series managed to rake in a total of 979 million viewing minutes, thus landing sixth on the chart.
Jeremy Allen White's The Bear Came 7th
The Bear's season 4, the fast-paced culinary drama starring Jeremy Allen White as the lead, came seventh on the list. It garnered 917 million viewing minutes, which is a noticeable drop from last year's 1.2 billion for season 3. The show, created by Christopher Storer, has been renewed for a fifth season.
Disney+'s Bluey and Grey's Anatomy held the eighth and ninth positions, respectively, with 860 million and 842 million viewing minutes. At the tenth position is Netflix's new animated Korean film KPop Demon Hunters, whose simple yet effective storyline, coupled with its chart-bursting songs, has become the talk of the town. The film garnered 778 million viewing minutes in the US.
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