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Today, ‘The Squid Game’ It is the most watched series in the history of Netflix, which accumulated more than 1.6 billion hours watched shortly after its premiere.
After registering a loss of 200 thousand subscribers, Netflix bets on ‘Stranger Things’ to rebuild the path.
Company figures show that, in terms of hours viewed, ‘Stranger Things 4’ is close to achieving what was done by ‘The Squid Game’.
Finally, Netflix decided to completely hang ‘Stranger Things 4’, one of its flagship products and, above all, one of the most successful in its history.
The trends and the digital pulse do not stop talking about the new from the Duffer brothers, creators of one of the most viral series today.
Of course, we are talking about ‘Stranger Things’, which, after three years, on May 27 reached its fourth installment and, As expected, it was immediately placed in the taste of the fans and, as if that were not enough, in the Top 10 in more than 90 countries.Mexico included.
‘Stranger Things 4’a success for Netflix
However, on June 27, a month after its premiere, the series exceeded 900 million hours viewedthis without counting that Volume 2 had not yet been released, which arrived on Friday of last week.
In the interim, various information has begun to emerge, such as the launch of a spin-off, of which no further details were revealedas well as the arrival of season number five which, according to some rumours, could be released in late 2023 or early 2024.
Whatever it is, it is clear that Netflix is still looking to squeeze one of its most profitable products, especially when new information has been released that demonstrates the great scope it is having. ‘Stranger Things 4’.
And it is that, according to what the company based in Los Gatos, California, a few days after Volume 2 of the fourth season of ‘Stranger Things’, the series has already accumulated more than 1.1 billion hours viewed, a fact that makes it in the second season of Netflix most watched in historyafter Squid Game in 2021.
However, this figure could be increased since its two most recent chapters are still in an important moment, in which many of the fans of the series still do not have access to them, so, from this perspective, ‘Stranger Things’ has a chance to unseat ‘Squid Game’although we still have to wait for it.
what about Squid Game‘?
‘The Squid Game’ in just one month managed to raise the amount of 891 million dollars, becoming the most successful series on the platform to date, in addition to granting four million new subscribers.
Likewise, Netflix, which paid out a total of 21.4 million dollars for the nine episodes of the series and has now multiplied its profits up to 40 times moreyes
Regarding the number of hours viewed, ‘The Squid Game’ collected more than 110 million views in just under three months since its release on September 17.
However, On June 12, through its social networks, Netflix confirmed a long-awaited news: the launch of the second season of Squid Game.
When will it arrive? Of course, it is a complete unknown, although there are indications that it could also arrive at the end of 2023 or sometime in 2024, according to a Vanity Fair publication.
We are talking about the two most important series in the history of Netflix, as well as two of its biggest bets at a time when the platform is not very popular, which is reflected in a recent survey by Whip Media, which reveals that Netflix is the platform that least satisfies its subscribers.
Will the market leading platform be able to pick up the pace? It is something that we will see as time goes by and, above all, as long as their productions reach users.
