Netflix Top 10 & Nielsen Stats for Squid Game

Last updated: April 19th, 2024

In November 2021, began releasing weekly viewership data for its movies and series split into English and non-English. Below, we’ve built a search to see the hours viewed for any title featured in the Netflix top 10s over the past three years. In addition, we’ll also give you Samba TV and Nielsen top 10 data plus data from the Netflix Engagement Report.

All data is sourced from Netflix’s Top 10 data site, which releases new data every Tuesday. Views/CVE are only available for titles after June 2023.

Netflix top 10 data begins from July 4th, 2021 and currently goes up to April 14th, 2024
Nielsen Data begins from January 10th, 2021 to February 19th, 2024

Squid Game Top 10 Hours and Nielsen Overview

Squid Game posterNetflix Original Title
  • Season 1 added to Netflix on September 17th, 2021
Description: Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits -- with deadly high stakes.
Language: Korean
Runtime: 60 mins

Official Netflix Top 10 Data



Squid Game: Season 1

Views/CVE refers to Completed Viewing Equivalent - Number of hours watched divided by the runtime of the show/movie.

Week PeriodHours ViewedViews / CVERankWeek in Top 10
September 12th, 2021 to September 19th, 202163,190,000011
September 19th, 2021 to September 26th, 2021448,730,000 (+610%)012
September 26th, 2021 to October 3rd, 2021571,760,000 (+27%)013
October 3rd, 2021 to October 10th, 2021412,940,000 (-28%)014
October 10th, 2021 to October 17th, 2021258,840,000 (-37%)015
October 17th, 2021 to October 24th, 2021147,560,000 (-43%)016
October 24th, 2021 to October 31st, 202190,100,000 (-39%)017
October 31st, 2021 to November 7th, 202165,000,000 (-28%)018
November 7th, 2021 to November 14th, 202142,790,000 (-34%)019
November 14th, 2021 to November 21st, 202130,410,000 (-29%)0310
November 21st, 2021 to November 28th, 202125,730,000 (-15%)0311
November 28th, 2021 to December 5th, 202121,200,000 (-18%)0412
December 5th, 2021 to December 12th, 202118,170,000 (-14%)0413
December 12th, 2021 to December 19th, 202115,430,000 (-15%)0414
December 19th, 2021 to December 26th, 202115,100,000 (-2%)0515
January 2nd, 2022 to January 9th, 202214,980,000 (-1%)0817
January 9th, 2022 to January 16th, 202211,780,000 (-21%)01018
January 16th, 2022 to January 23rd, 202210,200,000 (-13%)0819
June 12th, 2022 to June 19th, 20227,480,000 (-27%)01020
November 19th, 2023 to November 26th, 202313,300,000 (+78%)1,600,000621
November 26th, 2023 to December 3rd, 202312,700,000 (-5%)1,500,000722

Netflix Engagement Reports

Engagement Report #1 - Hours Watched Between January and June 2023



Title Globally Available Hours Viewed Globally
Squid Game: Season 1 Yes87,200,000

Nielsen Top 10 Data

Number of weeks in Nielsen top 10s: 7
Total Hours/Minutes from Nielsen Top 10s: 209.40 Million Hours (12,564 million minutes)
Week Start Week End Nielsen Rank Episodes Raw Minutes Converted Hours
September 20th, 2021September 26th, 2021191,910 million minutes31.833 million hours
September 27th, 2021October 3rd, 2021193,260 million minutes54.333 million hours
October 4th, 2021October 10th, 2021193,021 million minutes50.350 million hours
October 11th, 2021October 17th, 2021192,254 million minutes37.567 million hours
October 25th, 2021October 31st, 2021391,020 million minutes17.000 million hours
November 1st, 2021November 7th, 202129673 million minutes11.217 million hours
November 8th, 2021November 14th, 202169426 million minutes7.100 million hours