Netflix added 4.38 million subscribers in Q3 because of Squid Game

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Streamer says 142 million households sampled Korean drama in first four weeks

Netflix topped forecasts for subscriber growth in the third quarter of 2021, buoyed in part by strong interest in global smash-hit series “Squid Game.”

The streamer overall gained 4.38 million paid subscribers in the period, to reach 213.6 million worldwide. Netflix previously projected global net adds of 3.5 million paid subscribers for Q3, a target most analysts expected the company to beat. Half of the quarter’s subscription gains came from Asia-Pacific markets; Netflix added just 70,000 in the U.S. and Canada.

Netflix reported revenue of $7.48 billion (up 16%) and earnings per diluted share of $3.19 (up 83%) for the period. Wall Street analysts on average expected $7.48 billion in revenue and EPS of $2.56, according to Refinitiv data. Shares of Netflix were down 1.4% in after-hours trading.

https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/netflix-q2-2021-earnings-squid-game-1235092590/

[TheDemonIClingTo 1,018]

It's weird that this show is so popular, it's the kind of thing that only sophisticated viewers appreciate for real as it ain't GP friendly at all

[Sneaky Oliver 22,219]

And the show is not even good  this is a power of a viral but I hope they won’t release new shows with purposefully viral-esque scenes to recreate Squid Game hype 

[thisboyisamonster 882]

I didn't think the show was all that tbh, but good to see a non-english show get so much global hype

[CyanDante 6,076]

And now they will create 100 more garbage shows. 

[Guest]

I really wanna watch it but im not in the right mental state to

[Versace 7,979]

Well at least it’s not another white filled cast show getting global acclaim. I think Hollywood media has been the forefront of media and entertainment for years. It’s nice to have Asian media make such a global breakthrough in entertainment. 

[Dojo 19,365]

1 hour ago, TheDemonIClingTo said:

It's weird that this show is so popular, it's the kind of thing that only sophisticated viewers appreciate for real as it ain't GP friendly at all

lmao is this sarcasm?

 

OT. Didn't something similar happened during 5F2 release? 

 

[TheDemonIClingTo 1,018]

1 hour ago, dojo said:

lmao is this sarcasm?

 

OT. Didn't something similar happened during 5F2 release? 

 

It sounds like it, but nope: the GP usually goes for stuff like Bridgerton, not a relentless South Korean drama devoid of all emonional sh*t in which the greatest hero is gonna be the unemployed 40 year old dad (I love this "trope" in Asian cinema, something very similar happened in movies such as The Host) 

[Dojo 19,365]

19 minutes ago, TheDemonIClingTo said:

It sounds like it, but nope: the GP usually goes for stuff like Bridgerton, not a relentless South Korean drama devoid of all emonional sh*t in which the greatest hero is gonna be the unemployed 40 year old dad (I love this "trope" in Asian cinema, something very similar happened in movies such as The Host) 

yeah no, this show is as mainstream as it gets, even if its from south korea. It have all the elements to make it very gp friendly. Look all the meme material.

And what does "sophisticated viewers" even mean? Usually that demographic goes for other snobby streaming platforms rather than netflix.

whateva is not that deep glad that you enjoyed the show, i did too.

[TheDemonIClingTo 1,018]

31 minutes ago, dojo said:

yeah no, this show is as mainstream as it gets, even if its from south korea. It have all the elements to make it very gp friendly. Look all the meme material.

And what does "sophisticated viewers" even mean?

Even if it is "maistream" for a South Korean show it's definetly not the most manstream thing out there by any means... people don't like stories where things go wrong or the bad guys win (not to mention where the characters are despicable by society's standards), if you like this kind of story then you definetly haven't got standard tastes , which is the reason why its popularity is rather odd given the GP's proclivity towards crowd-pleasing stuff

[TheDemonIClingTo 1,018]

12 minutes ago, dojo said:

yeah no, this show is as mainstream as it gets, even if its from south korea. It have all the elements to make it very gp friendly. Look all the meme material.

And what does "sophisticated viewers" even mean? Usually that demographic goes for other snobby streaming platforms rather than netflix.

whateva is not that deep glad that you enjoyed the show, i did too.

No it ain't that deep but coming from Netflix it was a rather welcome surprise IMHO

[RAMROD 109,672]

Netflix introducing non Hollywood shows like this and Money Heist among others to the (especially) US audience is such a n admirable and great feat to me. 

[TheDemonIClingTo 1,018]

1 minute ago, RAMROD said:

Netflix introducing non Hollywood shows like this and Money Heist among others to the (especially) US audience is such a n admirable and great feat to me. 

Money Heist's gotta be the only Spanish show that has represented gay characters with dignity, I swear

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23 minutes ago, TheDemonIClingTo said:

Even if it is "maistream" for a North Korean show it's definetly not the most manstream thing out there by any means... people don't like stories where things go wrong or the bad guys win (not to mention where the characters are despicable by society's standards), if you like this kind of story then you definetly haven't got standard tastes , which is the reason why its popularity is rather odd given the GP's proclivity towards crowd-pleasing stuff