Netflix’s 22-Episode Sci-Fi Thriller Is Still One of the Best Ever Made 5 Years Later

Squid Game didn’t just become one of Netflix’s biggest shows — five years later, its record still looks almost impossible to touch. According to Netflix’s current all-time data, Season 1 generated more than 2.2 billion hours viewed during its first 91 days, a total that still puts even the streamer’s biggest English-language hits in the rearview mirror. Netflix has spent years producing massive global successes since then, but none has managed to reach the same heights. And with even Stranger Things falling short, it’s getting harder to imagine what could actually beat it.