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Metro
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Netflix show watched over 46,000,000 times in a week to top global chart
Steve Charnock Published July 9, 2025 3:35pm Updated July 10, 2025 10:13am Link is copied Comments Okay, so we're about to spin you through the top ten most-watched TV shows on Netflix. As ever, we'll present it as a countdown. And we'll give the first nine some space and talk you through them. But we'll be honest - there's only one winner here. Over the past week, Netflix has only been about one thing... Their most successful ever show. Before we get to the jewel in their streaming crown, we'll run through some sports entertainment, a few family dramas, a gritty documentary and a fantasy show straight from the realm of dreams... (Picture: No Ju-han/Netflix) Last Monday's Raw featured all the usual backstage mind games and promos designed to build hype around several rising WWE stars. There were a few standout matches - one competitor returned and made something of an impact, while others mostly teased big upcoming feuds. Plus there was a surprise appearance setting the stage for a major showdown. It's wrestling - you ever love it or hate it. And 2.5m folk loved it last week (Picture: WWE) A gripping new Spanish thriller has stormed into Netflix's global top ten. It's a six-part series that follows a woman who's trapped in a seemingly perfect marriage that hides a dark secret. When an old friend reappears, long-buried truths unravel, spiraling into a rather tense psychological drama filled that's packed full of twists, turns, manipulation and all sorts of suspense. It's an unflinching look at domestic abuse, power dynamics and what it takes to reclaim control of a life. Sound familiar? It's a remake of the British drama series Angela Black, which starred Joanne Froggatt (Picture: Netflix) Season three of Ginny & Georgia leans harder into the drama without losing the chaotic comedic charm that made it a hit. Georgia's past keeps creeping in, Ginny's trying to define herself beyond her mom's shadow and everyone's making messy choices in Wellsbury. It's a little darker, bolder and more emotionally charged than before, with sharper writing and a few genuinely shocking turns. It's hardly surprising that fans have been binging on it (Picture: Netflix) Another Spanish show now. This time think Black Swan meets Elite, but set in a high‑pressure sports academy. Olympo follows Amaia, a driven synchronized swimmer and her fellow athletes at the Pirineos High Performance Center as they chase Olympic dreams - as well as sponsorship - all by any means necessary. The tension ramps up after a teammate collapses, revealing possible doping, secret romances and identity struggles. It's aimed at a mature teen audience, but more than watchable for adults look for something sporty and soapy (Picture: Netflix) You've probably worked out what's number one already, haven't you? It's pretty hard to have ignored the Squid Game talk online and at watercoolers. A third season of the Netflix juggernaut is making quite the impact, so it stands to reason that the first two runs would be popular again. And that's very much the case (Picture: No Ju-han/Netflix) As 2025 sees the 20th anniversary of the still-shocking '7/7' bombings which shook London, Netflix joins the world in paying tribute to those that died and had their lives irreparably altered by the terrorist attack. This sobering four-part documentary series explores the aftermath of the attacks and how UK police embarked on the biggest manhunt in the country's history (Picture: PA/BBC/The Slate Works Ltd) Well, we've all got a pretty good idea what's sitting pretty at the top of this chart. And we've already seen the debut season of Squid Game in this top 10. So it's no giant surprise to see the sophomore season feature too. It's in at number four in the chart, having been watched almost 5 million times last week alone (Picture: No Ju-han/Netflix) It's testament to just how good The Sandman is and how popular it is amongst its fanbase that the recent negative news stories surrounding its writer Neil Gaiman haven't affected its viewing figures. Tom Sturridge returns as Dream. Watch out too for Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Narcos' Boyd Holbrook as The Corinthian, Patton Oswalt as Matthew the Raven and Star Wars' Mark Hamill as Merv Pumpkinhead (Picture: Netflix) Scream writer Kevin Williamson's latest project is proving a hit on the streaming platform. It stars Mindhunter's Holt McCallany as the head of a crumbling North Carolina fishing empire who veers the family into drug-running to save their business. Serious shades of Ozark have nudged people to watch this. And it seems they're glad of it. It's the second-most watched TV show on Netflix of the past week (Picture: Netflix) Well, then. The fact that the first two seasons of this South Korean phenomenon are in the top ten should have been a bit of a giveaway as to what would be topping the charts at the moment. The third outing of Squid Game isn't just the most-watched TV show of the moment, it's smashing records for how many people across the world are tuning in. Over 46 million people watched it last week. More than 100m caught in over the past two weeks too. That equates to a staggering sum total of more than 650 million hours of this season alone being watched worldwide in just shy of a fortnight. These are incredible numbers for an incredible show (Picture: No Ju-han/Netflix)
Extra.ie
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Staying in? Here's what to watch on Netflix this weekend
If you are choosing the sofa this weekend and looking for entertainment, then there is a huge choice of new material dropping on Netflix to keep you engrossed over the next two nights at least. It seems reality show makers keep coming up with crazier and crazier ideas to make new hit shows, and this latest one is going to make some of us quake with fear at the thought of what contestants are being asked to do. Watch All the Sharks combines four teams of contestants made up of shark experts and shark enthusiasts, who will travel the globe trying to find the most elusive shark species. Pic: Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images They must film the sharks when they find them, and are awarded points for every shark they find. The more elusive and rare the shark, the more points they earn and in the end, the team with the most points can walk away with $50,000 for their chosen charity. Filmed over six stunning locations, the show offers stunning visuals of undersea life and will be a hit with anyone who has ever dreamt of scuba diving in Australia, the Maldives, the Galapagos Islands, Japan, South Africa or the Bahamas. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix If that kind of thing doesn't float your boat, then the new series 'Attack on London, Hunting the 7/7 Bombers' takes us inside what happened when terrorists targeted London city through its Tube Train network some 20 years ago. It promises insider accounts and never-seen-before footage telling the story of the 7/7 bombings on London's transport network in 2005 — and its explosive aftermath. The attacks caused untold devastation and sparked the biggest manhunt the UK has ever seen. A dark, suspenseful thriller is how the latest offering from Korea is being described. 'Wall to Wall tells the story of a young man who poured his life savings into a new apartment only to discover its walls are full of disturbing noises, hostile neighbors and unsettling secrets. Pic: Netflix © 2025 One to watch if that's your kind of thing and you don't mind subtitles. Korean dramas have become increasingly popular in the past few years for their intrigue and suspense. The number one show on Netflix is still Korean dystopian series Squid Game, which is mindbendingly excruciating to watch, but worth every second. Or if the USA and the reality of watching the rigorous training undertaken by the cheerleading squad of the Dallas Cowboys American Football Team, then 'America's Sweethearts' 'Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders' is a Netflix docu-series following the lives of the ladies involved in the squad and the tough training regime they must undergo, its brutal at times, it takes no prisoners and the coaches have no qualms about cutting someone from the squad for being a little overweight, or not coming up to scratch at training. It's a tough one and not for the fainthearted. Season two premiered on June 18th, 2025, and while a third season hasn't been officially announced, the series has been renewed, and the team has teased the audition process for the coming year.
Extra.ie
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Squid Game season 3 shatters records and takes the crown as Netflix's biggest hit yet!
Turns out, lightning can strike three times…. Just when you thought the craze might finally simmer down, Squid Game Season 3 has landed like a thunderclap, smashing records and sending the internet into full-blown obsession mode. The South Korean thriller is without a doubt Netflix's biggest show, with season one securing 265,2m views after its release in 2021. Jo Yu-ri as Jun-hee in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix Season two, which came out at the end of last year, landed with a whopping 192.6m views, a staggering achievement for a follow up season. Now, season three has garnered its own milestone as the biggest TV launch for Netflix ever, accumulating 60.1 million views (368.4m hours) in just three days. Mere days after its release, it has been revealed that it has already become the ninth biggest non-English language show. Just when you thought the craze might finally simmer down, Squid Game Season 3 has landed like a thunderclap, smashing records and sending the internet into full-blown obsession mode. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix From jaw-dropping twists to even more twisted games, the new season has catapulted fans straight back into the neon-drenched nightmare they can't seem to get enough of. Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama series that pits desperate contestants against each other in a deadly competition for a life-changing cash prize. Hundreds of players, each deeply in debt, are lured into a mysterious game where they must compete in a series of traditional Korean children's games. The catch? Losing means death. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix At the center of the story is Seong Gi-hun, a down-on-his-luck man who joins the games hoping to turn his life around. As the games grow increasingly brutal, alliances form, betrayals unfold, and the true cost of survival becomes terrifyingly clear. After winning in the first season, Gi-hun re-enters the game in season two with the sole purpose of enacting revenge. In the final season we see Gi-hun go face-to-face with the overseer, the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun). Check out Extra's spoiler filled review of season three (at your own peril) here.
Extra.ie
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Squid Game series 3 leaves fans devastated
The South-Korean hit drama Squid Game returned for its third and final season on Friday (June 27th) and it does'nt disappoint, however you may find yourself peeking at the tv from behind your hands at times. If you haven't yet seen Series 3 yet, 'SPOILER ALERT! The macabre survival drama stunned viewers when it first appeared on Netflix three years ago, and was an unexpected cultural phenomenon, drawing millions of viewers into its tale of deadly competition. Its a lengthy drama full of psychological intrigue and melodramatic twists and turns that will mess with your mind and your soul. The human psyche has never been tested so much, by such a simple concept. The South-Korean language drama Squid Game returned for its third and final season on Friday. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix The whole premise of Squid Game is a group of ordinary people, from all walks of life, but with one thing in common, they are down on their luck, in debt, or just dirt poor, and they are offered a chance to take part in a series of games with the chance to win billions (of won). They are recruited from the subway stations of Seoul by the promise of easy money, however, nothing is as it seems. Taken to an island and given green tracksuits numbered from player 001 to the final participant, number 456, they enter the candy coloured arena full of wonder and excitement. However, after the first game, they realise they have entered a type of hellish reality where they will have to outwit each other, by playing simple childrens games like 'Red Light-Green Light' or 'Marbles', but with deadly consequences for the losers. So you get the idea. Its a tough watch at times, not just literally bloody, and downright terrifying, but utterly devastating when you realise you are so invested in the back stories of the leading characters, especially the leading man, Korean superstar Lee Jung-jae, aka player 456 – Gi Hun. The macabre survival drama stunned viewers when it first appeared on Netflix three years ago, and was an unexpected cultural phenomenon, drawing millions of viewers into its tale of deadly competition. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix When we meet Gi-hun in Season 1, he is not immediately likeable, as he is a bit of a deadbeat dad to his eight year old daughter, borrowing money from his own elderly mother, to take his little girl out for fried chicken for her birthday. He struggles with a gambling addiction and has accumulated quite a debt, but basically he is a good guy who tries his best for his mom, and his daughter. When Gi-hun is approached by 'The Recruiter' to take part in a game with the chance to win billions of won, he sees it as an opportunity to finally get his life back on track. Now, jumping to Season 3, which I binge watched last Friday and Saturday, it's difficult to know how to describe it, but I would say, gripping, mind boggling, intense and ultimately heartbreaking. The writer and producers have been slated and critisised for the ending of the Final Series, which sees much loved characters killed off and in some of the worst ways possible, but it's the psychological trauma when teammates have to choose who will die, and who will be spared, that really leaves a scar. Now, jumping to Season 3, which I binge watched last Friday and Saturday, it's difficult to know how to describe it, but I would say, gripping, mind boggling, intense and ultimately heartbreaking. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix This was especially traumatic when the dwindling numbers of players were, of course, the best and some of the worst characters, and it made for compulsive viewing. Even after the horrors they endured, seeing teammates killed off one by one, or sometimes dozens at a time, and despite being given the chance after every game, to quit and escape with their lives, they vote to keep going. And it's not that they were lulled into some false sense of security or thinking that the game is in any way fair, they were so driven by the desire for the money, and delusional enough to think they could outwit the bosses and survive, they voted to stay. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix Series 3 does not do anything vastly different from Series 1 and 2, but why change a winning formula? However, we do see ALL of the leading characters lose their lives, with a surprising twist in the form of a newborn baby who is included, with her young mother, in the games. The Emmy award-winning series has been at the top of the Netflix charts for the past three years and has catapulted some of South Koreas finest talent to Hollywood superstardom in a short space of time. With its pastel coloured sets, a host of very different characters from every walk of life, and very bleak messages about the state of humanity, it makes for compulsive viewing. Series 3 does not do anything vastly different from Series 1 and 2. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix Some South Koreans have been commenting on the series on social media and reflecting on the society that inspired the programme, with some people commenting that the show 'actually showed the true feelings and raw inner thoughts of Korean people'. Another social media post said 'It reflected reality so well, like how in real life, at work, its just full of ruthless people ready to crush you. This show nailed it.' SQUID GAME – SERIES 1, 2 and 3 Now showing on Netflix
Extra.ie
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Final Squid Games trailer drops ahead of epic last season
Squid Game fans, brace yourselves, the time has come to bid farewell to Netflix's most popular show. The third and final season of Squid Game is fast approaching, with the newly released teaser trailer offering fans a first glimpse at the impending drama. Squid Game remains the streaming giant's most popular show to date, captivating audiences worldwide and smashing multiple records with its Season 2 return in December 2024. Jo Yu-ri as Jun-hee, Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun, Park Sung-hoon as Hyun-ju in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix Now, it seems we could welcome Season 3 sooner than expected, with the series having been filmed back-to-back with the show's most recent run. The first look trailer leads off from Season 2's captivating cliffhanger and thrusts Gi-hun (Player 456) back into the brutal heart of the games. The newly unveiled teaser also gives fans a sense of some of the games we can expect to see this season, as well as the tension that builds in the final episodes. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix The official synopsis for season 3 says: 'A failed rebellion, the death of a friend, and a secret betrayal. Picking up in the aftermath of Season 2's bloody cliffhanger, the third and final season of Netflix's most popular series finds Gi-hun, AKA Player 456, at his lowest point yet. 'But the Squid Game stops for no one, so Gi-hun will be forced to make some important choices in the face of overwhelming despair as he and the surviving players are thrust into deadlier games that test everyone's resolve. With each round, their choices lead to increasingly grave consequences. 'Meanwhile, In-ho resumes his role as Front Man to welcome the mysterious VIPs, and his brother Jun-ho continues his search for the elusive island, unaware there's a traitor in their midst. Jo Yu-ri as Jun-hee in Squid Game. Pic: No Ju-han/Netflix 'Will Gi-hun make the right decisions, or will Front Man finally break his spirit?' Squid Game Season 3 will drop on June 27, exclusively on Netflix. Check out the full trailer below:
