Netflix Says 142 Million Households Watched ‘Squid Game’

Some 142 million households around the world watched “Squid Game” in its first four weeks of release, Netflix Inc. said on Tuesday, making the Korean-language show the streaming giant’s “biggest TV show ever.”

Netflix said the show’s success exemplified how it has built “deep relationships with creative communities around the world” to produce local TV and film in approximately 45 countries.