Source: Netflix
Stranger Things 4 hasn't quite beaten Squid Game's record. But it does set one for an English-language title. Netflix claims the show has racked up 1.15 billion hours of viewing time within the first 28 days of each of the last two episodes. The first seven episodes had a viewing time of 930.32 million hours within 28 days of their debut. While episodes 8 and 9 reached 221 million hours viewed within the week of June 27 and July 3.
Squid Game still holds the record for most hours viewed, crossing 1.65 billion within its first 28 days of release. It is still the streaming service's most-viewed show. But as Engadget noted, Stranger Things could overtake it since it's still a few days since the last two episodes came out. We don't know how Stranger Things' popularity has affected its subscriber numbers. Its subscriber growth was at its peak when Squid Game blew up. But it lost around 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022 due to stiffer competition and account sharing.