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Well, it finally happened. Squid Game is no longer the king of Netflix. The title that once defined the platform’s global takeover has been knocked off the throne. And you know it is none other than KPop Demon Hunters that has just made Netflix history.

Here is where the numbers come in. The film has reached the mark of 266million views. That is how many times people have streamed the film since it dropped on June 20th.

Netflix counts a “view” by dividing total hours watched by the film’s runtime, and by that system, Huntrix and their demon-fighting adventure have edged past Squid Game season one, which held the crown at 265.2million views. Four years of dominance, gone.

The fact that it is still climbing the charts in its 11th week says everything. Fans aren’t just watching once. Netflix even dropped a sing-along version. It is complete with bouncing on-screen lyrics for tracks like Golden, Soda Pop and Your Idol. You can guess what happened next. People pressed play again. And again. The fandom basically turned the Netflix app into a karaoke bar.

And this isn’t just a streaming story anymore. The soundtrack has spilt over into the real world, climbing the music charts like it was designed for domination. The lead single, Golden, has been sitting at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks straight. Think about that for a second: a song from an animated Netflix film is right up there with BTS’ Butter and Dynamite, which are basically modern K-pop legends. That puts Huntrix in rare company.

So why did KPop Demon Hunters hit this hard? Part of it is the mash-up. The shiny idol world colliding with traditional Korean shamanism, all wrapped in an animated fantasy package. It feels both familiar and new, playful and serious, silly at times, but never cheap. The other part? Timing. Fans were ready for something that wasn’t just dark and grim like Squid Game. They wanted colour, music, and spectacle. And Netflix delivered it in the loudest way possible.

Nobody saw this coming. When Netflix first teased the project, it looked like a niche experiment. But it snowballed. Now it is not just a movie anymore; it is a cultural juggernaut. It is the kind of thing that will be name-checked in every “most-watched-ever” article for years.

So yes, history has been made. KPop Demon Hunters is the most-watched title in Netflix history. The demons are gone, the idols have won, and Squid Game officially has to settle for second place.