The second season of Netflix’s Korean-language series Squid Game premiered in late December to high demand in Canada.

The series follows groups of financially destitute contestants as they participate in an array of deadly children’s games for money. It was 79.5 times more in demand than the average series in Canada from Dec. 23 to 29, 2024, according to Parrot Analytics. The second season of Squid Game was released on Netflix on Dec. 26 in its entirety.

Following behind Squid Game on the digital demand chart is Netflix’s Arcane. The series, based on Riot Games’ League of Legends video game, retained high demand following the release of the final three episodes of its second season on Nov. 23 with a demand average of 46.7.

Rounding out the digital demand chart’s top five is Prime Video’s Hazbin Hotel, with a demand average of 31.8; Max’s Dune: Prophecy, with a demand average of 31.5; and Paramount+’s Landman, with a demand average of 30.4.

Prime Video’s Secret Level was the one new series that made its way onto the digital demand chart at No. 8. The series, an anthology of short animated stories from a variety of video games, had a demand average of 27.2. The series’ first season premiered on Dec. 10 and it was renewed for season two a week later.

On the overall originals chart, NBC’s Saturday Night Live holds the second spot behind Squid Game with a demand average of 64.8. Sesame Street landed at No. 4, following Arcane, with a demand average of 44.3.

Top 10 Digital Originals: Canada

1. Squid Game (오징어 게임) (Netflix): 79.5
2. Arcane (Netflix): 46.7
3. Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video): 31.8
4. Dune: Prophecy (Max): 31.5
5. Landman (Paramount+): 30.4
6. Stranger Things (Netflix): 28.2
7. Shrinking (Apple TV+): 27.3
8. Secret Level (Prime Video): 27.2
9. Cobra Kai (Netflix): 26.8
10. Virgin River (Netflix): 25.6

Top 10 Overall Originals: Canada

1. Squid Game (오징어 게임): 79.5
2. Saturday Night Live: 64.8
3. Arcane: 46.7
4. Sesame Street: 44.3
5. National Football League (NFL): 41.8
6. PAW Patrol: 33.7
7. Yellowstone: 33.4
8. My Hero Academia: 33.1
9. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 32.5
10. The Voice (U.S.): 31.9

Parrot Analytics calculates its Top 10 lists using Demand Expressions, which are shown by using a metric that demonstrates how much more in-demand the top series are than the average TV show (linear, pay TV, SVOD and AVOD) in Canada. For example, a difference of 1x represents the market average and 10x means a series is 10 times more in demand than the average TV show in this market.

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