The second season of Netflix’s Squid Game held a significant Canadian demand lead in early January, despite a notable drop in demand from the prior week.
After a surge to near record highs, its demand fell to 126.7 times the average TV series in Canada during the week of Jan. 6 to Jan. 12, according to Parrot Analytics. The Korean-language thriller topped the digital demand and the overall TV charts for the week.
Squid Game follows groups of cash-strapped contestants as they compete for money in deadly versions of children’s games. The second season released on Netflix on Dec. 26, 2024.
Landing at No. 2 for digital originals is Paramount+’s Landman, overtaking Netflix’s animated series Arcane (30.4). The drama, which follows the oil industry in south Texas, had a demand average of 32.4. Landman‘s season one finale streamed on Jan. 12.
New to the list is Prime Video’s Reacher and Apple TV+’s Severance, coming in at No. 5 and 6, respectively. Reacher’s third season is set to release on Feb. 20 while Severance’s second season premiered Jan. 17.
On the overall originals chart, Saturday Night Live held its spot at No. 2 with a demand average of 47.7 while the National Football League (NFL) remained at No. 3 as it entered the first week of playoffs. WWE Monday Night RAW jumped up one spot to No. 5 following its first week streaming on Netflix as of Jan. 6.
Top 10 Digital Originals
1. Squid Game (Netflix): 126.7
2. Landman (Paramount+): 32.4
3. Arcane (Netflix): 30.4
4. Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video): 29
5. Reacher (Prime Video): 29
6. Severance (Apple TV+): 26.6
7. Stranger Things (Netflix): 24.1
8. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Disney+): 23.7
9. Letterkenny (Crave): 23.5
10. Creature Commandos (Max): 23
Top 10 Overall Originals
1. Squid Game: 126.7
2. Saturday Night Live: 47.7
3. National Football League (NFL): 40.1
4. The Daily Show: 38.3
5. WWE Monday Night Raw: 37.6
6. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 34.8
7. Sesame Street: 34.6
8. Landman: 32.4
9. PAW Patrol: 31.5
10. The Voice (U.S.): 31
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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