Overview
- Netflix’s biannual What We Watched report confirms about 482 million views for KPop Demon Hunters from July to December 2025, the highest six-month total for any title on the platform.
- The film’s staying power includes 31 weeks on Netflix’s top-10 movie chart and a 26-week run in Nielsen’s U.S. streaming top 10, with cumulative views topping 540 million through mid-January.
- Lyrical spin-offs added another 32 million views, and the movie outdrew the half-year tallies of Wednesday season 2 (~124 million) and Stranger Things 5 (~94 million) by nearly four times.
- Platform-wide, viewers watched 96 billion hours in the second half of 2025 as Netflix reported roughly 8% year-over-year subscriber growth for the fourth quarter.
- Awards momentum continues, with wins at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards positioning the film as a leading Academy Awards contender.