Squid Game

product on 16 shows · 7 statements across 7 episodes · said 74 times in 33 episodes since 2021

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7 statements about Squid Game, every show

KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hastings: Squid Game's Global Hit Status Was a Complete Surprise to Netflix
“So we knew Squid Game would be big in Korea, or we highly suspected it would be. But the fact that it took off globally you know, was a surprise to us, and we'd been doing it for 20 years.”
Reed Hastings Jun 10, 2025 ▶ 40:09 Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment
Howard: Shows like Squid Game taught viewers to embrace subtitles
“Squid Game, Narcos, these shows are big hits, and they've taught people the cultural value of actually allowing yourself to hear people act in their own voices and in their own language.”
Ron Howard Aug 17, 2023 ▶ 33:03 Ron Howard: Evolve your vision | Masters of Scale
a16z Assertion Supported
Sandbox VR partnered with Netflix for a Squid Game VR experience
“And that is why we decided to partner with Netflix on Squid Game.”
Steve Zhao Feb 22, 2023 ▶ 39:40 The Challenge of Replicating Reality with Steve Zhao from SandboxVR
STARTUP IDEAS Assertion Contradicted
MrBeast's Squid Game Video Out-Earned Netflix's Original Series
“That Squid Games reenactment video did more generated more revenue than the original, which is completely insane to me.”
Sahil Bloom Feb 22, 2022 ▶ 16:04 Personality-Market Fit | Nuseir Yassin, Nas Daily
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Puri: MrBeast's Squid Game hit 130M views in 7 days
“The video got about a hundred and thirty million views in seven days, which is crazy.”
Shaan Puri Dec 7, 2021 ▶ 8:18 How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, QVC for Mobile, and More
STARTUP IDEAS Assertion Partly supported
Sahil Bloom: Squid Game generated $900M for Netflix on minimal budget
“Netflix just announced nine hundred million dollars of value was created from it. The budget was like a couple million bucks.”
Sahil Bloom Dec 3, 2021 ▶ 1:15 Reinventing Home Ownership and Concierge Businesses With Sam Parr | Where It Happens
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Partly supported
Rabil: Netflix's Squid Game Global Launch Was Its First Simultaneous 190-Country Rollout
“And I'm reading about it and seeing the simultaneous release in a 190 countries and 31 different closed captions and 13 different dub overs all at once. First time they ever did that.”
Paul Rabil Nov 30, 2021 ▶ 19:59 #125 Paul Rabil: Confidence and Competition

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