Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters continues to hit new milestones with its record-breaking streaming numbers. Launched on the streaming platform on June 20, KPop Demon Hunters turned the most-watched Netflix film of all time, along with attaining widespread essential acclaim and topping music charts with its now-iconic soundtrack, together with hits “Golden” and “Your Idol.”
Per a brand new report from TUDUM, KPop Demon Hunters has now reached one other main milestone, surpassing 500 million whole views in underneath six months on streaming. This week on Netflix, KPop Demon Hunters was the third most-watched English-language film with 7.9 million views, following the hit new launch Wake Up Lifeless Man and the Christmas providing The Grinch.
Netflix sometimes publishes whole viewership knowledge from inside 91 days of a title’s launch, and KPop Demon Hunters ended this preliminary streaming run with 325.1 million views, with the earlier most-watched film ever, 2021’s Purple Discover, at 230.9 million views from its first 91 days. KPop Demon Hunters has additionally now been within the World High 10 for 27 weeks.
Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, KPop Demon Hunters was propelled to success by its electrical soundtrack carried out by actual Okay-pop stars and a broadly resonant story. EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, who present the vocals for the three foremost characters (voice-acted by Arden Cho, Might Hong, and Ji-young Yoo), have accomplished a number of main performances and appearances up to now few months.
KPop Demon Hunters has additionally now been nominated for 3 2026 Golden Globes classes: Finest Animated Movement Image, Finest Unique Tune (“Golden”), and Cinematic and Field Workplace Achievement. KPop Demon Hunters was in cinemas for less than two weekends after its Netflix debut, however the turnout additional proved its standing as a worldwide phenomenon (grossing $24.6 million worldwide).
KPop Demon Hunters is virtually cemented as a 2026 Oscars Finest Animated Function nominee, and should very effectively win on this class at each the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes. Whereas consideration might need turned to different hit new animated releases, specifically Zootopia 2, KPop Demon Hunters’ continued presence within the High 10, and new streaming knowledge show that enthusiasm for it hasn’t waned in any respect.
Along with its recurrently printed streaming knowledge, Netflix might name consideration to different milestones for KPop Demon Hunters as a part of its awards marketing campaign within the coming months. At 500 million views, the animated fantasy musical maintains its spectacular streak as a uncommon cultural sensation with the flexibility to take your complete world by storm.
- Launch Date
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June 20, 2025
- Runtime
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96 minutes
- Director
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Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang
- Writers
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Hannah McMechan, Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang, Danya Jimenez
