A year ago, three pop stars stepped on stage and changed Netflix history. Now ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ has done what no title ever has. Fifty-two weeks. One record. Still climbing.
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KPop Demon Hunters has set a new Netflix record. The animated film completed 52 consecutive weeks in Netflix’s Global Top 10 for the week ending June 21. No film or show has reached this mark before.
The achievement lands just ahead of the movie’s first anniversary. KPop Demon Hunters debuted on Netflix on June 20, 2025. It will officially turn one year old on June 20, 2026.
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The previous record belonged to the South Korean series Extraordinary Attorney Woo. That show held the global Top 10 for 20 straight weeks. KPop Demon Hunters has now beaten that mark by more than double.
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The film holds this record specifically on Netflix’s global English-language movie chart. It is the first Netflix title, film or series, to stay in a weekly global Top 10 for a full calendar year.
Industry trackers had predicted this outcome weeks in advance. By mid-May, the movie had already logged 48 straight weeks on the global chart. At that point, most observers viewed a 52-week streak as close to certain.
KPop Demon Hunters is now Netflix’s most-watched title ever. The film has reached close to 640 million views since release. It has generated more than one billion hours of global viewing time.
These numbers place it ahead of previous Netflix giants like Red Notice and Carry-On. Both of those titles had been viewed in the 170 to 230 million range at their peaks. KPop Demon Hunters surpassed that within its first 90 days on the platform.
The film follows three pop stars named Rumi, Mira and Zoey. By day, they perform as a chart-topping girl group called HUNTR/X. Off stage, they secretly protect people from demons.
The film’s run was not identical in every market. It dropped out of Netflix’s US Top 10 movies chart after 46 weeks, in the week ending May 10, 2026.
That exit did not affect the global record. The movie held a 47-week streak on the worldwide English-language chart at the time, even while falling off the American list. It has stayed strong in markets such as Canada, France, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Australia. In the most recent week, the film ranked sixth in the US chart and eighth in the UK.
The movie also performs strongly on Netflix’s Kids Top 10 chart, where it has remained a near-constant fixture. Tracking services have noted continued chart activity in parts of Europe too, including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Serbia.
KPop Demon Hunters has built recognition well beyond streaming charts. The film won two Academy Awards. Its soundtrack made history on the music side as well.
HUNTR/X became the first K-pop girl group to top Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. The song “Golden” became the first K-pop track to win a Grammy Award.
Netflix has confirmed a sequel is in development, with original directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans returning. A global stadium concert tour is also reportedly being planned with a promoter, expected to launch in 2027 ahead of the sequel’s release.
To mark the anniversary, Netflix is bringing the film back to theaters across the United States for special sing-along screenings. International anniversary screenings are planned in South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and several European countries. Free outdoor community screenings are also scheduled at venues across the US through late June, including stops in Salt Lake City, Atlanta, San Francisco, San Diego and Minneapolis.
Netflix House locations in Philadelphia and other cities will run anniversary screenings throughout the week. Both will also host fan activities on June 20, the official anniversary date.
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