Mousetrap on Netflix Just Beat Its Own Debut Numbers
Mousetrap just did something most Netflix K-dramas don't: it got bigger in its second week instead of smaller. The identity-theft thriller starring Ryu Jun-yeol and Sol Kyung-gu is now the No. 1 show on Netflix's global non-English TV chart, and the way it got there is the more interesting part of the story. The Numbers, and Why They're Unusual Most Netflix Originals peak in week one, when the algorithm shoves them in front of everyone at once, then taper off from there. Mousetrap did the opposite. Screen Rant, citing Netflix's own hours-viewed data, clocked 41.5 million hours watched in its second week on the service, more than double the 19.2 million hours it logged on debut. The Korea Times , working from Netflix's separate views-based Top 10 ranking, put the same tracking week (Aug. 31–Sept. 6) at 4.4 million views. That's good enough for No. 1 on the non-English chart and a top-10 spot in 45 countries. It topped the local chart outright in four: Korea, ...