XO, Kitty season 2 is off to a strong start on Netflix, besting both Squid Game and American Primeval. Renewed for its second installment back in June 2023, XO Kitty season 2 recently made its premiere after a long wait. The story follows Anna Cathcart in the role of Kitty Song Covey, the younger sister of Lana Condor’s Lara Jean from To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, as she juggles romantic and familial revelations. It consists of eight episodes, featuring To All the Boys star Noah Centineo in a guest appearance as Peter Kavinsky.

Netflix confirms that XO Kitty season 2 has taken the top spot in its debut weekend, beating out Squid Game season 2 and Peter Berg’s Western series American Primeval. The third spot goes to the anime Sakamoto Days, with The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live and fellow licensed series Younger filling out the first six spots on the U.S. charts. The remaining four include Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action; Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy; Castlevania: Nocturne; and The Breakthrough.

What This Means For XO Kitty Season 3

Could A Renewal Be Far Behind?

The second installment only debuted on January 16, which means that there are only a few days’ worth of data available at this point of writing. But with a lot of questions about whether XO, Kitty season 3 will happen, a performance strong enough to take the No. 1 spot in the U.S. is certainly notable. If this level of viewership continues and picks up steam, a season 3 renewal seems inevitable.

The ending of XO, Kitty season 2 does provide a measure of closure. But in keeping with the teen drama of it all, there are threads that the spinoff could explore. The big headline that this initial success points to is that the long break doesn’t seem to have negatively impacted the series. More broadly, young adult romances continue to perform very well on streaming.

Our Take On XO, Kitty’s Early Viewership Success

The Romance Genre Is Alive & Well

Whether it’s Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty, also from Jenny Han, or Hulu’s Tell Me Lies, which is a bit darker in tone, the subgenre of young adult romance tends to do well for streaming. That solid performance is now reflected in the early rise of XO, Kitty, which has built off the fandom for To All the Boys.