Korean pop culture, in numbers

In the Netflix Top 10 across Southeast Asia

Week of 2026-07-26 · Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam · Korean-produced titles only

1. Agent Kim Reactivated6 of 6 countries · peaked at #1 · TV
2. The East Palace6 of 6 countries · peaked at #1 · TV
3. Desire6 of 6 countries · peaked at #3 · Films
4. Spooky in Love6 of 6 countries · peaked at #3 · TV
5. The Apartment Job6 of 6 countries · peaked at #4 · TV
6. Teach You a Lesson6 of 6 countries · peaked at #4 · TV
7. Mercy For None4 of 6 countries · peaked at #7 · TV
8. Wonderful Nightmare1 of 6 countries · peaked at #2 · Films

“Korean-produced” comes from Wikidata’s country-of-origin field — not from where it was watched. International co-productions that list Korea are counted.

See every Korean title that has charted here since 2021 →

Most-watched Korean titles, all time

Netflix global weekly hours viewed, summed since July 2021

1. Squid Game5048m hours
2. Extraordinary Attorney Woo662m hours
3. All of Us Are Dead660m hours
4. Queen of Tears654m hours
5. Teach You a Lesson643m hours
6. The Glory561m hours
7. Bon Appétit, Your Majesty512m hours
8. When Life Gives You Tangerines482m hours
9. King the Land447m hours
10. Alchemy of Souls419m hours

Korean actors drawing the most attention

English Wikipedia page views, 20260705~20260803 · 1,008 actors measured

1. So Ji-sub233,542 views · 5 titles
2. Steven Yeun106,201 views · 1 titles
3. Nam Joo-hyuk101,843 views · 2 titles
4. Roh Yoon-seo100,832 views · 4 titles
5. Kim Mu-yeol89,613 views · 10 titles
6. Park Eun-bin85,503 views · 5 titles
7. Choi Dae-hoon83,936 views · 4 titles
8. Son Na-eun78,075 views · 3 titles
9. Jisoo76,744 views · 1 titles
10. Joo Sang-wook72,365 views · 4 titles

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Rising fastest

Last 7 days against the first 7 of the window · at least 300 views this week

1. Park Jin-young×151.77 · 5,312 views this week
2. Shin Hae-sun×84.36 · 2,362 views this week
3. Park Bo-kyung×30.28 · 27,611 views this week
4. Jin Seon-kyu×11.48 · 28,201 views this week
5. Jo Hye-joo×6 · 3,991 views this week
6. Roh Yoon-seo×5.95 · 21,129 views this week
7. Baek Sun-ho×5.7 · 7,962 views this week
8. Yang Se-jong×5.52 · 15,838 views this week
9. Lee Sun-bin×4.99 · 15,139 views this week
10. Jeon So-young×4.88 · 12,247 views this week

Attention is not popularity. A page climbs for good news and bad. We report the count, not the reason.

Also running: the ladder census

Korea is treated as the reference point for competitive play, but almost nobody measures how its player base differs from its neighbours’. We count it daily across six regions.A ladder cannot be measured retroactively — a day not counted is gone.

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Also running: who works in K-pop and Korean games

How long staff stay at Korea’s listed entertainment agencies and game studios, how many there are, and the gender split — from company filings. Side by side, not ranked.

See the workforce numbers →