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Song Hye-kyo and Gong Yoo Before Tantara: The Glory Reached 91 Netflix Countries, The Silent Sea 76

Song Hye-kyo and Gong Yoo lead Tantara, due on Netflix in December 2026. On Netflix's weekly top 10 since 2021, Song's widest title is The Glory (91 countries); Gong's are Squid Game (93) and The Silent Sea (76).

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Song Hye-kyo and Gong Yoo lead Tantara, a series set in the 1950s music business that Netflix has confirmed for December 2026 (What’s on Netflix).

What have their titles done on Netflix’s weekly top 10? Netflix publishes a list for each of 93 countries. We have every week since July 2021.

Song Hye-kyo

Title Type Countries Weeks on any chart Best position
The Glory Series 91 29 1
Now, We Are Breaking Up Series 1 5 1
Descendants of the Sun Series 2 4 2
All In Film 3 2 5

One title carries almost all of it. The Glory reached 91 countries; nothing else of hers on these charts reached more than three.

Gong Yoo

Title Type Countries Weeks on any chart Best position
Squid Game Series 93 60 1
The Silent Sea Series 76 5 1
The Trunk Series 41 6 1
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God Series 3 19 5
Big Film 12 2 4
Wonderland Film 9 8 2
Train to Busan Film 5 7 1
The Suspect Film 1 1 6

Gong Yoo has a supporting role in Squid Game, whose 60 weeks also cover all of its seasons. Of the titles he leads, The Silent Sea went widest. Guardian, the 2016 drama better known as Goblin, never went beyond three countries but stayed 19 weeks.

Against the usual Korean series

The typical Korean series on these charts reached 5 countries and stayed 6 weeks. The Glory, The Silent Sea and The Trunk each went at least eight times wider than that.

What this does and does not say

These are positions, not audiences, and they cover only what charted from July 2021. A title is listed only when Wikidata records the actor in its cast, so a title could be missing. None of this predicts how Tantara will do. More Korean series, ranked by weeks and by countries, are on our Netflix chart page.

Netflix Top 10 weekly country lists, July 2021 to September 2026; cast from Wikidata. Release details as reported by What’s on Netflix.

Where these numbers come from

Sources

What we checked

  • Song Hye-kyo, TV: The Glory 91 countries, 29 weeks, best position 1, first week 1 Jan 2023; Descendants of the Sun 2 countries, 4 weeks; Now, We Are Breaking Up 1 country, 5 weeks. Film: All In 3 countries, 2 weeks.
  • Gong Yoo, TV: Squid Game 93 countries, 60 weeks (all seasons); The Silent Sea 76 countries, 5 weeks; The Trunk 41 countries, 6 weeks; Guardian: The Lonely and Great God 3 countries, 19 weeks. Films: Big 12, Wonderland 9, Train to Busan 5, The Suspect 1.
  • All 401 Korean TV titles in the table: median 5 countries, 6 weeks.

What we left out, and why

  • Titles where Wikidata does not list the actor in the cast; such a title would be missing from these lists.
  • Anything before July 2021, when Netflix began publishing country lists.
  • Viewer numbers. A chart position is not an audience.
  • Squid Game's 60 weeks cover all seasons; Gong Yoo's role there is a supporting one.

The data behind this

Written from the same data

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