Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Bangladesh

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Bangladesh's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 731 of them — 13.8%.

The four numbers

 BangladeshMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places13.8%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles13997above
Titles filling half those places2319above
Weeks with a Korean title265of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Bangladesh needs 23 titles to cover half of its Korean chart places. A market that needs few is not a smaller market — it is a market where the same titles return. A market that needs many rotates through more of the catalogue. Neither is better; they are different questions. The same figure for every market →

The titles that took those places

The 20 titles with the most chart places in Bangladesh, out of 139 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game664812021-09-19 → 2025-08-24
Business Proposal292912022-03-06 → 2023-04-09
All of Us Are Dead222212022-01-30 → 2022-10-09
When Life Gives You Tangerines212122025-03-09 → 2025-08-03
Queen of Tears202022024-03-10 → 2024-08-18
Alchemy of Souls181632022-07-10 → 2023-01-22
True Beauty181812023-02-12 → 2023-06-11
Vincenzo181832021-07-04 → 2023-05-28
The Glory151522023-01-08 → 2023-05-28
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha141422021-09-05 → 2021-12-05
Mimi131312021-08-01 → 2021-10-31
My Demon131322023-11-26 → 2024-08-11
Sweet Home13722023-12-03 → 2024-08-18
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty121212025-08-24 → 2025-11-09
Gyeongseong Creature10922023-12-24 → 2024-10-20
King the Land101022023-06-25 → 2023-08-27
Love Next Door101022024-08-18 → 2024-10-20
Doctor Slump9912024-01-28 → 2024-03-24
If Wishes Could Kill9912026-04-26 → 2026-06-21
Little Women9922022-05-01 → 2022-10-30

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 9% of Bangladesh's Korean places by itself. Places counts one title on one weekly list; a title can hold a place for many weeks. Peak is the highest position it reached.

Year by year

YearKorean chart places
202179
2022153
2023150
2024132
2025138
202679

The busiest year here was 2022 (153 places) and the quietest 2021 (79). ⚠ 2021 begins on 2021-07-04 and the final year ends on 2026-07-26, so those two are partial years and cannot be compared with the rest.

Where these numbers come from, and what they cannot answer

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