Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Cyprus

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Cyprus's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 135 of them — 2.5%.

The four numbers

 CyprusMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places2.5%4.5%well below
Different Korean titles6097well below
Titles filling half those places1219well below
Weeks with a Korean title109of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Cyprus needs 12 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 Cyprus, out of 60 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game312412021-09-26 → 2025-08-03
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty6642025-08-31 → 2025-10-05
Agent Kim Reactivated5572026-06-28 → 2026-07-26
Bloodhounds5542023-06-11 → 2026-04-12
All of Us Are Dead4442022-01-30 → 2022-02-20
Breathless4432024-09-01 → 2025-11-09
My Name3332021-10-17 → 2021-10-31
Oasis3322026-06-21 → 2026-07-05
Angel Eyes2282026-05-10 → 2026-05-17
Badland Hunters2222024-01-28 → 2024-02-04
Ballerina2242023-10-08 → 2023-10-15
Barbie2252025-06-29 → 2025-07-06
Black Knight2272023-05-14 → 2023-05-21
Carter2242022-08-07 → 2022-08-14
Desire2222026-07-19 → 2026-07-26
Dynamite Kiss2272025-11-16 → 2025-11-23
Gossip Girl2252023-07-16 → 2023-07-23
Hellbound2232021-11-21 → 2021-11-28
JUNG_E2252023-01-22 → 2023-01-29
Kill Boksoon2252023-04-02 → 2023-04-09

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 23% of Cyprus'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
202121
202214
202322
202419
202539
202620

The busiest year here was 2025 (39 places) and the quietest 2022 (14). ⚠ 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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