Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Hong Kong

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Hong Kong's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 1,197 of them — 22.6%.

The four numbers

 Hong KongMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places22.6%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles23897well above
Titles filling half those places5419well above
Weeks with a Korean title265of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Hong Kong needs 54 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 Hong Kong, out of 238 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game302412021-09-19 → 2025-07-27
Alchemy of Souls292322022-06-26 → 2023-02-05
Solo Leveling282812024-01-14 → 2025-04-13
The Glory252512023-01-01 → 2025-04-06
Extraordinary Attorney Woo181812022-07-03 → 2022-10-30
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha161622021-09-05 → 2021-12-19
Hospital Playlist161512021-07-04 → 2021-10-10
Our Blues141412022-04-17 → 2022-07-17
Queen of Tears141412024-03-10 → 2024-06-09
Business Proposal121212022-03-06 → 2022-05-22
My Demon121212023-11-26 → 2024-02-11
The King's Affection121222021-10-17 → 2022-01-02
Crash Course in Romance111112023-01-29 → 2023-04-09
Gyeongseong Creature111012023-12-24 → 2024-10-20
King the Land111112023-06-18 → 2023-08-27
Our Beloved Summer111122021-12-19 → 2022-02-27
Thirty-Nine111132022-02-20 → 2022-05-01
Tomorrow111132022-04-10 → 2022-06-19
Bloodhounds10812023-06-11 → 2026-04-26
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty101012025-08-24 → 2025-10-26

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 2.5% of Hong Kong'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
2021133
2022286
2023279
2024211
2025193
202695

The busiest year here was 2022 (286 places) and the quietest 2026 (95). ⚠ 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

← All 93 markets side by side · Every Korean title that has charted · How we count