Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Ireland

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Ireland's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 85 of them — 1.6%.

The four numbers

 IrelandMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places1.6%4.5%well below
Different Korean titles3897well below
Titles filling half those places719well below
Weeks with a Korean title73of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Ireland needs 7 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 Ireland, out of 38 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game201712021-09-26 → 2025-07-27
Cleaning Up5512024-04-07 → 2024-05-05
A Confession4432024-10-06 → 2024-10-27
All of Us Are Dead4442022-01-30 → 2022-02-20
Honour4412024-07-14 → 2024-08-04
Safe4452022-01-16 → 2024-01-28
Gossip Girl3332023-07-16 → 2023-07-30
Modern Family3352021-10-03 → 2021-10-17
Angel Eyes2232022-08-07 → 2022-08-14
Barbie2262026-04-12 → 2026-04-19
Butterfly2242024-09-22 → 2024-09-29
Desire22102026-07-19 → 2026-07-26
Little Women2242021-11-28 → 2021-12-05
Memory2212024-09-22 → 2024-09-29
My Son2212024-02-25 → 2024-03-03
The Net2292022-10-09 → 2022-10-16
Alive1192022-03-06 → 2022-03-06
Awake1142024-12-01 → 2024-12-01
Blood1152025-10-26 → 2025-10-26
Carter1192022-08-14 → 2022-08-14

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 23.5% of Ireland'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
202113
202215
20237
202430
202514
20266

The busiest year here was 2024 (30 places) and the quietest 2026 (6). ⚠ 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