Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Israel

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Israel's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 139 of them — 2.6%.

The four numbers

 IsraelMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places2.6%4.5%well below
Different Korean titles6097well below
Titles filling half those places1119well below
Weeks with a Korean title105of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Israel needs 11 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 Israel, 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 Game282312021-09-26 → 2025-08-03
Extraordinary Attorney Woo7732022-07-31 → 2022-09-11
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty6642025-08-31 → 2025-10-05
Agent Kim Reactivated5542026-06-28 → 2026-07-26
Off Road5512025-07-13 → 2025-08-10
The Great Flood4412025-12-21 → 2026-01-11
Addicted3322022-11-06 → 2022-11-20
Beyond the Bar3382025-08-10 → 2025-08-24
Bloodhounds3342023-06-18 → 2026-04-12
Breathless3342024-09-01 → 2024-09-15
Dynamite Kiss3362025-11-16 → 2025-11-30
Spy3322024-12-15 → 2024-12-29
All of Us Are Dead2262022-02-06 → 2022-02-13
Badland Hunters2262024-01-28 → 2024-02-04
Ballerina2232023-10-15 → 2023-10-22
Between Walls2242024-12-22 → 2024-12-29
Carter2242022-08-07 → 2022-08-14
Desire2212026-07-19 → 2026-07-26
Gossip Girl2252023-07-16 → 2023-07-23
Happy Ending2252023-09-03 → 2023-09-10

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 20.1% of Israel'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
202116
202227
202317
202422
202541
202616

The busiest year here was 2025 (41 places) and the quietest 2021 (16). ⚠ 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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