Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Japan's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 1,070 of them — 20.2%.
| Japan | Median of 93 markets | Where it sits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share of chart places | 20.2% | 4.5% | well above |
| Different Korean titles | 237 | 97 | well above |
| Titles filling half those places | 33 | 19 | well above |
| Weeks with a Korean title | 258 | — | of 265 |
“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Japan needs 33 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 20 titles with the most chart places in Japan, out of 237 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.
| Title | Places | Weeks | Peak | First → Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crash Landing on You | 72 | 72 | 2 | 2021-07-04 → 2023-04-30 |
| Itaewon Class | 64 | 64 | 1 | 2021-07-04 → 2022-11-06 |
| Squid Game | 31 | 27 | 1 | 2021-09-19 → 2025-07-13 |
| Kingdom | 27 | 27 | 1 | 2022-07-17 → 2026-07-19 |
| Extraordinary Attorney Woo | 25 | 25 | 1 | 2022-07-10 → 2023-04-02 |
| Alchemy of Souls | 21 | 20 | 2 | 2022-06-26 → 2023-01-22 |
| Solo Leveling | 18 | 18 | 3 | 2024-01-21 → 2025-04-06 |
| First Love | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2022-06-19 → 2024-06-16 |
| The King's Affection | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2021-10-17 → 2022-02-13 |
| Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2021-07-04 → 2022-05-08 |
| The Glory | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2023-01-08 → 2023-05-07 |
| Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2021-09-05 → 2021-11-28 |
| Nevertheless, | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2021-07-04 → 2021-09-26 |
| Business Proposal | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2022-03-06 → 2022-05-22 |
| Forecasting Love and Weather | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2022-02-20 → 2022-05-01 |
| Little Women | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2022-09-11 → 2022-11-20 |
| Monster | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2021-10-10 → 2026-01-18 |
| Our Beloved Summer | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2021-12-19 → 2022-02-27 |
| Thirty-Nine | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2022-02-20 → 2022-05-01 |
| Hospital Playlist | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2021-07-18 → 2021-10-03 |
Crash Landing on You is the largest single title here, holding 6.7% of Japan'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 | Korean chart places |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 195 |
| 2022 | 339 |
| 2023 | 220 |
| 2024 | 147 |
| 2025 | 116 |
| 2026 | 53 |
The busiest year here was 2022 (339 places) and the quietest 2026 (53). ⚠ 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.
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