Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Japan

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%.

The four numbers

 JapanMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places20.2%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles23797well above
Titles filling half those places3319well above
Weeks with a Korean title258of 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 titles that took those places

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.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Crash Landing on You727222021-07-04 → 2023-04-30
Itaewon Class646412021-07-04 → 2022-11-06
Squid Game312712021-09-19 → 2025-07-13
Kingdom272712022-07-17 → 2026-07-19
Extraordinary Attorney Woo252512022-07-10 → 2023-04-02
Alchemy of Souls212022022-06-26 → 2023-01-22
Solo Leveling181832024-01-21 → 2025-04-06
First Love171712022-06-19 → 2024-06-16
The King's Affection171712021-10-17 → 2022-02-13
Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)151532021-07-04 → 2022-05-08
The Glory141412023-01-08 → 2023-05-07
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha131312021-09-05 → 2021-11-28
Nevertheless,131312021-07-04 → 2021-09-26
Business Proposal121212022-03-06 → 2022-05-22
Forecasting Love and Weather111122022-02-20 → 2022-05-01
Little Women111112022-09-11 → 2022-11-20
Monster111122021-10-10 → 2026-01-18
Our Beloved Summer111122021-12-19 → 2022-02-27
Thirty-Nine111122022-02-20 → 2022-05-01
Hospital Playlist101042021-07-18 → 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 by year

YearKorean chart places
2021195
2022339
2023220
2024147
2025116
202653

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.

Where these numbers come from, and what they cannot answer

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