Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Kuwait

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Kuwait's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 536 of them — 10.1%.

The four numbers

 KuwaitMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places10.1%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles14897well above
Titles filling half those places3019well above
Weeks with a Korean title247of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Kuwait needs 30 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 Kuwait, out of 148 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game473412021-09-19 → 2025-08-17
Alchemy of Souls141352022-07-17 → 2023-01-15
True Beauty141422023-02-12 → 2023-05-21
The Glory111112023-01-01 → 2023-04-23
Bloodhounds10822023-06-11 → 2026-04-19
My Demon101022023-11-26 → 2024-01-28
Business Proposal9912022-03-13 → 2022-05-08
Young Lady and Gentleman9922022-09-04 → 2022-10-30
All of Us Are Dead8812022-01-30 → 2022-03-20
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty8812025-08-24 → 2025-10-12
Extraordinary Attorney Woo8812022-07-17 → 2022-09-04
King the Land8822023-06-25 → 2023-08-13
Miss Night and Day8822024-06-23 → 2024-08-11
Queen of Tears8832024-03-17 → 2024-05-05
When the Phone Rings8812024-11-24 → 2025-01-12
My Royal Nemesis7742026-05-10 → 2026-06-21
When Life Gives You Tangerines7722025-03-09 → 2025-04-20
Beyond the Bar6652025-08-10 → 2025-09-14
Doctor Slump6632024-02-04 → 2024-03-17
Gyeongseong Creature6622023-12-24 → 2024-10-06

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 8.8% of Kuwait'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
202147
202295
2023123
202499
2025104
202668

The busiest year here was 2023 (123 places) and the quietest 2021 (47). ⚠ 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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