Korean pop culture, in numbers

154 Korean titles in Kuwait's Netflix top 10

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-08-16, Kuwait's Netflix top 10 had 5,360 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 562 of them — 10.5%.

The four numbers

 KuwaitMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places10.5%4.6%well above
Different Korean titles154101well above
Titles filling half those places3120well above
Weeks with a Korean title253of 268

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Kuwait needs 31 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 154 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
Agent Kim Reactivated8812026-06-28 → 2026-08-16
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
Doctor Cha7732023-04-30 → 2023-06-11
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

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 8.4% 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.

Which way it moved, 2022 to 2025

 20222025Change
Share of chart places9.1%10.7%+1.6 pp
Korean chart places951111.17×
Different Korean titles2629+3

Both years are 52 weeks long and each week gives out 20 places, so the two columns are counted the same way. Across all 93 markets, 70 rose and 22 fell.

What this cannot tell you. A falling share can mean fewer Korean titles charted or that other titles pushed them out, and a chart position cannot tell those apart. That is why the place counts and the distinct-title counts are printed beside every share.

The same two years for every market →

Year by year

YearKorean chart places
202147
202295
2023130
2024101
2025111
202678

The busiest year here was 2023 (130 places) and the quietest 2021 (47). ⚠ 2021 begins on 2021-07-04 and the final year ends on 2026-08-16, 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 · Looking for one particular week? · Looking for the TSV files themselves? · Every Korean title that has charted · How we count

Put this country in context

The same weekly files, read the other way round.