Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Lebanon

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Lebanon's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 237 of them — 4.5%.

The four numbers

 LebanonMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places4.5%4.5%near
Different Korean titles8597below
Titles filling half those places1519below
Weeks with a Korean title159of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Lebanon needs 15 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 Lebanon, out of 85 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game463312021-09-26 → 2025-08-24
Gossip Girl13722023-07-16 → 2023-09-03
Bloodhounds6532023-06-18 → 2026-04-19
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty6622025-08-31 → 2025-10-05
When the Phone Rings6642024-12-01 → 2025-01-05
Agent Kim Reactivated5532026-06-28 → 2026-07-26
All of Us Are Dead5512022-01-30 → 2022-02-27
Business Proposal5542022-03-20 → 2022-04-17
Oasis5522026-06-21 → 2026-07-19
Young Lady and Gentleman5592022-09-04 → 2022-10-09
Family Business4442026-06-21 → 2026-07-12
King the Land4442023-06-25 → 2023-07-16
Memory4412026-02-08 → 2026-03-01
My Demon4482023-11-26 → 2023-12-17
My Name4442021-10-17 → 2021-11-07
Spy4422024-12-15 → 2025-01-05
Ballerina3332023-10-08 → 2023-10-22
Breathless3322024-09-01 → 2024-09-15
Carter3322022-08-07 → 2022-08-21
Dangerous Liaisons3322022-07-10 → 2022-07-24

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 19.4% of Lebanon'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
202124
202240
202345
202435
202554
202639

The busiest year here was 2025 (54 places) and the quietest 2021 (24). ⚠ 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

← All 93 markets side by side · Every Korean title that has charted · How we count