Korean pop culture, in numbers

153 Korean titles in Maldives' Netflix top 10

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-08-16, Maldives' Netflix top 10 had 5,360 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 647 of them — 12.1%.

The four numbers

 MaldivesMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places12.1%4.6%well above
Different Korean titles153101well above
Titles filling half those places3120well above
Weeks with a Korean title258of 268

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Maldives 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 Maldives, out of 153 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game322512021-09-19 → 2025-08-03
Alchemy of Souls251922022-07-10 → 2023-01-29
Solo Leveling242432024-01-14 → 2025-04-06
True Beauty151512023-02-12 → 2023-06-04
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha131322021-09-05 → 2021-11-28
Business Proposal121212022-03-06 → 2022-05-22
King the Land111112023-06-18 → 2023-08-27
Mimi111112021-08-01 → 2021-10-31
My Demon111112023-11-26 → 2024-02-04
The Glory111112023-01-01 → 2023-04-16
Extraordinary Attorney Woo9912022-07-17 → 2022-09-11
Love Next Door9922024-08-18 → 2024-10-13
Queen of Tears9932024-03-17 → 2024-05-12
Young Lady and Gentleman9912022-08-28 → 2022-10-23
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty8812025-08-24 → 2025-10-12
Forecasting Love and Weather8852022-02-27 → 2022-04-17
Miss Night and Day8862024-06-23 → 2024-08-11
My Royal Nemesis8832026-05-10 → 2026-06-28
Nevertheless,8852021-07-11 → 2021-08-29
Sweet Home8632023-12-03 → 2024-08-04

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 4.9% of Maldives' 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 places13.2%11.7%-1.5 pp
Korean chart places1371220.89×
Different Korean titles3233+1

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
202162
2022137
2023141
2024116
2025122
202669

The busiest year here was 2023 (141 places) and the quietest 2021 (62). ⚠ 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.