Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Maldives

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Maldives's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 620 of them — 11.7%.

The four numbers

 MaldivesMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places11.7%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles14697well above
Titles filling half those places2919well above
Weeks with a Korean title255of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Maldives needs 29 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 146 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 5.2% of Maldives'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
202162
2022132
2023134
2024116
2025114
202662

The busiest year here was 2023 (134 places) and the quietest 2021 (62). ⚠ 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