Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Netherlands

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Netherlands's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 113 of them — 2.1%.

The four numbers

 NetherlandsMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places2.1%4.5%well below
Different Korean titles4497well below
Titles filling half those places619well below
Weeks with a Korean title88of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Netherlands needs 6 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 Netherlands, out of 44 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game252212021-09-19 → 2025-08-03
Undercover161012021-11-28 → 2022-01-30
Revenge5512025-11-30 → 2026-01-04
Band of Brothers4452023-09-17 → 2023-10-08
Oasis4432026-06-28 → 2026-07-19
Safe4452024-01-21 → 2024-02-11
Happy Ending3312023-09-03 → 2023-09-17
The Great Flood3322025-12-21 → 2026-01-04
Agent Kim Reactivated22102026-07-05 → 2026-07-12
All of Us Are Dead2242022-02-06 → 2022-02-13
Bigman2292023-02-26 → 2023-03-05
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty22102025-08-31 → 2025-09-07
Carter2262022-08-07 → 2022-08-14
Crush2212022-04-03 → 2022-04-10
Desire2232026-07-19 → 2026-07-26
JUNG_E2262023-01-22 → 2023-01-29
Kill Boksoon2292023-04-02 → 2023-04-09
Land2232025-02-23 → 2025-03-02
Narco-Saints2262022-09-18 → 2022-09-25
Noise2252023-03-19 → 2023-03-26

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 22.1% of Netherlands'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
202123
202219
202322
202415
202523
202611

The busiest year here was 2021 (23 places) and the quietest 2026 (11). ⚠ 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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