Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Oman

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Oman's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 562 of them — 10.6%.

The four numbers

 OmanMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places10.6%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles14297above
Titles filling half those places3019well above
Weeks with a Korean title249of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Oman needs 30 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 Oman, out of 142 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game443212021-09-19 → 2025-08-17
True Beauty181812023-02-12 → 2023-06-11
Alchemy of Souls161442022-07-10 → 2023-01-15
The Glory111112023-01-01 → 2023-04-23
Bloodhounds10822023-06-18 → 2026-04-26
My Demon101032023-11-26 → 2024-01-28
Young Lady and Gentleman101012022-08-28 → 2022-10-30
Business Proposal9912022-03-13 → 2022-05-08
Extraordinary Attorney Woo9912022-07-17 → 2022-09-11
When Life Gives You Tangerines9932025-03-09 → 2025-05-11
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty8812025-08-24 → 2025-10-12
King the Land8812023-06-25 → 2023-08-13
Love Next Door8822024-08-25 → 2024-10-13
Miss Night and Day8822024-06-23 → 2024-08-11
My Royal Nemesis8832026-05-10 → 2026-06-28
Queen of Tears8852024-03-17 → 2024-05-05
Dynamite Kiss7742025-11-16 → 2025-12-28
Strong Girl Nam-soon7742023-10-15 → 2023-11-26
When the Phone Rings7712024-11-24 → 2025-01-05
All of Us Are Dead6612022-01-30 → 2022-03-06

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 7.8% of Oman'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
202142
202296
2023134
2024100
2025113
202677

The busiest year here was 2023 (134 places) and the quietest 2021 (42). ⚠ 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