Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Philippines

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Philippines's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 1,171 of them — 22.1%.

The four numbers

 PhilippinesMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places22.1%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles24697well above
Titles filling half those places4719well above
Weeks with a Korean title265of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Philippines needs 47 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 Philippines, out of 246 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
The Promise363622021-09-12 → 2023-03-05
Alchemy of Souls332422022-06-26 → 2023-02-05
Squid Game332412021-09-19 → 2025-07-27
Solo Leveling272712024-01-14 → 2025-04-06
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha171712021-09-05 → 2021-12-26
Queen of Tears171712024-03-10 → 2024-06-30
The Glory171712023-01-01 → 2023-04-30
Sweet Home15912023-12-03 → 2024-08-11
True Beauty141412023-02-12 → 2023-05-14
Business Proposal131312022-03-06 → 2022-05-29
Extraordinary Attorney Woo131312022-07-10 → 2022-10-02
Gyeongseong Creature131012023-12-24 → 2024-10-20
It's Okay to Not Be Okay131312025-07-20 → 2025-10-12
Bloodhounds12912023-06-11 → 2026-05-03
King the Land121212023-06-18 → 2023-09-03
My Demon121212023-11-26 → 2024-02-11
All of Us Are Dead111112022-01-30 → 2025-01-05
Doctor Slump111112024-01-28 → 2024-04-07
Hospital Playlist111142021-07-04 → 2021-09-26
Love Next Door111112024-08-18 → 2024-10-27

The Promise is the largest single title here, holding 3.1% of Philippines'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
2021118
2022287
2023255
2024199
2025201
2026111

The busiest year here was 2022 (287 places) and the quietest 2026 (111). ⚠ 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