Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Qatar

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Qatar's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 658 of them — 12.4%.

The four numbers

 QatarMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places12.4%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles16797well above
Titles filling half those places3619well above
Weeks with a Korean title256of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Qatar needs 36 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 Qatar, out of 167 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game403012021-09-19 → 2025-08-10
Alchemy of Souls181612022-07-03 → 2023-01-15
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha121222021-09-05 → 2021-11-21
True Beauty121212023-02-12 → 2023-04-30
Business Proposal111112022-03-13 → 2022-05-22
Queen of Tears111122024-03-10 → 2024-05-19
Extraordinary Attorney Woo101012022-07-10 → 2022-09-11
King the Land101012023-06-18 → 2023-08-20
My Demon101032023-11-26 → 2024-01-28
The Glory101012023-01-01 → 2023-04-16
Young Lady and Gentleman101012022-08-28 → 2022-10-30
Bloodhounds9722023-06-11 → 2026-04-19
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty9912025-08-24 → 2025-10-19
Mr. Queen9912023-02-19 → 2023-04-16
Doctor Slump8822024-01-28 → 2024-03-17
Gyeongseong Creature8822023-12-24 → 2024-10-13
Love Next Door8822024-08-18 → 2024-10-06
Miss Night and Day8822024-06-23 → 2024-08-11
My Royal Nemesis8832026-05-10 → 2026-06-28
Strong Girl Nam-soon8832023-10-08 → 2023-11-26

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 6.1% of Qatar'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
202165
2022135
2023146
2024118
2025116
202678

The busiest year here was 2023 (146 places) and the quietest 2021 (65). ⚠ 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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