Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Saudi Arabia

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Saudi Arabia's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 637 of them — 12%.

The four numbers

 Saudi ArabiaMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places12%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles15897well above
Titles filling half those places3319well above
Weeks with a Korean title254of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Saudi Arabia needs 33 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 Saudi Arabia, out of 158 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game453412021-09-19 → 2025-08-17
True Beauty171712023-02-12 → 2023-06-04
The Glory161612023-01-01 → 2023-05-21
Alchemy of Souls121052022-07-24 → 2023-01-08
Business Proposal121212022-03-06 → 2022-05-22
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha111132021-09-05 → 2021-11-14
Bloodhounds10812023-06-11 → 2026-04-19
All of Us Are Dead9912022-01-30 → 2022-03-27
Extraordinary Attorney Woo9912022-07-17 → 2022-09-11
Little Women9922022-09-11 → 2022-11-06
Miss Night and Day9922024-06-23 → 2024-08-18
Mr. Queen9932023-02-19 → 2023-04-16
My Name9912021-10-17 → 2021-12-12
Queen of Tears9952024-03-17 → 2024-05-12
Welcome to Samdal-ri9942023-12-10 → 2024-02-04
Young Lady and Gentleman9922022-09-04 → 2022-10-30
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty8812025-08-24 → 2025-10-12
Doctor Slump8822024-01-28 → 2024-03-17
Love Next Door8812024-08-18 → 2024-10-06
My Demon8832023-11-26 → 2024-01-21

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 7.1% of Saudi Arabia'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
202157
2022127
2023154
2024113
2025114
202672

The busiest year here was 2023 (154 places) and the quietest 2021 (57). ⚠ 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