Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Singapore

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Singapore's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 1,148 of them — 21.7%.

The four numbers

 SingaporeMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places21.7%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles24397well above
Titles filling half those places5419well above
Weeks with a Korean title265of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Singapore needs 54 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 Singapore, out of 243 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game272312021-09-19 → 2025-07-27
Alchemy of Souls262122022-06-26 → 2023-01-29
Solo Leveling242422024-01-14 → 2025-04-06
The Glory191912023-01-01 → 2023-05-14
Hospital Playlist181512021-07-04 → 2021-10-10
Extraordinary Attorney Woo171712022-07-03 → 2022-10-23
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha151512021-09-05 → 2021-12-12
Business Proposal131312022-03-06 → 2022-05-29
Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)131342021-07-04 → 2022-05-08
Queen of Tears131312024-03-10 → 2024-06-02
Bloodhounds11912023-06-11 → 2026-04-26
Crash Course in Romance111112023-01-29 → 2023-04-09
King the Land111112023-06-18 → 2023-08-27
My Demon111112023-11-26 → 2024-02-04
Our Blues111122022-04-24 → 2022-07-03
The King's Affection111122021-10-17 → 2021-12-26
Tomorrow111132022-04-10 → 2022-06-19
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty101012025-08-24 → 2025-10-26
Doctor Slump101012024-01-28 → 2024-03-31
Gyeongseong Creature10912023-12-24 → 2024-10-20

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 2.4% of Singapore'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
2021120
2022289
2023249
2024199
2025190
2026101

The busiest year here was 2022 (289 places) and the quietest 2026 (101). ⚠ 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