Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, South Africa's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 142 of them — 2.7%.
| South Africa | Median of 93 markets | Where it sits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share of chart places | 2.7% | 4.5% | well below |
| Different Korean titles | 64 | 97 | well below |
| Titles filling half those places | 12 | 19 | well below |
| Weeks with a Korean title | 113 | — | of 265 |
“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. South Africa needs 12 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 20 titles with the most chart places in South Africa, out of 64 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.
| Title | Places | Weeks | Peak | First → Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squid Game | 30 | 24 | 1 | 2021-09-26 → 2025-07-27 |
| Young Lady and Gentleman | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2022-08-28 → 2022-10-02 |
| All of Us Are Dead | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2022-01-30 → 2022-02-27 |
| Agent Kim Reactivated | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2026-06-28 → 2026-07-26 |
| Bon Appétit, Your Majesty | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2025-08-31 → 2025-09-21 |
| The Glory | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2023-01-08 → 2023-03-26 |
| The Great Flood | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2025-12-21 → 2026-01-11 |
| Alice | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2025-01-19 → 2025-02-02 |
| Memory | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2024-05-05 → 2024-05-19 |
| Modern Family | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2021-08-08 → 2021-08-22 |
| Safe | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2024-05-19 → 2024-06-02 |
| Spy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2024-12-15 → 2024-12-29 |
| True Beauty | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2023-02-12 → 2023-02-26 |
| As You Stood By | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2025-11-16 → 2025-11-23 |
| Awake | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2026-02-01 → 2026-02-08 |
| Badland Hunters | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2024-01-28 → 2024-02-04 |
| Black Knight | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2023-01-22 → 2023-01-29 |
| Business Proposal | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2022-04-03 → 2022-04-10 |
| Carter | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2022-08-07 → 2022-08-14 |
| Desire | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2026-07-19 → 2026-07-26 |
Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 21.1% of South Africa'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 | Korean chart places |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2022 | 25 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2024 | 23 |
| 2025 | 32 |
| 2026 | 17 |
The busiest year here was 2025 (32 places) and the quietest 2026 (17). ⚠ 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.
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