Korean pop culture, in numbers

592 Korean titles in South Korea's Netflix top 10

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-08-16, South Korea's Netflix top 10 had 5,360 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 2,871 of them — 53.6%.

The four numbers

 South KoreaMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places53.6%4.6%well above
Different Korean titles592101well above
Titles filling half those places12420well above
Weeks with a Korean title268of 268

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. South Korea needs 124 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 South Korea, out of 592 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
I am Solo11211112021-11-21 → 2026-08-16
Hospital Playlist442512021-07-04 → 2022-12-11
Squid Game342912021-09-19 → 2025-08-03
Alchemy of Souls252012022-06-26 → 2023-01-22
Mr. Sunshine232372021-08-22 → 2023-04-23
Bloodhounds211612023-06-11 → 2026-05-24
The Glory202012023-01-01 → 2025-06-29
Solo Leveling191952024-01-14 → 2025-04-06
D.P.171412021-08-29 → 2023-08-27
Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)171722021-07-04 → 2022-05-08
Weak Hero171112025-03-30 → 2026-03-08
Extraordinary Attorney Woo161612022-07-03 → 2022-10-16
Sweet Home16912023-12-03 → 2024-08-18
Taxi Driver161212025-07-06 → 2026-01-18
My Liberation Notes151512022-04-17 → 2022-07-24
Our Beloved Summer151512021-12-12 → 2022-03-20
Our Blues151512022-04-17 → 2022-07-24
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God141462021-10-10 → 2022-11-13
When Life Gives You Tangerines141412025-03-09 → 2025-06-22
Exhuma131312024-07-21 → 2025-02-02

I am Solo is the largest single title here, holding 3.9% of South Korea'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.

Which way it moved, 2022 to 2025

 20222025Change
Share of chart places51.2%53.3%+2.1 pp
Korean chart places5325541.04×
Different Korean titles110124+14

Both years are 52 weeks long and each week gives out 20 places, so the two columns are counted the same way. Across all 93 markets, 70 rose and 22 fell.

What this cannot tell you. A falling share can mean fewer Korean titles charted or that other titles pushed them out, and a chart position cannot tell those apart. That is why the place counts and the distinct-title counts are printed beside every share.

The same two years for every market →

Year by year

YearKorean chart places
2021292
2022532
2023618
2024541
2025554
2026334

The busiest year here was 2023 (618 places) and the quietest 2021 (292). ⚠ 2021 begins on 2021-07-04 and the final year ends on 2026-08-16, 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 · Looking for one particular week? · Looking for the TSV files themselves? · Every Korean title that has charted · How we count

Put this country in context

The same weekly files, read the other way round.