Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in South Korea

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, South Korea's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 2,722 of them — 51.4%.

The four numbers

 South KoreaMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places51.4%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles56097well above
Titles filling half those places11719well above
Weeks with a Korean title265of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. South Korea needs 117 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 560 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
I am Solo11010912021-11-21 → 2026-05-17
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
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
Night in Paradise131352021-07-11 → 2022-04-24

I am Solo is the largest single title here, holding 4% 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.

Year by year

YearKorean chart places
2021284
2022518
2023576
2024532
2025517
2026295

The busiest year here was 2023 (576 places) and the quietest 2021 (284). ⚠ 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