Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Sri Lanka

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Sri Lanka's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 522 of them — 9.8%.

The four numbers

 Sri LankaMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places9.8%4.5%well above
Different Korean titles13497above
Titles filling half those places2419above
Weeks with a Korean title246of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Sri Lanka needs 24 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 Sri Lanka, out of 134 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game433112021-09-26 → 2025-08-17
Alchemy of Souls191612022-07-10 → 2023-01-15
Business Proposal131312022-03-13 → 2022-06-12
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty121212025-08-24 → 2025-11-09
My Demon111112023-11-26 → 2024-02-04
True Beauty111112023-02-12 → 2023-04-23
Extraordinary Attorney Woo101012022-07-10 → 2022-09-11
King the Land101022023-06-18 → 2023-08-20
Mr. Queen101012023-02-19 → 2023-04-23
Queen of Tears101022024-03-10 → 2024-05-12
The Glory101012023-01-01 → 2023-04-16
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha9932021-09-19 → 2021-11-14
Love Next Door9922024-08-18 → 2024-10-13
When Life Gives You Tangerines9932025-03-16 → 2025-05-11
Young Lady and Gentleman9922022-08-28 → 2022-10-23
All of Us Are Dead8812022-01-30 → 2022-04-10
Doctor Slump8832024-01-28 → 2024-03-24
My Royal Nemesis8822026-05-10 → 2026-06-28
The King's Affection8822021-11-07 → 2021-12-26
Welcome to Samdal-ri8852023-12-10 → 2024-01-28

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 8.2% of Sri Lanka'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
202156
2022114
2023101
202490
2025100
202661

The busiest year here was 2022 (114 places) and the quietest 2021 (56). ⚠ 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