Korean pop culture, in numbers

163 Korean titles in United Arab Emirates' Netflix top 10

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-08-16, United Arab Emirates' Netflix top 10 had 5,360 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 583 of them — 10.9%.

The four numbers

 United Arab EmiratesMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places10.9%4.6%well above
Different Korean titles163101well above
Titles filling half those places3420well above
Weeks with a Korean title255of 268

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. United Arab Emirates needs 34 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 United Arab Emirates, out of 163 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game372712021-09-19 → 2025-08-03
Alchemy of Souls181622022-07-03 → 2023-01-15
Business Proposal111112022-03-13 → 2022-05-22
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha111122021-09-12 → 2021-11-21
My Demon101032023-11-26 → 2024-01-28
The Glory101012023-01-01 → 2023-04-16
True Beauty101012023-02-12 → 2023-04-16
Young Lady and Gentleman101022022-08-28 → 2022-10-30
King the Land9922023-06-25 → 2023-08-20
Queen of Tears9932024-03-17 → 2024-05-12
Agent Kim Reactivated8812026-06-28 → 2026-08-16
Bloodhounds8622023-06-11 → 2026-04-19
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty8812025-08-24 → 2025-10-12
Extraordinary Attorney Woo8812022-07-17 → 2022-09-04
Gyeongseong Creature8832023-12-24 → 2024-10-13
Miss Night and Day8842024-06-23 → 2024-08-11
My Royal Nemesis8842026-05-10 → 2026-06-28
The King's Affection8832021-11-07 → 2021-12-26
When Life Gives You Tangerines8832025-03-09 → 2025-04-27
Doctor Cha7722023-04-30 → 2023-06-11

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 6.3% of United Arab Emirates' 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 places11.3%10.5%-0.8 pp
Korean chart places1171090.93×
Different Korean titles3231-1

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
202157
2022117
2023122
2024103
2025109
202675

The busiest year here was 2023 (122 places) and the quietest 2021 (57). ⚠ 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.