Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in United Kingdom

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, United Kingdom's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 93 of them — 1.8%.

The four numbers

 United KingdomMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places1.8%4.5%well below
Different Korean titles4597well below
Titles filling half those places1019well below
Weeks with a Korean title81of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. United Kingdom needs 10 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 Kingdom, out of 45 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game232012021-09-19 → 2025-07-27
All of Us Are Dead5512022-01-30 → 2022-02-27
Cleaning Up4422024-04-07 → 2024-04-28
Honour3312024-07-14 → 2024-07-28
Safe3342022-01-16 → 2024-01-21
A Confession2242024-10-06 → 2024-10-13
Barbie2242026-04-12 → 2026-04-19
Carter2262022-08-07 → 2022-08-14
Gossip Girl2292023-07-16 → 2023-07-23
JUNG_E22102023-01-22 → 2023-01-29
Memory2212024-09-22 → 2024-09-29
Mine2282022-07-10 → 2022-07-17
Modern Family2282021-10-03 → 2021-10-10
My Son2212024-02-25 → 2024-03-03
Split2282021-07-11 → 2021-07-18
The Cave2282026-07-05 → 2026-07-12
The Glory2242023-03-12 → 2023-03-19
The Great Flood2262025-12-21 → 2025-12-28
The Net2282022-10-09 → 2022-10-16
Wasteland2282023-04-23 → 2023-04-30

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 24.7% of United Kingdom'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
202117
202218
202312
202426
202514
20266

The busiest year here was 2024 (26 places) and the quietest 2026 (6). ⚠ 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