Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in Uruguay

Between 2021-07-04 and 2026-07-26, Uruguay's Netflix top 10 had 5,300 places to give out across films and series. Korean titles took 154 of them — 2.9%.

The four numbers

 UruguayMedian of 93 marketsWhere it sits
Share of chart places2.9%4.5%well below
Different Korean titles6297well below
Titles filling half those places1219well below
Weeks with a Korean title126of 265

“Titles filling half” is the one to read twice. Uruguay needs 12 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 Uruguay, out of 62 that charted at all. ⛔ This is not a ranking of quality — it records how long each stayed on the list.

TitlePlacesWeeksPeakFirst → Last
Squid Game231912021-09-19 → 2025-07-20
Breathless9912024-09-01 → 2025-11-16
Oasis6622026-06-21 → 2026-07-26
Bloodhounds5542023-06-18 → 2026-04-12
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty5582025-08-31 → 2025-09-28
Extraordinary Attorney Woo5542022-08-14 → 2022-09-11
The Guest5532025-09-28 → 2025-10-26
All of Us Are Dead4422022-01-30 → 2022-02-20
Hierarchy4432024-06-16 → 2026-03-15
I Can't Live Without You4412024-08-18 → 2024-09-08
The Great Flood4412025-12-21 → 2026-01-11
My Name3352021-10-17 → 2021-10-31
Noise3322023-01-15 → 2023-03-26
Officer Black Belt3342024-09-15 → 2024-09-29
Badland Hunters2232024-01-28 → 2024-02-04
Ballerina2252023-10-15 → 2024-03-03
Band of Brothers2292023-09-17 → 2023-09-24
Carter2252022-08-07 → 2022-08-14
Dangerous Liaisons2232022-07-10 → 2022-07-17
Desire2212026-07-19 → 2026-07-26

Squid Game is the largest single title here, holding 14.9% of Uruguay'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
202120
202221
202335
202426
202535
202617

The busiest year here was 2023 (35 places) and the quietest 2026 (17). ⚠ 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