A series has another episode coming; a film does not. If that changes how long something holds a chart place, the two should part company — and Netflix publishes films and series as two separate top 10s, so they can be compared without either crowding the other.
Korean films 1.96 weeks · every other film 2.02 — the same. Korean series 3.72 · every other series 2.71.
| Runs | Median weeks | Mean weeks | Gone after one week | Lasting 4+ weeks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean films | 3,853 | 2 | 1.96 | 42% | 8.8% |
| Every other film | 117,293 | 2 | 2.02 | 42.4% | 9.9% |
| Korean series | 7,926 | 3 | 3.72 | 30.8% | 38.5% |
| Every other series | 78,981 | 2 | 2.71 | 34.1% | 23.3% |
A run is one title in one country across consecutive chart weeks. Seasons of a show are counted separately, because Netflix lists them separately and they are separate runs.
Korean films might hold a chart for fewer weeks than Korean series simply because films do that everywhere. Every non-Korean title on the same charts is therefore measured the same way, and what is left after removing the format gap is the part that is about Korean titles.
A run still on a chart in the last week we hold has no finished length. Counting it would make recent titles look short. Those runs are removed and counted separately. That is 1,860 runs out of 209,913.
| Series minus films, mean weeks | |
|---|---|
| Korean titles | 1.76 weeks |
| Every other title | 0.69 weeks |
| Difference | 1.07 weeks |
Series outlast films everywhere, so most of the gap between the two Korean rows above is the difference between formats rather than anything about Korea. Korean series pull away from Korean films by 1.07 weeks more than other series pull away from other films. That is the part left over, and it sits entirely on the series side.
A mean run length moves easily with a handful of very long runs. Each group is therefore measured again with its single most-charting title removed; if the difference survives, no one show is carrying it.
| Mean weeks | Without the biggest title | 4+ weeks | Without the biggest title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean series | 3.72 | 3.56 | 38.5% | 36.4% |
| Every other series | 2.71 | 2.67 | 23.3% | 23% |
| Korean films | 1.96 | 1.96 | 8.8% | 8.7% |
| Every other film | 2.02 | 2.02 | 9.9% | 9.9% |
The gap narrows and stays. We do not name the removed titles — the point is that no single one of them is carrying the result, not which one it was.
Of Korean series runs that ended, 62.9% ended from positions 8, 9 or 10 — against 57.5% for other series and 44.4% for Korean films. A Korean series is on the chart longer and then slides off the bottom of it; a Korean film is more often simply gone.
And they are not sitting low to begin with: Korean series spend 28.2% of their chart weeks in the bottom three positions against 30.2% for other series. They climb, hold, and then slide. How a title leaves has the whole position table.
A run ending is not viewing ending. A title outside a top 10 is invisible here at any level of viewing, so a shorter run means less time on a rank list and nothing more. Netflix publishes no viewing figures for country charts.
How a title leaves · Staying power and force · Korea exports television, not film · How we count
Across 208,053 finished runs, a Korean film holds a country chart for 1.96 weeks on average and every other film for 2.02. Korean series run 3.72 weeks against 2.71 — and removing each group's biggest title barely moves it.
10 August 2026