Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles lost Asia’s charts and gained Latin America’s

Korean titles held 7.7% of the world’s Netflix top 10 places over five years and that figure barely moved. Underneath it, the map did. Comparing two whole years — 2022 against 2025, 52 weeks each — Korean share fell in every Asian market we track and rose in 66 of the other 83.

Korean titles lost chart share across Asia between 2022 and 2025. Where did that share go?

Two groups, 93 markets

How share is counted. Each market gives out 20 places a week — ten films and ten series. Share is Korean places divided by that year's places in that market.

 MarketsMean changeMarkets that rose
The ten Asian markets10-9.68p0
Everywhere else83+1.31p66

Not one Asian market rose. 66 markets of 93 gained share and 27 lost it, and every one of the losses that matters is in the same region.

Where it went

Market20222025ChangeKorean placesDifferent titles
Guatemala4.2%10.4%+6.2p44 → 10814 → 26
Nicaragua5.5%11.6%+6.1p57 → 12118 → 27
Venezuela3.8%9.9%+6.1p39 → 10312 → 29
Ecuador5.2%10.6%+5.4p54 → 11018 → 25
Colombia4.2%9.4%+5.2p44 → 9815 → 24
El Salvador6.1%11.1%+5p63 → 11516 → 28
Honduras6.4%11.4%+5p67 → 11919 → 29
Paraguay3.9%8.5%+4.6p41 → 8814 → 24

It is not one title carrying a small market. The number of different Korean titles charting roughly doubled in these places — Guatemala went from 14 to 26. A market that had a few Korean hits now has a Korean shelf.

And where it left

Market20222025ChangeKorean placesDifferent titles
Japan32.6%11.2%-21.4p339 → 11662 → 38
Thailand30.4%18.9%-11.5p316 → 19765 → 52
Malaysia31.3%20.1%-11.2p325 → 20960 → 48
Vietnam34.1%24.2%-9.9p355 → 25266 → 50
Singapore27.8%18.3%-9.5p289 → 19060 → 49
Indonesia34.1%24.9%-9.2p355 → 25969 → 51
Hong Kong27.5%18.6%-8.9p286 → 19363 → 44
Philippines27.6%19.3%-8.3p287 → 20170 → 49

Japan is the steepest fall on this site. 32.6% to 11.2% — 339 Korean places down to 116, across 62 different titles down to 38. Both numbers moved together, so this is not a single franchise ending.

What a share 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.

Every market, in alphabetical order

Sorted by name, not by size. Shaded rows are the ten Asian markets.

Market20222025ChangeKorean placesDifferent titles
Argentina2.5%5.3%+2.8p26 → 5513 → 17
Australia2.9%3%+0.1p30 → 3115 → 10
Austria1.9%2.7%+0.8p20 → 2811 → 11
Bahamas3.2%2.1%-1.1p33 → 2216 → 11
Bahrain8.9%8.8%-0.1p93 → 9225 → 26
Bangladesh14.7%13.3%-1.4p153 → 13830 → 27
Belgium3.1%2.6%-0.5p32 → 2714 → 9
Bolivia10.6%11.6%+1p110 → 12119 → 27
Brazil4.9%8.2%+3.3p51 → 8516 → 26
Bulgaria2.1%4.3%+2.2p22 → 4510 → 8
Canada1.6%2%+0.4p17 → 2111 → 7
Chile5.5%9%+3.5p57 → 9418 → 23
Colombia4.2%9.4%+5.2p44 → 9815 → 24
Costa Rica3.2%7.1%+3.9p33 → 7410 → 22
Croatia1.6%2.2%+0.6p17 → 2310 → 7
Cyprus1.3%3.8%+2.5p14 → 398 → 15
Czech Republic2.4%4.4%+2p25 → 467 → 15
Denmark1.6%2.3%+0.7p17 → 248 → 7
Dominican Republic5.9%8.9%+3p61 → 9320 → 28
Ecuador5.2%10.6%+5.4p54 → 11018 → 25
Egypt4.7%7%+2.3p49 → 7320 → 21
El Salvador6.1%11.1%+5p63 → 11516 → 28
Estonia1.3%3%+1.7p13 → 316 → 5
Finland2.8%3.1%+0.3p29 → 3214 → 6
France2.7%3.8%+1.1p28 → 4013 → 18
Germany2%3.1%+1.1p21 → 3211 → 11
Greece2.9%4.5%+1.6p30 → 4715 → 14
Guadeloupe4%3.9%-0.1p42 → 4118 → 19
Guatemala4.2%10.4%+6.2p44 → 10814 → 26
Honduras6.4%11.4%+5p67 → 11919 → 29
Hong Kong27.5%18.6%-8.9p286 → 19363 → 44
Hungary1.9%3.8%+1.9p20 → 409 → 15
Iceland1.3%1.7%+0.4p14 → 187 → 6
India9.7%10.2%+0.5p101 → 10621 → 21
Indonesia34.1%24.9%-9.2p355 → 25969 → 51
Ireland1.4%1.3%-0.1p15 → 1410 → 4
Israel2.6%3.9%+1.3p27 → 4113 → 12
Italy1.9%4%+2.1p20 → 4212 → 13
Jamaica4%2.8%-1.2p42 → 2918 → 12
Japan32.6%11.2%-21.4p339 → 11662 → 38
Jordan5.5%8.9%+3.4p57 → 9321 → 23
Kenya6.1%4.4%-1.7p63 → 4622 → 17
Kuwait9.1%10%+0.9p95 → 10426 → 27
Latvia1.8%3.3%+1.5p19 → 348 → 5
Lebanon3.8%5.2%+1.4p40 → 5418 → 17
Lithuania1.3%3.1%+1.8p14 → 327 → 6
Luxembourg2.1%2.9%+0.8p22 → 3010 → 13
Malaysia31.3%20.1%-11.2p325 → 20960 → 48
Maldives12.7%11%-1.7p132 → 11430 → 30
Malta1.3%2%+0.7p14 → 2110 → 6
Martinique4.4%3.8%-0.6p46 → 3919 → 18
Mauritius5.2%5.6%+0.4p54 → 5823 → 23
Mexico7.1%8.8%+1.7p74 → 9221 → 21
Morocco9%10.2%+1.2p94 → 10626 → 27
Netherlands1.8%2.2%+0.4p19 → 2311 → 5
New Caledonia3.9%4.9%+1p41 → 5119 → 21
New Zealand3.2%3.8%+0.6p33 → 4014 → 15
Nicaragua5.5%11.6%+6.1p57 → 12118 → 27
Nigeria14.7%8.4%-6.3p153 → 8734 → 29
Norway2%2.1%+0.1p21 → 2211 → 6
Oman9.2%10.9%+1.7p96 → 11324 → 27
Pakistan9.8%11%+1.2p102 → 11417 → 24
Panama5.6%6.8%+1.2p58 → 7118 → 22
Paraguay3.9%8.5%+4.6p41 → 8814 → 24
Peru9.9%13.9%+4p103 → 14524 → 34
Philippines27.6%19.3%-8.3p287 → 20170 → 49
Poland2.8%3.3%+0.5p29 → 3415 → 12
Portugal2.2%5.6%+3.4p23 → 5811 → 20
Qatar13%11.2%-1.8p135 → 11636 → 28
Réunion4%4.9%+0.9p42 → 5120 → 22
Romania3.5%6.2%+2.7p36 → 6421 → 22
Saudi Arabia12.2%11%-1.2p127 → 11432 → 31
Serbia1.9%3.8%+1.9p20 → 4011 → 8
Singapore27.8%18.3%-9.5p289 → 19060 → 49
Slovakia1.9%4.2%+2.3p20 → 447 → 12
Slovenia1.3%2.4%+1.1p14 → 258 → 4
South Africa2.4%3.1%+0.7p25 → 3213 → 11
South Korea49.8%49.7%-0.1p518 → 517107 → 116
Spain2%4.4%+2.4p21 → 4611 → 15
Sri Lanka11%9.6%-1.4p114 → 10030 → 24
Sweden2%2.4%+0.4p21 → 2511 → 8
Switzerland2.4%2.7%+0.3p25 → 2812 → 11
Taiwan27.1%20.3%-6.8p282 → 21157 → 51
Thailand30.4%18.9%-11.5p316 → 19765 → 52
Trinidad and Tobago3.5%2.4%-1.1p36 → 2516 → 10
Turkey4.9%7.4%+2.5p51 → 7720 → 21
Ukraine1.8%3%+1.2p19 → 315 → 4
United Arab Emirates11.1%9.6%-1.5p115 → 10031 → 28
United Kingdom1.7%1.3%-0.4p18 → 1411 → 3
United States1.7%2.3%+0.6p18 → 2411 → 10
Uruguay2%3.4%+1.4p21 → 3511 → 12
Venezuela3.8%9.9%+6.1p39 → 10312 → 29
Vietnam34.1%24.2%-9.9p355 → 25266 → 50

What we wrote from this data

Where these numbers come from, and what they cannot answer

The five-year world figure · All markets side by side · How we count