Korean pop culture, in numbers

Korean titles on Netflix in 2021 — a part-year count

Read this year with care. Our data runs from 2021-07-04 to 2026-07-26, so 2021 holds only 26 weeks here, not fifty-two. Putting its 105 titles beside a full year would show a rise or a fall that belongs to our window and not to anything that happened.

105 Korean titles held at least one place on a Netflix weekly top 10 somewhere during 2021 — 48 series and 57 films, taking 3,884 places in total across 93 countries.

The titles

Ordered by how many chart places each held in 2021 — not by how good they are, and not by how many people watched. A place on a list is a place on a list.

TitleKindPlaces in 2021CountriesWeeks
Squid GameSeries11189360
Hometown Cha-Cha-ChaSeries3534034
My NameSeries277919
HellboundSeries215929
The King's AffectionSeries2143419
Hospital PlaylistSeries2081126
Nevertheless,Series1563316
VincenzoSeries1491776
Kingdom: Ashin of the NorthFilm1357612
MimiFilm1092114
Crash Landing on YouSeries811077
Mr. RobotSeries74436
MineFilm543612
Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)Series501019
EncounterSeries321610
D.P.Series311014
Inspector KooSeries2977
Little WomenFilm297240
Lawless LawyerSeries28115
Our Beloved SummerSeries281815
Itaewon ClassSeries26464
The Crowned ClownSeries26126
Hotel Del LunaSeries25511
Reply 1988Series25539
StepmomFilm25217
The 8th NightFilm24105
The Silent SeaSeries24765
Modern FamilySeries2288
Racket BoysSeries2257
Prison PlaybookSeries21328
Guardian: The Lonely and Great GodSeries17319
Man in LoveFilm16728
The PromiseFilm16237
GrudgeFilm14114
Ghost ShipFilm9216
Extreme JobFilm8613
Family BusinessFilm81510
KingdomFilm73139
Train to BusanFilm757
WavesFilm7167
AshfallFilm686
Bulgasal: Immortal SoulsSeries6129
Mr. SunshineSeries6123
SinkholeFilm6212
The VanishedFilm673
What's Wrong with Secretary KimSeries6512
YesterdayFilm6128
SafeFilm52222
AddictedFilm41912
CollectorsFilm433
Inside MenFilm435
New WorldSeries423
Once AgainFilm4312
The Way BackFilm42111
A Werewolf BoyFilm331
AlonersFilm313
CommitmentFilm322
Descendants of the SunSeries324
Last SummerSeries367
Law SchoolSeries322
MistySeries313
My Country: The New AgeSeries313
Oh My VenusSeries31710
ParasiteFilm3411
PeninsulaFilm3510
SpotlightFilm353
Start-UpSeries324
The OutlawsFilm334
The Uncanny CounterSeries32117
TunnelFilm356
Angel EyesFilm22815
By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife VentureFilm224
DerangedFilm212
Doctor JohnSeries2412
MetamorphosisFilm212
MonsterFilm22713
My ID is Gangnam BeautySeries21111
SnowpiercerSeries22412
The Battle: Roar to VictoryFilm214
The Secret Life of My SecretarySeries212
Whispering Corridors 6: The HummingFilm212
A Korean OdysseySeries127
Along with the Gods: The Two WorldsFilm123
BallerinaFilm18918
Black KnightSeries1798
ExitFilm122
GlitchSeries134
LifeFilm1117
Miracle: Letters to the PresidentFilm117
Miss & Mrs. CopsFilm111
More Than FamilyFilm111
My GirlFilm111
My MisterSeries118
OldboyFilm123
Space SweepersFilm111
StrangerSeries111
SwitchFilm1311
The Berlin FileFilm122
The Divine Move 2: The WrathfulFilm111
The HouseFilm165
The Legend of the Blue SeaSeries123
The NegotiationFilm123
The NetFilm11111
Tidal WaveFilm111
VoiceSeries123

A dash means we hold no figure for that title across its whole run, not a zero. Countries and weeks count the title’s entire run, which may reach outside 2021.

What this page is, and what it is not

Drawn from 528 Korean titles across 6 years. Of those years, 2026 and 2021 hold only part of a year in our data.

Korean titles grouped by the calendar year in which they held places on a Netflix weekly top 10, with how many places each held that year. Every title we publish has a year, which is why this axis reaches titles that have no cast or company data at all.

Not this. Not a ranking of years and not a trend. Our data starts in July 2021 and ends in July 2026, so the first and last years hold only about half a year each — comparing their totals against a full year would show a rise and a fall that are properties of the window, not of the industry. A chart place is also not a viewing figure.

Other years

2026 91 titles (part year) · 2025 130 titles · 2024 145 titles · 2023 177 titles · 2022 184 titles

Where to walk from here

Where each title could actually be watched · The ones that ran and ran, almost nowhere · Every country and how Korean its chart is · Who made them · Every Korean title we hold

How this was measured

Netflix's own weekly top 10 files, 265 weeks across 93 countries, 2021-07-04 to 2026-07-26. A title appears on this page if it held at least one place on a weekly list dated within 2021, and the places column counts only that year. Titles are ordered by places held in 2021; the countries and weeks columns describe the whole run, which is why they can be larger than this year alone.

What this cannot tell you

This year holds only 26 weeks of our data, so its totals are not comparable with a full year. A chart place is not a viewing figure and not a measure of quality — Netflix publishes neither by country. Netflix also states no country of production, so which titles count as Korean is our inference. A title watched widely without entering a top 10 does not appear here at all.