Everyone’s search engine best friend Google is out with the top Korean drama searches in South Korea in 2022 and it’s a list of mostly top hits with a few surprises. Leading off is the tiny ENA drama that could Extraordinary Attorney Woo which I gather is far and away the most searched thanks to it’s actual popularity and the interest in its soaring popularity. Next is a surprise for me with Narco-Saints (Suriname) on Netflix, it got mixed reviews and didn’t seem to be on the top list for long but apparently it’s quite popular in South Korea probably due to the pedigree with dual movie star caliber leading me in Ha Jung Woo and Hwang Jung Min. Third is the One Dollar Lawyer which put Namgoong Min back on top on the ratings game. After that in consecutive order are zombie school hit All of Us are Dead, young fencing romance Twenty Five, Twenty One, thriller Big Mouth, current skyrocketing hit Reborn Rich in 7th spot but probably vaulting ahead if the entire month of December was counted, then zany rom-com A Business Proposal, ensemble Our Blues, and in 10th spot is prestige drama Pachinko.
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It’s one thing to get viewers which usually means there is online buzz but sometimes the two don’t align. The list of most tweeted about K-dramas of 2022 (so far) has underwhelming and low rated jTBC period romance Snowdrop as … Continue reading
After Squid Game in December 2021 it felt like Netflix was on a hit train, with many more dramas getting tons of publicity and high viewer counts. There was My Name and Hellbound, but then Sea of Silence was underwhelming, … Continue reading
We are 1/3 through the year 2022 and on the heels of a catastrophic Q1 for streaming giant Netflix, as announcing on its earning call earlier this week, the future of what was a expansive K-drama surge in global access … Continue reading
There has been so many new K-dramas recently but the big Netflix hit has been school yard zombie drama All of Us are Dead. It premiered a month ago and according to Flixpatrol data as of the end of February … Continue reading
The Netflix K-drama machine plows on with both original new projects and sequels to successful ventures. Squid Game is already confirmed for a new season and now the platform is in talks for second seasons of three additional original dramas: … Continue reading
Well this is an interesting tabulation of Netflix shows in terms of popularity. A new list is out through January 30, 2022 showing the cumulative hours watched of each Netflix show. I think it’s more accurate in some ways than … Continue reading
This is the last Netflix K-drama to air from that huge batch announced at the beginning of 2021, most of which went on to global viewership exposure with Squid Game being the most famous. All of Us are Dead is … Continue reading
Holy smokes what a diverse and rich line up Netflix has in store for K-drama viewers in 2021. The network held a press stages yesterday to showcase its upcoming dramas and released official stills for each, a veritable smorgasbord of … Continue reading