Image: Dynamite Kiss (left), Squid Game (above) and Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (right)
2025 was another excellent year for K-dramas on Netflix, and the biggest year yet. With dozens of new dramas arriving throughout the year, subscribers stream billions of hours of content. Here are Netflix’s daily top 10 most popular K-dramas in 2025.
not surprising squid game K-dramas dominate in 2025
The first season of Squid Game is still the most successful television season ever released by Netflix. between stranger things And squid gameIt’s hard to determine who has had the biggest impact on pop culture this decade. However, it is certain that the long-awaited release of the second season brought back millions of fans.
to say so squid game That Season 2 was released in 2024 is almost disingenuous, as most of the scenes and its exposition take place in early 2025, dominating the narrative in the early part of the year. The second season spent a total of 14 weeks in Netflix’s global top 10 list and during that time, an astonishing 1.445 billion hours were watched, which is equivalent to 201.5 million completed views. By the time the first engagement report for January 2025–June 2025 was released, the series had received 203.8 million completed views.
Halfway through the year, the series’ climactic (and divisive) ending with the third season saw another massive increase in views. However, Season 3 saw a significant drop in time spent in the global top ten list compared to Season 2, with only 9 weeks. This resulted in 142.4 million views, which is monumental for any series, but for a finale. squid gameIt was quite surprising. The decline in viewership is likely due to its divisive ending, with many fans unhappy with the outcome, possibly deterring some viewers from finishing the series.
Regardless of how the series ended, something big was needed to defeat it squid game In 2025.
Strong performance of weekly K-dramas
2025 also saw some very strong performances for weekly K-dramas. In fact, weekly K-dramas have occupied five of the top ten ranked K-dramas on Netflix’s Daily Top 10 of the Year, including second place. Bon Appetit, Your Excellency and for third place dynamite kiss.
Whereas dynamite kiss Spent more time in the global top ten list and collected more complete views (but fewer viewing hours) than Bon Appetit, Your Excellencythe latter spent a lot Long time on regional top lists In countries around the world. However, it must be pointed out dynamite kiss Upon its release nearly three months later, Playing Catch-Up Bon Appetit, Your Excellency.
In the global top ten list, the five weekly K-dramas watched 1.186 billion hours, which is equivalent to 126.3 million complete views. Great performance all around, which clearly shows why Netflix continues to invest in the South Korean market.
Collectively, the 17 weekly K-dramas included in Netflix’s global top ten list garnered 2.111 billion viewing hours, equivalent to 230.8 million completed views.
Netflix-produced K-dramas continue to shine
With the collective hours and thoughts of squid game And the remaining Netflix K-dramas on the list, subscribers have spent 4.136 billion viewing hours (1.817 billion without) squid game), watching K-dramas on Netflix. This equates to 548.8 million complete views (205.9 million without) squid game).
One particular K-drama has outshined others, When life gives you tangerinesWhich garnered 481.6 hours and 36.5 million views. Other extraordinary artists were Trauma Code: Heroes on Call And genie, make a wishThe former received 26.6 million completed views and the latter 18.9 million.
Daily Top 10 Most Popular K-Dramas on Netflix in 2025
Here are the top 50 K-dramas from Netflix’s daily top ten list for 2025:
| Post | Topic | global number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | squid game | 58,379 |
| 2 | Bon Appetit, Your Excellency | 25,263 |
| 3 | dynamite kiss | 16,196 |
| 4 | When life gives you tangerines | 14,630 |
| 5 | beyond the bar | 14,396 |
| 6 | weak hero | 13,154 |
| 7 | deliciously yours | 11,350 |
| 8 | Trauma Code: Heroes on Call | 9,181 |
| 9 | our unwritten seoul | 8,876 |
| 10 | no mercy for anyone | 7,709 |
| 11 | genie, make a wish | 7,431 |
| 12 | as you stood | 7,299 |
| 13 | Resident Playbook | 4,621 |
| 14 | Physical: Asia | 4,536 |
| 15 | trigger | 4,496 |
| 16 | heavenly evergreen | 4,316 |
| 17 | price of confession | 3,850 |
| 18 | karma | 3,669 |
| 19 | when the phone rings | 3,515 |
| 20 | Potato Lab | 3,470 |
| 21 | Hell of Singles | 3,349 |
| 22 | storm family | 3,249 |
| 23 | haunted castle* | 2,675 |
| 24 | when the stars gossip | 2,675 |
| 25 | cashero | 2,495 |
| 26 | Love Scout* | 2,136 |
| 27 | Dog days are over* | 2,083 |
| 28 | oh my ghost customer* | 2,071 |
| 29 | dear hongrang | 1,898 |
| 30 | queen mantis | 1,820 |
| 31 | Cooking Class War | 1,733 |
| 32 | melo movie | 1,716 |
| 33 | Romantics Anonymous | 1,656 |
| 34 | pro bono | 1,404 |
| 35 | better late than single | 1,138 |
| 36 | Idol I | 844 |
| 37 | devil’s plan | 712 |
| 38 | try to win | 690 |
| 39 | you and everything else | 640 |
| 40 | friendly rivalry | 542 |
| 41 | Lady’s story is ok | 522 |
| 42 | first Lady* | 466 |
| 43 | Mr Kim’s dream life | 459 |
| 44 | Kian’s Bizarre B&B | 446 |
| 45 | last summer* | 438 |
| 46 | good boy* | 436 |
| 47 | three idiots in kenya | 411 |
| 48 | taxi driver* | 406 |
| 49 | Aima | 377 |
| 50 | K-foodie meets J-foodie | 377 |
* = K-dramas exclusive to other streaming services and/or only on Netflix in South Korea and/or select regions of Asia.
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