‘Squid Game’ rules the list of most searched Korean dramas in 2022
Admittedly we love K-dramas. The genre has taken the world by storm fuelled undoubtedly by the Hallyu wave permeating all over the world. A recent study on the most searched Korean dramas supports this, revealing the top ranked shows fans across the world are repeatedly searching for.
The study was conducted by cybersecurity experts VPN Overview. According to the company, they analysed a list of the most popular Korean dramas of the last few years, both available on Netflix and other platforms, to discover which one is the most searched worldwide for 2022.
After tabulating the results, Squid Game emerged the top of the list of most searched K-dramas. Released on Netflix on 17 September 2021, the gritty K-drama takes first place as most searched with almost 15 million average monthly searches, seven times the second on the list.
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A worldwide success, the first season of Squid Game received a whopping 1.65 billion hours of viewing only in the first month after its release, according to the streaming platform, which are the equivalent of 182,000 years. The survival drama follows the story of a group of 456 people, all in deep financial hardship, who are invited to play a series of deadly children’s games for the chance to win a large sum of money.
Second on the list is All of Us Are Dead with almost three million average monthly searches. The Korean drama series revolves around a group of high schoolers who have to fight a zombie apocalypse that breaks out unexpectedly and is based on a Naver webtoon of the same name. The Korean zombie series was released on 28 January 2022 and it has been renewed for a second season.
Third on the list of most searched Korean dramas was Business Proposal with 1,510,000 average monthly searches. First of many romance dramas in the list, Business Proposal tells the story of an employee who accepts to go on a blind date instead of her friend but finds out that the date is actually her boss. It aired from 28 February 2022 on SBS and is also available on Netflix in selected regions.
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Further down on the list, Korean drama True Beauty, inspired by a popular webtoon of the same name, is fourth with 1,470,000 average monthly searches, while Our Beloved Summer is fifth with 924,000 average monthly searches. Both romance dramas, the first was released from 9 December 2020 on tvN, while the second aired from 6 December 2021 on SBS TV.
Here are the most searched K-dramas worldwide for 2022
Squid Game (2021) – 14,720,000 searches
All Of Us Are Dead (2022) – 2,840,000 searches
Business Proposal (2022) – 1,510,000 searches
True Beauty (2020) – 1,470,000 searches
Our Beloved Summer (2021) – 924,000 searches
Crash Landing On You (2019) – 884,000 searches
Hellbound (2021) – 879,000 searches
Itaewon Class (2020) – 680,000 searches
Love Alarm (2019) – 592,000 searches
Hospital Playlist (2020) – 562,000 searches
(Main and featured image: Netflix)
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