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[HanCinema's News] "Our Beloved Summer" Continues Strong Performance on Netflix

Going into its final week of new episodes, "Our Beloved Summer" continues its strong international run on Netflix. It currently ranks 11th place on the Netflix leaderboard according to FlixPatrol, which aggregates the data of shows by individual top ten rankings from various countries. "Our Beloved Summer" is now the only South Korean drama to regularly place in the top ten. "The Penthouse" ranked in a distant 23rd place, with "Squid Game" in 27th place.

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The show's popularity has been most pronounced in Japan and Singapore, where it's on a 28 day streak in the top 10, Hong Kong, where it's been on a 33 day streak, and South Korea itself where it's been on a 43 day streak, ranking in the top 10 every day of its availability. As is usually the case for South Korean dramas, "Our Beloved Summer" is popular principally in the Southeast Asian market. "The Penthouse" is only licensed for Netflix in that region for that same reason.

The official Netflix Non-English TV Chart shows similarly strong numbers for the romantic drama. There "Our Beloved Summer" ranks 5th place with 18,170,000 hours viewed over the week of January 10th to January 16th, off a four week streak in the Top 10. "Squid Game" held on to its 18 week streak with 11,780,000 views. Aside from "Squid Game" original Netflix dramas, compared to licensed ones produced for domestic South Korean television, have not done as well on the streaming platform.

Written by William Schwartz

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