Cover image source: JTBC "Welcome to the Kingdom of Kings", TVN "Crash Course in Romance", SBS "Date with the Devil").
At present, K-drama (Korean drama) has a higher and higher status in the hearts of drama fans around the world, and Korean dramas have firmly captured the attention of global drama fans with diversified storylines, high-value starring lineups, immersive narrative techniques, resonant lines and beautiful image beauty, etc., and there are also many good dramas launched in the past 2023.
Judging from the public list, "Welcome to the Kingdom of Kings" co-starring Lee Jun-ho and Run-e won the first place, with a cumulative ** duration of 44.6 billion hours, with a whopping 34 million viewers. It was followed by "Date with the Devil", "Crash Course in Romance", "Strong Woman Kang Nam Soon", "Hound Dog", "Dr. Cha Jung-sook", "Welcome Back to Sandari", "Love Force Majeure", "Gyeongseong Creature" Season 1, "Bad Mother" and so on (2-10 places).
Source: JTBC "Welcome to the Kingdom of Kings").
Source: SBS "A Date with the Devil", TVN "Crash Course in Romance", JTBC "Strong Woman Kang Nam Soon").
Source: Netflix's "Hound Dogs", JTBC's "Dr. Cha Jung-sook", "Welcome to Sandari").
Welcome to the Kingdom of Kings" was popular long before the start of the broadcast because of the joining of Lee Jun-ho and Run'e, the high-value CPs, and coupled with the relaxed comedy theme, it quickly became one of the focuses of everyone's drama chasing. At the time of the broadcast, it not only set off a boom in South Korea and Asia, but also ranked first in the world of Netflix's non-English series for three consecutive weeks, and also became the fifth Korean drama to dominate the Netflix comprehensive series after "Dark Glory".
Korean netizens were surprised by this ranking, and everyone commented: "Welcome to the Kingdom of Kings" must have received the support of many international audiences, thank you international fans, "Date with the Devil" is interesting, "Welcome to the Kingdom of Kings" and "Welcome Back to Sandari" are very good, I watched seven of them, I only watched one, "Bad Mother" is really good, wow, look at the JTBC dramas in the top 10, there are so many, these choices are really good, etc.