'Queen of Tears' entered the top 10 of Netflix's global charts for 13 consecutive weeks and set a record of exceeding 600 million cumulative viewing hours. 'Queen of Tears', which was released through tvN, TVING, and Netflix from March 9 to April 28, ranked first in Netflix's Global TOP 10 Series (Non-English) category at the time of its airing. The final episode's viewership rating averaged 24.9%, ranking first in tvN's all-time viewership rating.
Even though it has been a month since the end of 'Queen of Tears', it is still showing off its huge popularity globally. It ranked 10th in the global TOP 10 series (non-English) category ranking (May 27 - June 2) announced by Netflix on June 5, successfully ranking in the TOP 10 for 13 consecutive weeks. Among the K-dramas released on Netflix since 2023, 'Queen of Tears' is the only one ranked in the top 10 in the weekly rankings for 13 consecutive weeks.
The cumulative viewing time recorded for ‘Queen of Tears’ on Netflix so far is 617.8 million hours, easily exceeding 600 million hours.
In particular, they are building a strong fandom in Japan. 'Queen of Tears' was a 'What Korean drama do you think is the funniest?' event conducted by Netorabo, operated by ITmedia, a Japanese IT news site, from May 11th to 18th. Ranked first in the survey. Only Japanese people can participate in Netolabo's voting, and you can only vote once.
The long-term box office success of ‘Queen of Tears’ is currently underway in Korea as well. Gallup Korea conducted a survey of 1,001 people over the age of 18 across the country from May 21st to 23rd about their favorite broadcast video programs these days, and as a result, 'Queen of Tears' ranked first for three consecutive months from March to May. Maintained first place. 'Queen of Tears' is the first 16-episode drama to take first place for three consecutive months since Gallup Korea began researching the programs that Koreans enjoy most.
Ten Asia Reporter Kim Seo-yoon seogugu@tenasia.co.kr