Korea” ranked second in the global Netflix rankings

Netflix’s Korean production “Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Zone” / Courtesy of Netflix

Netflix’s new Korean series “Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area” has risen to second place on the global popularity chart of TV series available on the streaming service.

On Tuesday (local time), the new Korean version of the hit series “Money Heist” ranked second in its daily global Netflix TV shows chart, four days after its launch, according to data released by streaming analytics company FlixPatrol.

Points moved up one step from third place on Sunday.

Country-wise, the TV show was most popular in 16 countries, including Korea, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Maldives, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

It ranked second among 13 countries, including Japan, Bahamas, Ecuador, Kenya, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela, and third among nine countries, including Italy, Colombia, Bahrain, Hungary, Honduras, and Jordan and Kuwait. The project came in fifth place in Spain, where the original version was created.

Set on the Korean Peninsula, the two Koreas form a Joint Economic Area (JEA) as the first step towards unification, a group of thieves from the South and North seize the JEA mint, and the two Korean police prevent the unification. they. It stars Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Yun-jin, Park Hae-soo and Jun Jong-seo.

Besides, two Korean dramas were in the top 10 TV shows list. Two tvN dramas, “Phantom Doctor” starring Yong Ji Hoon and Kim Bam and “Alchemy of Souls” starring Lee Suk and Jung So Min, ranked sixth and tenth, respectively. (Johnhope)