Netflix counts more than 95,000 people involved in Korean productions
The streaming service says it has worked with more than eighty South Korean production companies in ten years.
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Netflix says it has produced or co-produced more than two hundred Korean titles in ten years. According to figures from the streaming service, more than 95,000 actors, creators, technicians and temporary workers in South Korea were involved.
Netflix announced the figures on Friday, marking the tenth anniversary of its South Korean service. Since its launch in 2016, the company says it has worked with more than eighty local production companies.
According to Yonhap, the 95,000 people mentioned include more than 25,000 cast and crew members and more than 70,000 extras and workers hired on a daily basis. The figures come from a special website Netflix published for the anniversary.
According to Netflix, the productions were filmed at more than one hundred locations in South Korea. Netflix says more than two hundred Korean productions have appeared in the service’s global top ten since 2021.
Netflix says that around 80 per cent of its global subscribers have watched Korean content at some point. That figure concerns viewing experiences and does not mean that 80 per cent of subscribers regularly watch Korean productions.
The streaming service also points to investments in training. Between 2021 and 2025, more than 6,500 people are said to have taken part in programmes for production development and training. The figures are company data and do not provide a fully independent picture of the entire South Korean audiovisual sector.
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The figures are verifiable as claims made by Netflix, but not as an independent measurement of the sector. The text makes that distinction and avoids suggesting that 80 per cent of all subscribers regularly watch Korean content.
- confirmed Netflix worked with more than eighty South Korean production companies. — Reported by Netflix and published by Yonhap. source
- confirmed More than 95,000 people took part in Korean Netflix productions. — A Netflix figure, reported by Yonhap. source
- confirmed Around 80 per cent of Netflix members worldwide have watched Korean content. — A company claim by Netflix. source
- incorrect 80 per cent of subscribers regularly watch Korean productions. — That does not follow from the viewing figure reported by Netflix; this is therefore not claimed in the text. source
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- Was: 80 per cent of Netflix members worldwide have watched Korean content.Now: Netflix says that around 80 per cent of its global subscribers have watched Korean content at some point. (The original wording could be read as an independent measurement or as indicating regular viewing; it is a company claim about content watched at some point.)
Editor's note
All quantitative figures come from Netflix and were reported by Yonhap. Independent sector-wide comparisons are lacking; this is explicitly stated.Sources
- Netflix marks 10 years in South Korea with 80 production partners — DigitalToday
- Netflix 한국 진출 10년…세계 회원 80%가 K콘텐츠 봤다 — Yonhap News Agency
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