[HanCinema's News] "Marry My Husband" Tops Good Data Report
By William Schwartz | Published on
The K-Content specialist group the Good Data Corporation has released new analyses of the popularity of fictional series via online social media in South Korea. For the second week of January, "Marry My Husband" has shot to the top of these rankings, easily besting the second place series "Korea-Khitan War" with 18.38% of social media references compared to only 11.13% for the historical drama. This is a fifty percent jump compared to the previous week.
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However, "Korea-Khitan War" itself had a thirty-five percent boost compared to the previous week as the war story hits its midpoint. This too, is the best the series has ever done in the Good Data Corporation's Fundex, though only Ji Seung-hyun ranked on the performer chart in a distant tenth place. "Marry My Husband" holds all three top spots for most popular performers. Park Min-young leads, while Na In-woo holds second place and Song Ha-yoon is in third place.
"Welcome to Samdal-ri" is in third place with 10.24% of social media references, while "My Demon" is in fourth place with 9.88% of social media references. "Gyeongseong Creature" is the highest ranked Netflix entry in fifth place with 7.02% of references, and the newcomer "Knight Flower" is in sixth place with 5.67% of social media references. No other series exceeded 5% of the overall surveyed data.
Written by William Schwartz
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Portland metropolitan area. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.