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Top 98 Movie genres in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 98 largest movie genres in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Drama movies, Animated movies and Korean drama lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 14M people. Across all 98 entries the average audience size is 573k, and the largest, Drama movies, reaches around 5.3M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each movie genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 98, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Korea. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Korea, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Korea. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Romantic fantasy 350k 32.3 68.8% Movie genre
27 War film 344k 30.7 58.3% Movie genre
28 Silent film 319k 28.4 39.5% Movie genre
29 Zombie 243k 26.4 27.0% Movie genre
30 Martial arts film 188k 34.7 44.6% Movie genre
31 Epic film 172k 32.8 68.6% Movie genre
32 Cinema of India 170k 31.4 53.5% Movie genre
33 Disaster film 169k 30.4 37.6% Movie genre
34 Fictional film 163k 29.4 50.3% Movie genre
35 Black comedy 152k 31.0 53.1% Movie genre
36 Tamil cinema 118k 30.9 53.3% Movie genre
37 Sketch comedy 110k 33.2 48.9% Movie genre
38 family films 102k 39.0 57.4% Movie genre
39 Political drama 91k 34.4 59.3% Movie genre
40 Buddy film 91k 30.7 37.0% Movie genre
41 Crime film 90k 28.4 30.0% Movie genre
42 Mystery film 84k 27.9 43.8% Movie genre
43 Concert film 50k 32.9 49.6% Movie genre
44 Cinema of the United States 50k 34.6 46.9% Movie genre
45 Medical drama 42k 27.4 60.9% Movie genre
46 Cinema of Japan 41k 30.5 61.3% Movie genre
47 Survival film 40k 31.1 69.5% Movie genre
48 Horror comedy 37k 25.9 15.7% Movie genre
49 Cinema of Italy 35k 30.6 51.3% Movie genre
50 Cinema of Hong Kong 32k 35.2 41.5% Movie genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 98 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea and ranks each movie genre by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest movie genre in South Korea?

Drama movies currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.3M people in South Korea.

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