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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
76 Slapstick film 317 38.9 40.6% Movie genre
77 Cinema of Asia 228 38.4 6.0% Movie genre
78 Experimental film 221 28.7 58.7% Movie genre
79 Jidaigeki 188 50.4 46.6% Movie genre
80 ARTHAUS 163 43.2 47.2% Movie genre
81 Political thriller 158 46.4 49.7% Movie genre
82 Cinema of Portugal 155 45.6 58.1% Movie genre
83 Film adaptation 153 28.7 53.4% Movie genre
84 Mountain film 146 44.6 76.1% Movie genre
85 Yakuza film 139 31.2 35.3% Movie genre
86 Mondo film 139 43.0 53.8% Movie genre
87 Cinema of Poland 129 39.6 77.8% Movie genre
88 Surf film 127 43.3 56.0% Movie genre
89 Cinema of China 115 39.3 63.6% Movie genre
90 Nature documentary 112 22.3 100.0% Movie genre
91 Animated sitcom 104 34.2 47.2% Movie genre
92 Splatter film 102 35.3 44.2% Movie genre
93 Cinema of Egypt 102 36.9 32.7% Movie genre
94 Jollywood 88 32.7 15.8% Movie genre
95 Cinema of Thailand 85 32.2 36.9% Movie genre
96 Masala film 85 32.2 13.2% Movie genre
97 Comedy thriller 68 24.5 80.8% Movie genre
98 Cinema of Karnataka 14 31.2 18.8% 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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