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Top 100 Novels in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest novels in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 188 novels tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Madea's Class Reunion, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Don Quixote lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 26k, and the largest, Madea's Class Reunion, reaches around 1.4M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each novel, 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 100, 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
1 Madea's Class Reunion 1.4M 21.9 25.2% Novel
2 Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 284k 35.5 58.8% Novel
3 Don Quixote 133k 41.0 64.2% Novel
4 First Epistle to the Thessalonians 120k 24.7 53.8% Novel
5 Metamorphoses 67k 50.8 79.0% Novel
6 Prime time 40k 28.8 54.9% Novel
7 Divergent (novel) 36k 37.0 72.7% Novel
8 Bhagavad Gita 34k 22.5 76.3% Novel
9 Book of Revelation 29k 24.5 74.9% Novel
10 Old Testament 25k 47.0 26.1% Novel
11 Hatha Yoga Pradipika 24k 33.9 65.7% Novel
12 Labour law 23k 33.3 53.2% Novel
13 Jurassic Park (novel) 20k 37.1 52.4% Novel
14 Trade Me 20k 44.0 53.3% Novel
15 The Godfather (novel) 17k 45.3 21.6% Novel
16 The Old Man and the Sea 17k 51.8 66.2% Novel
17 Gossip Girl (novel series) 14k 31.6 61.5% Novel
18 The Alchemist (novel) 13k 43.4 67.4% Novel
19 All Quiet on the Western Front 13k 45.9 56.6% Novel
20 Of Mice and Men 13k 51.3 55.6% Novel
21 Lord of the Flies 12k 36.4 41.0% Novel
22 The War of the Worlds 12k 32.3 13.4% Novel
23 The Prince 12k 25.5 33.9% Novel
24 Jane Eyre 11k 47.8 86.4% Novel
25 Charlotte's Web 10k 33.7 73.5% Novel

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea and ranks each novel 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 novel in South Korea?

Madea's Class Reunion currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in South Korea.

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