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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
51 Gulliver's Travels 3.3k 37.5 40.9% Novel
52 The Picture of Dorian Gray 3.2k 28.8 81.2% Novel
53 Tao Te Ching 3.1k 46.9 59.0% Novel
54 Funny Story 3.1k 51.7 0.0% Novel
55 I Ching 3.1k 38.5 74.1% Novel
56 The 39 Clues 3k 46.0 60.1% Novel
57 Goodnight Moon 2.9k 38.2 51.9% Novel
58 The Time Machine 2.8k 45.2 41.7% Novel
59 Tribuna 2.8k 39.4 0.0% Novel
60 A Brief History of Time 2.8k 46.3 34.6% Novel
61 The Fellowship of the Ring 2.7k 32.7 32.3% Novel
62 Torah 2.4k 20.7 28.0% Novel
63 The Sun Also Rises 2.4k 39.4 60.3% Novel
64 W. B. Yeats 2.4k 49.3 56.7% Novel
65 Lean In 2.3k 40.8 75.3% Novel
66 A Study in Scarlet 2.2k 50.5 84.1% Novel
67 Aeneid 2.2k 44.8 68.7% Novel
68 Bluebeard 2.2k 43.0 76.0% Novel
69 The Things They Carried 2.1k 33.4 100.0% Novel
70 A Christmas Carol 2k 29.4 96.9% Novel
71 Looking for Alaska 2k 35.7 57.0% Novel
72 The Wealth of Nations 1.9k 25.6 0.0% Novel
73 Madame Bovary 1.8k 37.6 100.0% Novel
74 The White Company 1.8k 39.2 74.7% Novel
75 The Necklace 1.8k 33.2 69.1% 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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